fix: keep failed resume side-effect free

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rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs

@@ -382,9 +382,16 @@ fn main() {
                     object.insert("available".to_string(), serde_json::json!(available));
                     object.insert("tool_aliases".to_string(), aliases);
                 }
-            } else if kind == "missing_argument" && message.contains("--allowedTools") {
+            } else if kind == "missing_argument" {
                 if let Some(object) = error_json.as_object_mut() {
-                    object.insert("argument".to_string(), serde_json::json!("--allowedTools"));
+                    if message.contains("--allowedTools") {
+                        object.insert("argument".to_string(), serde_json::json!("--allowedTools"));
+                    } else if message.contains("prompt or subcommand") {
+                        object.insert(
+                            "argument".to_string(),
+                            serde_json::json!("prompt or subcommand"),
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
             }
             // #819/#820/#823: JSON mode error envelopes must go to stdout so machine
@@ -1751,11 +1758,15 @@ fn parse_args(args: &[String]) -> Result<CliAction, String> {
 
     if rest.is_empty() {
         let permission_mode = permission_mode_override.unwrap_or_else(default_permission_mode);
+        let stdin_is_terminal = std::io::stdin().is_terminal();
+        if compact && stdin_is_terminal {
+            return Err(compact_missing_argument_error());
+        }
         // When stdin is not a terminal (pipe/redirect) and no prompt is given on the
         // command line, read stdin as the prompt and dispatch as a one-shot Prompt
         // rather than starting the interactive REPL (which would consume the pipe and
         // print the startup banner, then exit without sending anything to the API).
-        if !std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
+        if !stdin_is_terminal {
             let mut buf = String::new();
             let _ = std::io::Read::read_to_string(&mut std::io::stdin(), &mut buf);
             let piped = buf.trim().to_string();
@@ -1766,12 +1777,15 @@ fn parse_args(args: &[String]) -> Result<CliAction, String> {
                     allowed_tools,
                     permission_mode,
                     output_format,
-                    compact: false,
+                    compact,
                     base_commit,
                     reasoning_effort,
                     allow_broad_cwd,
                 });
             }
+            if compact {
+                return Err(compact_missing_argument_error());
+            }
             // Non-TTY stdin with no piped content: refuse to start the interactive
             // REPL (it would block forever waiting for input that will never arrive).
             // (#696: emit a typed error instead of hanging indefinitely)
@@ -2087,7 +2101,8 @@ Usage: claw prompt <text>  or  echo '<text>' | claw prompt".to_string());
             allow_broad_cwd,
         ),
         other => {
-            if !other.starts_with('-')
+            if !compact
+                && !other.starts_with('-')
                 && looks_like_subcommand_typo(other)
                 && (rest.len() == 1
                     || (output_format == CliOutputFormat::Json && model_flag_raw.is_none()))
@@ -2850,6 +2865,11 @@ fn allowed_tools_missing_error() -> String {
     "missing_argument: --allowedTools requires a tool list before subcommands or flags.\nUsage: --allowedTools <tool-name>[,<tool-name>...]  e.g. --allowedTools read,glob".to_string()
 }
 
+fn compact_missing_argument_error() -> String {
+    "missing_argument: --compact requires prompt text, piped stdin, or a subcommand. argument: prompt or subcommand\nUsage: claw --compact <prompt>  or  echo '<prompt>' | claw --compact"
+        .to_string()
+}
+
 fn allowed_tool_aliases_json(registry: &GlobalToolRegistry) -> Value {
     Value::Object(
         registry
@@ -13558,6 +13578,21 @@ mod tests {
                 allow_broad_cwd: false,
             }
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_args(&["--compact".to_string(), "hello".to_string()])
+                .expect("compact single-word prompt should parse"),
+            CliAction::Prompt {
+                prompt: "hello".to_string(),
+                model: DEFAULT_MODEL.to_string(),
+                output_format: CliOutputFormat::Text,
+                allowed_tools: None,
+                permission_mode: PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite,
+                compact: true,
+                base_commit: None,
+                reasoning_effort: None,
+                allow_broad_cwd: false,
+            }
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]

rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/tests/output_format_contract.rs

