1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/detached/server.zig b/src/detached/server.zig
index 2b87bd60..78b85836 100644
--- a/src/detached/server.zig
+++ b/src/detached/server.zig
@@ -627,7 +627,11 @@ pub const Session = struct {
     fn openLink(ctx: ?*anyopaque, url: []const u8) void {
         const s = of(ctx);
         if (s.origins()) |c| return s.send(c, .{ .open_link = url });
+        // No frontend: the session's own desktop is nobody's to open a
+        // browser on. Kept, and said, so a script sees the look land.
         s.core.fallback.setLink(url);
+        var said: [320]u8 = undefined;
+        s.core.setMessage(s.core.active, std.fmt.bufPrint(&said, "look: {s}: no frontend attached to open it in a browser", .{url}) catch "look: no frontend attached to open a link");
     }
 
     fn detach(ctx: ?*anyopaque) void {
@@ -1309,6 +1313,24 @@ pub fn run(init: std.process.Init, opts: pardes.Options, name: []const u8) !void
     }
 }
 
+test "a link looked at with no frontend attached opens no browser, and says so" {
+    const gpa = std.testing.allocator;
+    var s: Session = .{
+        .gpa = gpa,
+        .worker_gpa = gpa,
+        .io = std.testing.io,
+        .core = try pardes.Pardes.init(gpa, .{ .tty_only = true, .cols = 40, .rows = 12 }),
+        .cols = 40,
+        .rows = 12,
+    };
+    defer s.core.deinit();
+    defer s.deinit();
+    Session.openLink(&s, "https://example.com/x");
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("https://example.com/x", s.core.fallback.link.items);
+    const pane = s.core.panes[s.core.active].?;
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("look: https://example.com/x: no frontend attached to open it in a browser", pane.msg[0..pane.msg_len]);
+}
+
 test "detached queued results preserve current requests and are discarded before Restore" {
     const gpa = std.testing.allocator;
     var s: Session = .{