Update files

packages/app/e2e/global-setup.ts

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
     env: {
       ...process.env,
       PASEO_HOME: paseoHome,
+      PASEO_SERVER_ID: 'e2e-test-daemon',
       PASEO_LISTEN: `0.0.0.0:${port}`,
       PASEO_RELAY_ENDPOINT: `127.0.0.1:${relayPort}`,
       PASEO_CORS_ORIGINS: `http://localhost:${metroPort}`,

packages/app/e2e/host-selection.spec.ts

@@ -71,3 +71,119 @@ test('new agent respects serverId in the URL', async ({ page }) => {
   const input = page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Message agent...' });
   await expect(input).toBeEditable({ timeout: 30000 });
 });
+
+test('new agent auto-selects first online host when no preference is stored', async ({ page }) => {
+  const daemonPort = process.env.E2E_DAEMON_PORT;
+  if (!daemonPort) {
+    throw new Error('E2E_DAEMON_PORT is not set (expected from globalSetup).');
+  }
+
+  const nowIso = new Date().toISOString();
+  const testDaemon = {
+    id: 'e2e-test-daemon',
+    label: 'localhost',
+    endpoints: [`127.0.0.1:${daemonPort}`],
+    relay: null,
+    metadata: null,
+    createdAt: nowIso,
+    updatedAt: nowIso,
+  };
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.evaluate(
+    ({ daemon }) => {
+      const nonce = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:e2e-seed-nonce') ?? '1';
+      localStorage.setItem('@paseo:e2e-disable-default-seed-once', nonce);
+      localStorage.setItem('@paseo:daemon-registry', JSON.stringify([daemon]));
+      localStorage.removeItem('@paseo:create-agent-preferences');
+      localStorage.removeItem('@paseo:settings');
+    },
+    { daemon: testDaemon }
+  );
+
+  await page.reload();
+  await expect(page.getByText('New agent', { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Online', { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20000 });
+
+  // Host should be auto-selected (no manual selection required).
+  await expect(page.getByText('localhost', { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible();
+  const input = page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Message agent...' });
+  await expect(input).toBeEditable({ timeout: 30000 });
+});
+
+test('adopts daemon-provided serverId for legacy host ids', async ({ page }) => {
+  const daemonPort = process.env.E2E_DAEMON_PORT;
+  if (!daemonPort) {
+    throw new Error('E2E_DAEMON_PORT is not set (expected from globalSetup).');
+  }
+
+  const nowIso = new Date().toISOString();
+  const legacyId = 'legacy-daemon-id';
+  const daemon = {
+    id: legacyId,
+    label: 'localhost',
+    endpoints: [`127.0.0.1:${daemonPort}`],
+    relay: null,
+    metadata: null,
+    createdAt: nowIso,
+    updatedAt: nowIso,
+  };
+
+  await page.goto('/settings');
+  await page.evaluate(
+    ({ daemon, legacyId }) => {
+      const nonce = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:e2e-seed-nonce') ?? '1';
+      localStorage.setItem('@paseo:e2e-disable-default-seed-once', nonce);
+      localStorage.setItem('@paseo:daemon-registry', JSON.stringify([daemon]));
+      localStorage.setItem(
+        '@paseo:create-agent-preferences',
+        JSON.stringify({
+          serverId: legacyId,
+          provider: 'claude',
+          providerPreferences: {
+            claude: { model: 'haiku' },
+            codex: { model: 'gpt-5.1-codex-mini' },
+          },
+        })
+      );
+      localStorage.removeItem('@paseo:settings');
+    },
+    { daemon, legacyId }
+  );
+
+  await page.reload();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Online', { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20000 });
+
+  // Wait for server_info handshake to rekey registry + preferences.
+  await page.waitForFunction(
+    () => {
+      const raw = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:daemon-registry');
+      const prefsRaw = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:create-agent-preferences');
+      if (!raw || !prefsRaw) return false;
+      const registry = JSON.parse(raw);
+      const prefs = JSON.parse(prefsRaw);
+      if (!Array.isArray(registry) || registry.length !== 1) return false;
+      if (registry[0]?.id !== 'e2e-test-daemon') return false;
+      if (prefs?.serverId !== 'e2e-test-daemon') return false;
+      const legacyIds = registry[0]?.metadata?.legacyIds;
+      return Array.isArray(legacyIds) && legacyIds.includes('legacy-daemon-id');
+    },
+    { timeout: 20000 }
+  );
+
+  const snapshot = await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const raw = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:daemon-registry');
+    const prefsRaw = localStorage.getItem('@paseo:create-agent-preferences');
+    return { raw, prefsRaw };
+  });
+  if (!snapshot.raw || !snapshot.prefsRaw) {
+    throw new Error('Expected registry + preferences to be present after rekey.');
+  }
+
+  const registry = JSON.parse(snapshot.raw) as any[];
+  expect(registry[0].id).toBe('e2e-test-daemon');
+  expect(registry[0].metadata.legacyIds).toContain('legacy-daemon-id');
+
+  const prefs = JSON.parse(snapshot.prefsRaw) as any;
+  expect(prefs.serverId).toBe('e2e-test-daemon');
+});

