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Summary

portal expose --help and relay-server --help now list the flags those commands already parse, and they include a loopback wiring pair plus the ready log line. Before, a cold agent limited to CLI help could not find --identity-path / --api-port, and after flags landed it still could not map api-port to --relays or know that success starts with service ready at.

Defaults are unchanged (discovery still defaults true; SNI still defaults 443). The loopback section is additive.

Closes #351. Fit: #346 principles 1 and 2.

Validation

  • go test ./utils/ -run TestWrite passed.
  • go run ./cmd/portal-tunnel expose --help prints Flags including -identity-path, then Loopback --relays https://127.0.0.1:4017 --discovery=false, then Ready service ready at.
  • go run ./cmd/relay-server --help prints the matching relay-server --api-port 4017 --sni-port 8443 line.

Custom usage printers replaced FlagSet defaults, so expose and
relay-server help listed examples and omitted identity-path,
relays, api-port, and sni-port.

Closes #351
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  • Documentation

    • Improved command help output with available flags, default values, examples, and related environment variables.
    • Added loopback tunnel examples and documentation for the “service ready at” success message.
    • Updated usage information for portal tunneling and relay server commands.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Ensured displayed flag defaults reflect configured fallback values without exposing resolved secret values.
    • Standardized flag registration and parsing for help output and command execution.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for flag defaults, help sections, environment variables, secret protection, and empty inputs.

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The change shares CLI flag registration between command execution and usage rendering. Help output now lists fallback defaults, loopback examples, and the service ready at log line for expose and relay-server commands. Tests cover defaults, nil inputs, help sections, and secret-value omission.

Changes

CLI flag help output

Layer / File(s) Summary
Flag default and help rendering
utils/cmd.go, utils/cmd_usage_test.go
Environment-backed flags display fallback values instead of resolved environment values. WriteFlagDefaults renders registered defaults. WriteHelpSection renders headings and indented lines. Tests cover output, nil inputs, help content, and secret omission.
Expose command help wiring
cmd/portal-tunnel/main.go
Expose flag registration is shared by command execution and usage rendering. Usage output now includes flag defaults, a loopback example, and the readiness log line.
Relay-server help wiring
cmd/relay-server/main.go
Relay-server flag registration is shared by configuration parsing and root usage rendering. Usage output now includes flag defaults, local relay and expose examples, and the readiness log line.

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4ae32

Help generation can leave the command’s shared output destination pointed at the temporary help writer, causing later usage or parse-error messages to appear in the wrong place. The impact is localized and the PR is otherwise mergeable, but the destination should be restored.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 10.53% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 70.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 19 functions across 4 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title uses Conventional Commits format and clearly describes the CLI help change.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the added flag listings, loopback guidance, ready log documentation, unchanged defaults, and validation.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #351 by rendering registered flags for both commands, preserving defaults, and adding loopback startup guidance. Environment-resolved values are not exposed in help output.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within the stated CLI help scope. They do not alter flag defaults, listen addresses, or relay pairing.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
utils/cmd_usage_test.go (1)

18-21: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the actual default value.

This test checks -identity-path and IDENTITY_PATH, but it never checks identity.json. It will pass if the flag name remains visible while the default value disappears. Set IDENTITY_PATH to an empty value for deterministic input and assert that identity.json is present.

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In `@utils/cmd_usage_test.go` around lines 18 - 21, Update the help-output test
around the usage invocation to set IDENTITY_PATH to an empty value before
capturing output, then add identity.json to the required substrings alongside
the existing -identity-path and IDENTITY_PATH assertions.
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Inline comments:
In `@utils/cmd.go`:
- Around line 530-537: Update WriteFlagDefaults and the StringFlagEnv
default-registration flow so resolved environment values are not emitted by
fs.PrintDefaults; use non-secret fallback-only defaults or redact sensitive
values while preserving normal help text. Add a regression test covering
WriteFlagDefaults that verifies credentials such as ADMIN_TOKEN and
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY never appear in the generated output.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@utils/cmd_usage_test.go`:
- Around line 18-21: Update the help-output test around the usage invocation to
set IDENTITY_PATH to an empty value before capturing output, then add
identity.json to the required substrings alongside the existing -identity-path
and IDENTITY_PATH assertions.
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utils/cmd_usage_test.go (1)

26-32: LGTM!

cmd/portal-tunnel/main.go (1)

111-118: LGTM!

cmd/relay-server/main.go (1)

88-99: LGTM!

Comment thread utils/cmd.go
Flags were visible after the previous commit, but help still did not
map api-port to --relays or name the service ready at log line.

See also: #351

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utils/cmd.go (1)

536-544: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restore the caller’s FlagSet output after rendering. SetOutput(w) mutates fs, and later parse errors or usage calls can write to w instead of the previous destination. Save fs.Output() before the call and restore it with defer.

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In `@utils/cmd.go` around lines 536 - 544, Update WriteFlagDefaults to save the
existing fs.Output() before calling fs.SetOutput(w), then defer restoring that
output after fs.PrintDefaults() completes, while preserving the current nil
checks and rendering behavior.
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In `@utils/cmd.go`:
- Around line 536-544: Update WriteFlagDefaults to save the existing fs.Output()
before calling fs.SetOutput(w), then defer restoring that output after
fs.PrintDefaults() completes, while preserving the current nil checks and
rendering behavior.

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Keep shared stateless transforms in `utils/`; keep stateful and domain-shaped logic with the real owner.

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🔇 Additional comments (2)
utils/cmd.go (1)

227-229: LGTM!

Also applies to: 239-249, 546-555

utils/cmd_usage_test.go (1)

9-42: LGTM!

Also applies to: 44-51, 53-74

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gosunuts merged commit e41c03b into main Aug 28, 2026
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gosunuts deleted the fix/cli-help-prints-flags branch August 28, 2026 14:48
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