@@ -5424,6 +5424,54 @@ fn multi_word_unknown_subcommand_json_emits_command_not_found_826() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn compact_flag_missing_argument_and_shorthand_prompt_contract_435() {
+    let root = unique_temp_dir("compact-flag-435");
+    let config_home = root.join("config-home");
+    let home = root.join("home");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&root).expect("create temp dir");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&config_home).expect("create config home");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&home).expect("create home");
+    let envs = [
+        (
+            "CLAW_CONFIG_HOME",
+            config_home.to_str().expect("config home utf8"),
+        ),
+        ("HOME", home.to_str().expect("home utf8")),
+        ("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", ""),
+        ("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN", ""),
+        ("OPENAI_API_KEY", ""),
+    ];
+
+    let missing = run_claw(&root, &["--output-format", "json", "--compact"], &envs);
+    assert_eq!(missing.status.code(), Some(1));
+    assert!(
+        missing.stderr.is_empty(),
+        "compact missing-argument JSON should keep stderr empty: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&missing.stderr)
+    );
+    let missing_json = parse_json_stdout(&missing, "compact missing argument");
+    assert_eq!(missing_json["error_kind"], "missing_argument");
+    assert_eq!(missing_json["argument"], "prompt or subcommand");
+
+    let prompt = run_claw(
+        &root,
+        &["--output-format", "json", "--compact", "hello"],
+        &envs,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(prompt.status.code(), Some(1));
+    assert!(
+        prompt.stderr.is_empty(),
+        "compact prompt JSON should keep stderr empty: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&prompt.stderr)
+    );
+    let prompt_json = parse_json_stdout(&prompt, "compact shorthand prompt");
+    assert_eq!(
+        prompt_json["error_kind"], "missing_credentials",
+        "--compact hello should stay on the prompt/provider path, not command_not_found: {prompt_json}"
+    );
+}
+
 // #827: direct /unknown-slash-command must emit typed error_kind, not "unknown"
 // Uses the direct-slash CLI path (no session load needed; reproducible on CI).
 #[test]

rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/tests/resume_slash_commands.rs

@@ -222,6 +222,73 @@ fn resume_latest_restores_the_most_recent_managed_session() {
     assert!(stdout.contains(newer_path.to_str().expect("utf8 path")));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn resume_latest_missing_session_fails_without_creating_session_dirs_435() {
+    // given
+    let temp_dir = unique_temp_dir("resume-latest-missing-435");
+    let project_dir = temp_dir.join("project");
+    let config_home = temp_dir.join("config-home");
+    let home = temp_dir.join("home");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&project_dir).expect("project dir should exist");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&config_home).expect("config home should exist");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&home).expect("home should exist");
+    let envs = [
+        (
+            "CLAW_CONFIG_HOME",
+            config_home.to_str().expect("utf8 config home"),
+        ),
+        ("HOME", home.to_str().expect("utf8 home")),
+        ("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", ""),
+        ("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN", ""),
+        ("OPENAI_API_KEY", ""),
+    ];
+
+    // when — both text and JSON resume failures should be non-zero and read-only.
+    let text = run_claw_with_env(&project_dir, &["--resume", "latest"], &envs);
+    let json = run_claw_with_env(
+        &project_dir,
+        &["--output-format", "json", "--resume", "latest"],
+        &envs,
+    );
+
+    // then
+    assert_eq!(
+        text.status.code(),
+        Some(1),
+        "text resume failure must be non-zero"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        text.stdout.is_empty(),
+        "text resume failure should not claim success on stdout: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&text.stdout)
+    );
+    let text_stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&text.stderr);
+    assert!(
+        text_stderr.contains("no managed sessions found"),
+        "text failure should explain missing sessions: {text_stderr}"
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        json.status.code(),
+        Some(1),
+        "JSON resume failure must be non-zero"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        json.stderr.is_empty(),
+        "JSON resume failure should keep stderr empty: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&json.stderr)
+    );
+    let parsed: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&json.stdout)
+        .expect("JSON resume failure should emit JSON to stdout");
+    assert_eq!(parsed["status"], "error");
+    assert_eq!(parsed["action"], "restore");
+    assert_eq!(parsed["error_kind"], "no_managed_sessions");
+    assert!(
+        !project_dir.join(".claw").exists(),
+        "failed resume must not create .claw/session directories"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn resumed_status_command_emits_structured_json_when_requested() {
     // given