packages/app/src/app/agent/[serverId]/[agentId].tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
-import { useLocalSearchParams } from "expo-router";
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useLocalSearchParams, useRouter } from "expo-router";
 import { AgentReadyScreen } from "@/screens/agent/agent-ready-screen";
+import { resolveCanonicalDaemonId, useDaemonRegistry } from "@/contexts/daemon-registry-context";
 
 export default function AgentReadyRoute() {
+  const router = useRouter();
+  const { daemons } = useDaemonRegistry();
   const { serverId, agentId } = useLocalSearchParams<{
     serverId?: string;
     agentId?: string;
   }>();
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (typeof serverId !== "string" || typeof agentId !== "string") return;
+    const canonical = resolveCanonicalDaemonId(daemons, serverId);
+    if (!canonical || canonical === serverId) return;
+    router.replace(`/agent/${canonical}/${agentId}` as any);
+  }, [agentId, daemons, router, serverId]);
+
   return (
     <AgentReadyScreen
       serverId={typeof serverId === "string" ? serverId : ""}
@@ -14,4 +25,3 @@ export default function AgentReadyRoute() {
     />
   );
 }
-

packages/app/src/components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export function DropdownMenuTrigger({
       onPress={handlePress}
       style={({ pressed, hovered }) => {
         if (typeof style === "function") {
-          return style({ pressed, hovered, open: ctx.open });
+          return style({ pressed, hovered: Boolean(hovered), open: ctx.open });
         }
         return style;
       }}

packages/app/src/contexts/daemon-registry-context.tsx

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ interface DaemonRegistryContextValue {
   removeDaemon: (id: string) => Promise<void>;
   upsertDaemonFromOffer: (offer: ConnectionOfferV1) => Promise<HostProfile>;
   upsertDaemonFromOfferUrl: (offerUrlOrFragment: string) => Promise<HostProfile>;
+  adoptDaemonServerId: (currentId: string, serverId: string) => Promise<string>;
 }
 
 const DaemonRegistryContext = createContext<DaemonRegistryContextValue | null>(null);
@@ -129,6 +130,72 @@ export function DaemonRegistryProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     await persist(remaining);
   }, [persist, readDaemons]);
 
