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# OQ-43: `TtyControl` as a `Clone` trait object
- **Origin**: [crates/tty/tty-backend.md](crates/tty/tty-backend.md)
(the `TtyHandle.control` field shape);
`docs/research/alknet-tty/phase-0-findings.md` OQ-TTY-01 (the trait-
shape open question the local-PTY POC resolved).
- **Status**: resolved
- **Door type**: One-way (the `TtyControl` trait shape is part of the
`TtyBackend` API surface — ADR-053), two-way (the concrete `Clone`
newtype mechanism)
- **Priority**: medium
- **Resolution**: `TtyHandle.control` is
`Option<Box<dyn TtyControl + Send + Unpin + Clone>>`. The `Clone`
trait-object bound is satisfied via an `Arc`-backed `Clone` newtype: a
small struct holding `Arc<dyn TtyControlInner>` where `TtyControlInner:
Send + Sync` has the `resize`/`signal` methods, and the public
`TtyControl` newtype implements `Clone` by cloning the `Arc`. The
local-PTY POC used a concrete `PtyControl` struct (inherently `Clone` —
it held `Arc<Mutex<...>>` fields); the trait-object form generalizes it
so a backend can produce its own control type without the adapter
knowing the concrete shape. The `Clone` constraint exists because the
adapter's control-chunk dispatcher needs to be handed off to the
spawned pump task (the POC's `session::drive_session` clones
`pty.control` for the client→backend pump). See ADR-053 and
`tty-backend.md`.
- **Cross-references**: ADR-053, [tty-backend.md](crates/tty/tty-backend.md),
`/workspace/alknet-tty-poc/src/local_pty.rs` (`PtyControl`)