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[rush reporter][R2] Add opt-in controls and the frontend ReporterHost

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
nodejs, typescript
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

First resolve the blocker in issue #5974, then inspect the reporter frontend under apps/rush and the rush.json and experiments.json configuration surfaces. Trace how command-line controls reach ReporterHost/ReporterManager, and verify the acceptance criteria across TTY, non-TTY, and CI inputs, including legacy defaults and actionable failures.

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Description

enhancement

Parent: #5858

Blocked by: #5974

Goal

Create the authoritative frontend reporter host and reversible pre-major activation controls, while preserving legacy output by default.

Scope

  • Construct ReporterHost/ReporterManager in apps/rush before Rush version selection.
  • Register --reporter, --output, --log-level, --quiet, --verbose, and --debug through the supported command-line surface.
  • Read reporter configuration and agentEnvironmentVariables from rush.json.
  • Add an experiments.json opt-in (proposed name: useRushReporter).
  • Treat either an explicit non-legacy --reporter or the repository experiment as a deliberate pre-major opt-in; do not enable agent auto-selection yet.
  • Preserve RUSH_REPORTER=legacy as the emergency override.

Acceptance criteria

  • The frontend owns reporter selection and hands the engine only a typed sink.
  • No opt-in produces the current legacy output and behavior.
  • Explicit and repository-level opt-ins are deterministic and covered across TTY, non-TTY, and CI inputs.
  • Unsupported or contradictory controls fail with an actionable diagnostic.
  • Agent detection remains disabled as a default-selection mechanism until R8.

DAG

Unblocks R5 and R6.

Part of #5858.

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