+  const adoptDaemonServerId = useCallback(
+    async (currentId: string, serverId: string) => {
+      const trimmed = serverId.trim();
+      if (!trimmed) {
+        throw new Error("serverId is required");
+      }
+      if (currentId === trimmed) {
+        return trimmed;
+      }
+
+      const existing = readDaemons();
+      const now = new Date().toISOString();
+      const idx = existing.findIndex((daemon) => daemon.id === currentId);
+      if (idx === -1) {
+        return trimmed;
+      }
+
+      const current = existing[idx];
+      const otherIdx = existing.findIndex((daemon) => daemon.id === trimmed);
+
+      const addLegacyId = (metadata: Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined, legacyId: string) => {
+        const prev = (metadata ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+        const legacyIdsRaw = prev.legacyIds;
+        const legacyIds = Array.isArray(legacyIdsRaw)
+          ? legacyIdsRaw.filter((value) => typeof value === "string")
+          : [];
+        if (!legacyIds.includes(legacyId)) {
+          legacyIds.push(legacyId);
+        }
+        return { ...prev, legacyIds };
+      };
+
+      // Merge into existing canonical entry if it exists.
+      if (otherIdx !== -1) {
+        const canonical = existing[otherIdx];
+        const merged: HostProfile = {
+          ...canonical,
+          label: canonical.label?.trim() ? canonical.label : current.label,
+          endpoints: Array.from(new Set([...(canonical.endpoints ?? []), ...(current.endpoints ?? [])])),
+          daemonPublicKeyB64: canonical.daemonPublicKeyB64 ?? current.daemonPublicKeyB64,
+          relay: canonical.relay ?? current.relay ?? null,
+          createdAt: canonical.createdAt ?? current.createdAt,
+          updatedAt: now,
+          metadata: addLegacyId(canonical.metadata, currentId),
+        };
+        const next = existing.filter((daemon) => daemon.id !== currentId);
+        next[otherIdx > idx ? otherIdx - 1 : otherIdx] = merged;
+        await persist(next);
+        return trimmed;
+      }
+
+      const updated: HostProfile = {
+        ...current,
+        id: trimmed,
+        updatedAt: now,
+        metadata: addLegacyId(current.metadata, currentId),
+      };
+
+      const next = [...existing];
+      next[idx] = updated;
+      await persist(next);
+      return trimmed;
+    },
+    [persist, readDaemons]
+  );
+
   const upsertDaemonFromOffer = useCallback(
     async (offer: ConnectionOfferV1) => {
       const existing = readDaemons();
@@ -194,6 +261,7 @@ export function DaemonRegistryProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     addDaemon,
     updateDaemon,
     removeDaemon,
+    adoptDaemonServerId,
     upsertDaemonFromOffer,
     upsertDaemonFromOfferUrl,
   };
@@ -389,3 +457,16 @@ export function buildDirectDaemonWsUrl(profile: HostProfile): string {
   }
   return buildDaemonWebSocketUrl(endpoint);
 }
+
+export function resolveCanonicalDaemonId(daemons: HostProfile[], id: string): string | null {
+  const direct = daemons.find((daemon) => daemon.id === id);
+  if (direct) return direct.id;
+
+  for (const daemon of daemons) {
+    const legacyIds = (daemon.metadata as any)?.legacyIds;
+    if (Array.isArray(legacyIds) && legacyIds.some((value) => value === id)) {
+      return daemon.id;
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}

packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useRef, ReactNode, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { AppState, Platform } from "react-native";
 import AsyncStorage from "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage";
-import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useDaemonClient } from "@/hooks/use-daemon-client";
 import { useAudioPlayer } from "@/hooks/use-audio-player";
 import { useClientActivity } from "@/hooks/use-client-activity";
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import type { AgentPermissionRequest } from "@server/server/agent/agent-sdk-type
 import type { DaemonClient, ConnectionState } from "@server/client/daemon-client";
 import { File } from "expo-file-system";
 import { useDaemonConnections } from "./daemon-connections-context";
+import { useDaemonRegistry } from "./daemon-registry-context";
 import {
   useSessionStore,
   type SessionState,
@@ -259,18 +260,23 @@ interface SessionProviderProps {
   serverId: string;
 }
 
