11 files changed, 330 insertions, 223 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx b/src/client/views/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94e86c048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/views/CollectionMulticolumnView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import { makeInterface } from '../../new_fields/Schema';
+import { documentSchema } from '../../new_fields/documentSchemas';
+import { CollectionSubView, SubCollectionViewProps } from './collections/CollectionSubView';
+import { DragManager } from '../util/DragManager';
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Doc } from '../../new_fields/Doc';
+import { NumCast } from '../../new_fields/Types';
+
+type MulticolumnDocument = makeInterface<[typeof documentSchema]>;
+const MulticolumnDocument = makeInterface(documentSchema);
+
+@observer
+export default class CollectionMulticolumnView extends CollectionSubView(MulticolumnDocument) {
+
+    constructor(props: Readonly<SubCollectionViewProps>) {
+        super(props);
+        const { Document } = this.props;
+        Document.multicolumnData = new Doc();
+    }
+
+    private _dropDisposer?: DragManager.DragDropDisposer;
+    protected createDropTarget = (ele: HTMLDivElement) => { //used for stacking and masonry view
+        this._dropDisposer && this._dropDisposer();
+        if (ele) {
+            this._dropDisposer = DragManager.MakeDropTarget(ele, this.drop.bind(this));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public isCurrent(doc: Doc) { return !doc.isMinimized && (Math.abs(NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) - NumCast(this.Document.currentTimecode, -1)) < 1.5 || NumCast(doc.displayTimecode, -1) === -1); }
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div className={"collectionMulticolumnView_outer"}>
+                <div className={"collectionMulticolumnView_contents"}>
+                    {this.childLayoutPairs.filter(pair => this.isCurrent(pair.layout)).map(({ layout, data }) => {
+
+                    })}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/ApiManagers/SessionManager.ts b/src/server/ApiManagers/SessionManager.ts
index 6782643bc..21103fdd5 100644
--- a/src/server/ApiManagers/SessionManager.ts
+++ b/src/server/ApiManagers/SessionManager.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import ApiManager, { Registration } from "./ApiManager";
 import { Method, _permission_denied, AuthorizedCore, SecureHandler } from "../RouteManager";
 import RouteSubscriber from "../RouteSubscriber";
 import { sessionAgent } from "..";
+import { DashSessionAgent } from "../DashSession/DashSessionAgent";
 
 const permissionError = "You are not authorized!";
 
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ export default class SessionManager extends ApiManager {
 
         register({
             method: Method.GET,
-            subscription: this.secureSubscriber("debug", "mode", "recipient"),
+            subscription: this.secureSubscriber("debug", "mode", "recipient?"),
             secureHandler: this.authorizedAction(async ({ req, res }) => {
-                const { mode, recipient } = req.params;
+                const { mode } = req.params;
                 if (["passive", "active"].includes(mode)) {
+                    const recipient = req.params.recipient || DashSessionAgent.notificationRecipient;
                     const response = await sessionAgent.serverWorker.sendMonitorAction("debug", { mode, recipient }, true);
                     if (response instanceof Error) {
                         res.send(response);
diff --git a/src/server/DashSession/DashSessionAgent.ts b/src/server/DashSession/DashSessionAgent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3f0a3c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/DashSession/DashSessionAgent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+import { Email, pathFromRoot } from "../ActionUtilities";
+import { red, yellow, green, cyan } from "colors";
+import { get } from "request-promise";
+import { Utils } from "../../Utils";
+import { WebSocket } from "../Websocket/Websocket";
+import { MessageStore } from "../Message";
+import { launchServer, onWindows } from "..";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, statSync, createWriteStream, readFileSync } from "fs";
+import * as Archiver from "archiver";
+import { resolve } from "path";
+import { AppliedSessionAgent, ExitHandler } from "../session/agents/applied_session_agent";
+import { Monitor } from "../session/agents/monitor";
+import { ServerWorker } from "../session/agents/server_worker";
+
+/**
+ * If we're the monitor (master) thread, we should launch the monitor logic for the session.
+ * Otherwise, we must be on a worker thread that was spawned *by* the monitor (master) thread, and thus
+ * our job should be to run the server.
+ */
+export class DashSessionAgent extends AppliedSessionAgent {
+
+    private readonly signature = "-Dash Server Session Manager";
+    private readonly releaseDesktop = pathFromRoot("../../Desktop");
+
+    /**
+     * The core method invoked when the single master thread is initialized.
+     * Installs event hooks, repl commands and additional IPC listeners.
+     */
+    protected async initializeMonitor(monitor: Monitor) {
+        monitor.addReplCommand("pull", [], () => monitor.exec("git pull"));
+        monitor.addReplCommand("solr", [/start|stop|index/], this.executeSolrCommand);
+        monitor.addReplCommand("backup", [], this.backup);
+        monitor.addReplCommand("debug", [/active|passive/, /\S+\@\S+/], async ([mode, recipient]) => this.dispatchZippedDebugBackup(mode, recipient));
+        monitor.addServerMessageListener("backup", this.backup);
+        monitor.addServerMessageListener("debug", ({ args: { mode, recipient } }) => this.dispatchZippedDebugBackup(mode, recipient));
+        monitor.on(Monitor.IntrinsicEvents.KeyGenerated, this.dispatchSessionPassword);
+        monitor.on(Monitor.IntrinsicEvents.CrashDetected, this.dispatchCrashReport);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The core method invoked when a server worker thread is initialized.