+const FORM_PREFERENCES_STORAGE_KEY = "@paseo:create-agent-preferences";
+const FORM_PREFERENCES_QUERY_KEY = ["form-preferences"];
+
 // SessionProvider: Daemon client message handler that updates Zustand store
 export function SessionProvider({
   children,
   serverUrl,
   serverId,
 }: SessionProviderProps) {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const client = useDaemonClient(serverUrl);
   const [connectionSnapshot, setConnectionSnapshot] =
     useState<DaemonConnectionSnapshot>(() =>
       mapConnectionState(client.getConnectionState(), client.lastError)
     );
   const { updateConnectionStatus } = useDaemonConnections();
+  const { adoptDaemonServerId } = useDaemonRegistry();
 
   // Zustand store actions
   const initializeSession = useSessionStore((state) => state.initializeSession);
@@ -349,6 +355,7 @@ export function SessionProvider({
   );
   const attentionNotifiedRef = useRef<Map<string, number>>(new Map());
   const appStateRef = useRef(AppState.currentState);
+  const hasAdoptedServerIdRef = useRef(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", (nextState) => {
@@ -443,6 +450,47 @@ export function SessionProvider({
     return unsubscribe;
   }, [client]);
 
+  // Daemon identity handshake: adopt stable serverId from the daemon.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return client.on("status", (message) => {
+      if (message.type !== "status") return;
+      const payload = message.payload as { status?: unknown; serverId?: unknown };
+      if (payload?.status !== "server_info") return;
+
+      const remoteServerId = typeof payload.serverId === "string" ? payload.serverId.trim() : "";
+      if (!remoteServerId) return;
+
+      // Avoid loops if multiple server_info messages arrive.
+      if (hasAdoptedServerIdRef.current) return;
+      hasAdoptedServerIdRef.current = true;
+
+      if (remoteServerId === serverId) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      void (async () => {
+        const canonicalId = await adoptDaemonServerId(serverId, remoteServerId);
+
+        // Migrate persisted "create agent" preferences if they reference the old id.
+        try {
+          const stored = await AsyncStorage.getItem(FORM_PREFERENCES_STORAGE_KEY);
+          if (stored) {
+            const parsed = JSON.parse(stored) as { serverId?: unknown } & Record<string, unknown>;
+            if (typeof parsed.serverId === "string" && parsed.serverId === serverId) {
+              const next = { ...parsed, serverId: canonicalId };
+              await AsyncStorage.setItem(FORM_PREFERENCES_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(next));
+              queryClient.setQueryData(FORM_PREFERENCES_QUERY_KEY, next);
+            }
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.warn("[Session] Failed to migrate form preferences serverId", { error });
+        }
+      })().catch((error) => {
+        console.warn("[Session] Failed to adopt daemon serverId", { error });
+      });
+    });
+  }, [adoptDaemonServerId, client, queryClient, serverId]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     updateSessionConnection(serverId, connectionSnapshot);
   }, [serverId, connectionSnapshot, updateSessionConnection]);

packages/app/src/hooks/use-agent-form-state.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type UseAgentFormStateOptions = {
   isVisible?: boolean;
   isCreateFlow?: boolean;
   isTargetDaemonReady?: boolean;
+  onlineServerIds?: string[];
 };
 
 type UseAgentFormStateResult = {
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ export function useAgentFormState(
     isVisible = true,
     isCreateFlow = true,
     isTargetDaemonReady = true,
+    onlineServerIds = [],
   } = options;
 
   const {
@@ -357,6 +359,32 @@ export function useAgentFormState(
     validServerIds,
   ]);
 
+  // Auto-select the first online host when:
+  // - no URL override
+  // - no stored preference applied
+  // - user hasn't manually picked a host in this session
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isVisible || !isCreateFlow) return;
+    if (isPreferencesLoading) return;
+    if (!hasResolvedRef.current) return;
+    if (userModified.serverId) return;
+    if (combinedInitialValues?.serverId !== undefined) return;
+    if (formStateRef.current.serverId) return;
+
+    const candidate = onlineServerIds.find((id) => validServerIds.has(id)) ?? null;
+    if (!candidate) return;
+
+    setFormState((prev) => (prev.serverId ? prev : { ...prev, serverId: candidate }));
+  }, [
+    combinedInitialValues?.serverId,
+    isCreateFlow,
+    isPreferencesLoading,
+    isVisible,
+    onlineServerIds.join("|"),
+    userModified.serverId,
+    validServerIds,
+  ]);
+
   // Persist inferred serverId so reloads keep the selection (e.g. URL serverId or first-time load).
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isVisible || !isCreateFlow) return;

packages/app/src/screens/agent/draft-agent-screen.tsx

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   checkoutStatusQueryKey,
 } from "@/hooks/use-checkout-status-query";
 import { useDaemonConnections } from "@/contexts/daemon-connections-context";
-import { useDaemonRegistry } from "@/contexts/daemon-registry-context";
+import { resolveCanonicalDaemonId, useDaemonRegistry } from "@/contexts/daemon-registry-context";
 import { formatConnectionStatus } from "@/utils/daemons";
 import { useSessionStore } from "@/stores/session-store";
 import { useCreateFlowStore } from "@/stores/create-flow-store";
@@ -147,6 +147,33 @@ export function DraftAgentScreen({
   const resolvedModel = getParamValue(params.model);
   const resolvedWorkingDir = getParamValue(params.workingDir);
 
+  const onlineServerIds = useMemo(() => {
+    if (daemons.length === 0) return [];
+    const out: string[] = [];
+    for (const daemon of daemons) {
+      const status = connectionStates.get(daemon.id)?.status ?? "idle";
+      if (status === "online") out.push(daemon.id);
+    }
+    return out;
+  }, [connectionStates, daemons]);
+
+  // If the URL contains a legacy host id, redirect to the canonical daemon-provided id.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!resolvedServerId) return;
+    const canonical = resolveCanonicalDaemonId(daemons, resolvedServerId);
+    if (!canonical || canonical === resolvedServerId) return;
+
+    const nextParams: Record<string, string> = {};
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(params)) {
+      if (key === "serverId") continue;
+      if (typeof value === "string") nextParams[key] = value;
+      if (Array.isArray(value) && typeof value[0] === "string") nextParams[key] = value[0] as string;
+    }
+    nextParams.serverId = canonical;
+
+    router.replace({ pathname: "/", params: nextParams as any });
+  }, [daemons, params, resolvedServerId, router]);
+
   const initialValues = useMemo((): CreateAgentInitialValues => {
     const values: CreateAgentInitialValues = {};
     if (resolvedWorkingDir) {
@@ -187,6 +214,7 @@ export function DraftAgentScreen({
     initialValues,
     isVisible,
     isCreateFlow: true,
+    onlineServerIds,
   });
   const hostEntry = selectedServerId
     ? connectionStates.get(selectedServerId)

packages/server/src/server/bootstrap.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import {
 } from "./connection-offer.js";
 import { printPairingQrIfEnabled } from "./pairing-qr.js";
 import { startRelayTransport, type RelayTransportController } from "./relay-transport.js";
+import { getOrCreateServerId } from "./server-id.js";
 import type {
   AgentClient,
   AgentProvider,
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ export async function createPaseoDaemon(
   rootLogger: Logger
   ): Promise<PaseoDaemon> {
   const logger = rootLogger.child({ module: "bootstrap" });
-  const connectionSessionId = randomUUID();
+  const serverId = getOrCreateServerId(config.paseoHome, { logger });
+  const connectionSessionId = serverId;
   let relayTransport: RelayTransportController | null = null;
 
   const staticDir = config.staticDir;
@@ -416,6 +418,7 @@ export async function createPaseoDaemon(
   const wsServer = new VoiceAssistantWebSocketServer(
     httpServer,
     logger,
+    serverId,
     agentManager,
     agentStorage,
     downloadTokenStore,

packages/server/src/server/daemon-client.e2e.test.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 import {
   createDaemonTestContext,
   type DaemonTestContext,
+  DaemonClient,
 } from "./test-utils/index.js";
 import { getFullAccessConfig, getAskModeConfig } from "./daemon-e2e/agent-configs.js";
 import {
@@ -88,6 +89,29 @@ describe("daemon client E2E", () => {
     expect(deleteResult.error).toBeTruthy();
   }, 30000);
 