+     * Installs logic to be executed when the server worker dies.
+     */
+    protected async initializeServerWorker() {
+        const worker = ServerWorker.Create(launchServer); // server initialization delegated to worker
+        worker.addExitHandler(this.notifyClient);
+        return worker;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prepares the body of the email with instructions on restoring the transmitted remote database backup locally.
+     */
+    private _remoteDebugInstructions: string | undefined;
+    private generateDebugInstructions = (zipName: string, target: string) => {
+        if (!this._remoteDebugInstructions) {
+            this._remoteDebugInstructions = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "./templates/remote_debug_instructions.txt"), { encoding: "utf8" });
+        }
+        return this._remoteDebugInstructions
+            .replace(/__zipname__/, zipName)
+            .replace(/__target__/, target)
+            .replace(/__signature__/, this.signature);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prepares the body of the email with information regarding a crash event.
+     */
+    private _crashInstructions: string | undefined;
+    private generateCrashInstructions({ name, message, stack }: Error) {
+        if (!this._crashInstructions) {
+            this._crashInstructions = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "./templates/crash_instructions.txt"), { encoding: "utf8" });
+        }
+        return this._crashInstructions
+            .replace(/__name__/, name || "[no error name found]")
+            .replace(/__message__/, message || "[no error message found]")
+            .replace(/__stack__/, stack || "[no error stack found]")
+            .replace(/__signature__/, this.signature);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This sends a pseudorandomly generated guid to the configuration's recipients, allowing them alone
+     * to kill the server via the /kill/:key route.
+     */
+    private dispatchSessionPassword = async (key: string) => {
+        const { mainLog } = this.sessionMonitor;
+        const { notificationRecipient } = DashSessionAgent;
+        mainLog(green("dispatching session key..."));
+        const error = await Email.dispatch({
+            to: notificationRecipient,
+            subject: "Dash Release Session Admin Authentication Key",
+            content: `The key for this session (started @ ${new Date().toUTCString()}) is ${key}.\n\n${this.signature}`
+        });
+        if (error) {
+            this.sessionMonitor.mainLog(red(`dispatch failure @ ${notificationRecipient} (${yellow(error.message)})`));
+            mainLog(red("distribution of session key experienced errors"));
+        } else {
+            mainLog(green("successfully distributed session key to recipients"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This sends an email with the generated crash report.
+     */
+    private dispatchCrashReport = async (crashCause: Error) => {
+        const { mainLog } = this.sessionMonitor;
+        const { notificationRecipient } = DashSessionAgent;
+        const error = await Email.dispatch({
+            to: notificationRecipient,
+            subject: "Dash Web Server Crash",
+            content: this.generateCrashInstructions(crashCause)
+        });
+        if (error) {
+            this.sessionMonitor.mainLog(red(`dispatch failure @ ${notificationRecipient} (${yellow(error.message)})`));
+            mainLog(red("distribution of crash notification experienced errors"));
+        } else {
+            mainLog(green("successfully distributed crash notification to recipients"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Logic for interfacing with Solr. Either starts it, 
+     * stops it, or rebuilds its indicies.
+     */
+    private executeSolrCommand = async (args: string[]) => {
+        const { exec, mainLog } = this.sessionMonitor;
+        const action = args[0];
+        if (action === "index") {
+            exec("npx ts-node ./updateSearch.ts", { cwd: pathFromRoot("./src/server") });
+        } else {
+            const command = `${onWindows ? "solr.cmd" : "solr"} ${args[0] === "start" ? "start" : "stop -p 8983"}`;
+            await exec(command, { cwd: "./solr-8.3.1/bin" });
+            try {
+                await get("http://localhost:8983");
+                mainLog(green("successfully connected to 8983 after running solr initialization"));
+            } catch {
+                mainLog(red("unable to connect at 8983 after running solr initialization"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Broadcast to all clients that their connection
+     * is no longer valid, and explain why / what to expect.
+     */
+    private notifyClient: ExitHandler = reason => {
+        const { _socket } = WebSocket;
+        if (_socket) {
+            const message = typeof reason === "boolean" ? (reason ? "exit" : "temporary") : "crash";
+            Utils.Emit(_socket, MessageStore.ConnectionTerminated, message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs a backup of the database, saved to the desktop subdirectory.
+     * This should work as is only on our specific release server.
+     */
+    private backup = async () => this.sessionMonitor.exec("backup.bat", { cwd: this.releaseDesktop });
+
+    /**
+     * Compress either a brand new backup or the most recent backup and send it
+     * as an attachment to an email, dispatched to the requested recipient.