+  test("emits server_info on websocket connect", async () => {
+    const client = new DaemonClient({
+      url: `ws://127.0.0.1:${ctx.daemon.port}/ws`,
+    });
+
+    const infoPromise = waitForSignal<{ serverId: string }>(5000, (resolve) => {
+      const unsubscribe = client.on("status", (message) => {
+        if (message.type !== "status") return;
+        const payload = message.payload as { status?: unknown; serverId?: unknown };
+        if (payload.status !== "server_info") return;
+        if (typeof payload.serverId !== "string" || payload.serverId.trim().length === 0) return;
+        resolve({ serverId: payload.serverId.trim() });
+      });
+      return unsubscribe;
+    });
+
+    await client.connect();
+    const info = await infoPromise;
+    expect(info.serverId.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    await client.close();
+  }, 15000);
+
   test("matches request IDs for concurrent session requests", async () => {
     const firstRequestId = `list-${Date.now()}-a`;
     const secondRequestId = `list-${Date.now()}-b`;

packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/relay-transport.e2e.test.ts

@@ -101,13 +101,16 @@ describe("Relay transport (plaintext) - daemon E2E", () => {
           });
 
           ws.on("message", (data) => {
-            clearTimeout(timeout);
             try {
-              resolve(JSON.parse(data.toString()));
+              const parsed = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+              if (parsed && typeof parsed === "object" && "type" in parsed && (parsed as any).type === "pong") {
+                clearTimeout(timeout);
+                resolve(parsed);
+                ws.close();
+              }
             } catch (err) {
+              clearTimeout(timeout);
               reject(err);
-            } finally {
-              ws.close();
             }
           });
 

packages/server/src/server/server-id.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { getOrCreateServerId } from "./server-id.js";
+
+function tmpHome(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-server-id-"));
+}
+
+describe("getOrCreateServerId", () => {
+  let home: string;
+  const originalEnv = process.env;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    process.env = { ...originalEnv };
+    delete process.env.PASEO_SERVER_ID;
+    home = tmpHome();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.env = originalEnv;
+    rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("creates and persists a stable id per PASEO_HOME", () => {
+    const first = getOrCreateServerId(home);
+    const second = getOrCreateServerId(home);
+    expect(first).toBe(second);
+    expect(first.startsWith("srv_")).toBe(true);
+
+    const idPath = path.join(home, "server-id");
+    expect(existsSync(idPath)).toBe(true);
+    expect(readFileSync(idPath, "utf8").trim()).toBe(first);
+  });
+
+  it("respects and persists PASEO_SERVER_ID override", () => {
+    process.env.PASEO_SERVER_ID = "test-daemon-id";
+    const id = getOrCreateServerId(home);
+    expect(id).toBe("test-daemon-id");
+
+    const idPath = path.join(home, "server-id");
+    expect(existsSync(idPath)).toBe(true);
+    expect(readFileSync(idPath, "utf8").trim()).toBe("test-daemon-id");
+  });
+});
+

packages/server/src/server/server-id.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
+
+type LoggerLike = {
+  child(bindings: Record<string, unknown>): LoggerLike;
+  info(...args: any[]): void;
+  warn(...args: any[]): void;
+};
+
+const SERVER_ID_FILENAME = "server-id";
+
+function getLogger(logger: LoggerLike | undefined): LoggerLike | undefined {
+  return logger?.child({ module: "server-id" });
+}
+
+function getServerIdPath(paseoHome: string): string {
+  return path.join(paseoHome, SERVER_ID_FILENAME);
+}
+
+function generateServerId(): string {
+  // 9 bytes -> 12 base64url chars; keep it short + URL-safe.
+  const rand = randomBytes(9).toString("base64url");
+  return `srv_${rand}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stable daemon identifier scoped to a given $PASEO_HOME.
+ *
+ * - Persisted to `$PASEO_HOME/server-id`
+ * - Can be overridden via `PASEO_SERVER_ID` (useful for tests)
+ */
+export function getOrCreateServerId(
+  paseoHome: string,
+  options?: { env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv; logger?: LoggerLike }
+): string {
+  const env = options?.env ?? process.env;
+  const log = getLogger(options?.logger);
+  const serverIdPath = getServerIdPath(paseoHome);
+
+  const envOverride =
+    typeof env.PASEO_SERVER_ID === "string" && env.PASEO_SERVER_ID.trim().length > 0
+      ? env.PASEO_SERVER_ID.trim()
+      : null;
+
+  if (envOverride) {
+    // Persist the override for consistent identity across restarts.
+    if (!existsSync(serverIdPath)) {
+      try {
+        writeFileSync(serverIdPath, `${envOverride}\n`, "utf8");
+        log?.info({ serverId: envOverride }, "Persisted PASEO_SERVER_ID override");
+      } catch (error) {
+        log?.warn({ error }, "Failed to persist PASEO_SERVER_ID override");
+      }
+    }
+    return envOverride;
+  }
+
+  if (existsSync(serverIdPath)) {
+    try {
+      const raw = readFileSync(serverIdPath, "utf8");
+      const parsed = raw.trim();
+      if (parsed.length > 0) {
+        return parsed;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      log?.warn({ error }, "Failed to read server-id file, regenerating");
+    }
+  }
+
+  const created = generateServerId();
+  try {
+    writeFileSync(serverIdPath, `${created}\n`, "utf8");
+  } catch (error) {
+    log?.warn({ error }, "Failed to persist serverId (continuing with in-memory id)");
+  }
+  return created;
+}
+

packages/server/src/server/websocket-server.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export class VoiceAssistantWebSocketServer {
   constructor(
     server: HTTPServer,
     logger: pino.Logger,
+    serverId: string,
     agentManager: AgentManager,
     agentStorage: AgentStorage,
     downloadTokenStore: DownloadTokenStore,
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export class VoiceAssistantWebSocketServer {
     this.logger = logger.child({ module: "websocket-server" });
     this.bridge = new WebSocketSessionBridge(
       this.logger,
+      serverId,
       agentManager,
       agentStorage,
       downloadTokenStore,

packages/server/src/server/websocket-session-bridge.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class WebSocketSessionBridge {
   private readonly logger: pino.Logger;
   private readonly sessions: Map<WebSocket, Session> = new Map();
   private clientIdCounter = 0;
+  private readonly serverId: string;
   private readonly agentManager: AgentManager;
   private readonly agentStorage: AgentStorage;
   private readonly downloadTokenStore: DownloadTokenStore;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export class WebSocketSessionBridge {
 
   constructor(
     logger: pino.Logger,
+    serverId: string,
     agentManager: AgentManager,
     agentStorage: AgentStorage,
     downloadTokenStore: DownloadTokenStore,
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ export class WebSocketSessionBridge {
     }
   ) {
     this.logger = logger.child({ module: "websocket-session-bridge" });
+    this.serverId = serverId;
     this.agentManager = agentManager;
     this.agentStorage = agentStorage;
     this.downloadTokenStore = downloadTokenStore;
@@ -121,6 +124,18 @@ export class WebSocketSessionBridge {
 
     this.sessions.set(ws, session);
 
+    // Advertise stable server identity immediately on connect (used for URL/shareable IDs).
+    this.sendToClient(
+      ws,
+      wrapSessionMessage({
+        type: "status",
+        payload: {
+          status: "server_info",
+          serverId: this.serverId,
+        },
+      })
+    );
+
     connectionLogger.info(
       { clientId, totalSessions: this.sessions.size },
       "Client connected"