+     * @param mode specifies whether or not to make a new backup before exporting
+     * @param to the recipient of the email
+     */
+    private async dispatchZippedDebugBackup(mode: string, to: string) {
+        const { mainLog } = this.sessionMonitor;
+        try {
+            // if desired, complete an immediate backup to send
+            if (mode === "active") {
+                await this.backup();
+                mainLog("backup complete");
+            }
+
+            // ensure the directory for compressed backups exists
+            const backupsDirectory = `${this.releaseDesktop}/backups`;
+            const compressedDirectory = `${this.releaseDesktop}/compressed`;
+            if (!existsSync(compressedDirectory)) {
+                mkdirSync(compressedDirectory);
+            }
+
+            // sort all backups by their modified time, and choose the most recent one
+            const target = readdirSync(backupsDirectory).map(filename => ({
+                modifiedTime: statSync(`${backupsDirectory}/${filename}`).mtimeMs,
+                filename
+            })).sort((a, b) => b.modifiedTime - a.modifiedTime)[0].filename;
+            mainLog(`targeting ${target}...`);
+
+            // create a zip file and to it, write the contents of the backup directory
+            const zipName = `${target}.zip`;
+            const zipPath = `${compressedDirectory}/${zipName}`;
+            const output = createWriteStream(zipPath);
+            const zip = Archiver('zip');
+            zip.pipe(output);
+            zip.directory(`${backupsDirectory}/${target}/Dash`, false);
+            await zip.finalize();
+            mainLog(`zip finalized with size ${statSync(zipPath).size} bytes, saved to ${zipPath}`);
+
+            // dispatch the email to the recipient, containing the finalized zip file
+            const error = await Email.dispatch({
+                to,
+                subject: `Remote debug: compressed backup of ${target}...`,
+                content: this.generateDebugInstructions(zipName, target),
+                attachments: [{ filename: zipName, path: zipPath }]
+            });
+
+            // indicate success or failure
+            mainLog(`${error === null ? green("successfully dispatched") : red("failed to dispatch")} ${zipName} to ${cyan(to)}`);
+            error && mainLog(red(error.message));
+        } catch (error) {
+            mainLog(red("unable to dispatch zipped backup..."));
+            mainLog(red(error.message));
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+export namespace DashSessionAgent {
+
+    export const notificationRecipient = "brownptcdash@gmail.com";
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/DashSession/templates/crash_instructions.txt b/src/server/DashSession/templates/crash_instructions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65417919d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/DashSession/templates/crash_instructions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+You, as a Dash Administrator, are being notified of a server crash event. Here's what we know:
+
+name:
+__name__
+
+message:
+__message__
+
+stack:
+__stack__
+
+The server is already restarting itself, but if you're concerned, use the Remote Desktop Connection to monitor progress.
+
+__signature__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/remote_debug_instructions.txt b/src/server/DashSession/templates/remote_debug_instructions.txt
index c279c460a..c279c460a 100644
--- a/src/server/remote_debug_instructions.txt
+++ b/src/server/DashSession/templates/remote_debug_instructions.txt
diff --git a/src/server/DashSessionAgent.ts b/src/server/DashSessionAgent.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3073e69c3..000000000
--- a/src/server/DashSessionAgent.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-import { Email, pathFromRoot } from "./ActionUtilities";
-import { red, yellow, green, cyan } from "colors";
-import { get } from "request-promise";
-import { Utils } from "../Utils";
-import { WebSocket } from "./Websocket/Websocket";
-import { MessageStore } from "./Message";
-import { launchServer, onWindows } from ".";
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, statSync, createWriteStream, readFileSync } from "fs";
-import * as Archiver from "archiver";
-import { resolve } from "path";
-import { AppliedSessionAgent, ExitHandler } from "./session/agents/applied_session_agent";
-import { Monitor } from "./session/agents/monitor";
-import { ServerWorker } from "./session/agents/server_worker";
-
-/**
- * If we're the monitor (master) thread, we should launch the monitor logic for the session.
- * Otherwise, we must be on a worker thread that was spawned *by* the monitor (master) thread, and thus
- * our job should be to run the server.
- */
-export class DashSessionAgent extends AppliedSessionAgent {
-
-    private readonly notificationRecipients = ["samuel_wilkins@brown.edu"];
-    private readonly signature = "-Dash Server Session Manager";
-    private readonly releaseDesktop = pathFromRoot("../../Desktop");
-    private _instructions: string | undefined;
-    private get instructions() {
-        if (!this._instructions) {
-            this._instructions = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "./remote_debug_instructions.txt"), { encoding: "utf8" });
-        }
-        return this._instructions;
-    }
-
-    protected async launchMonitor() {
-        const monitor = Monitor.Create(this.notifiers);
-        monitor.addReplCommand("pull", [], () => monitor.exec("git pull"));
-        monitor.addReplCommand("solr", [/start|stop|index/], this.executeSolrCommand);
-        monitor.addReplCommand("backup", [], this.backup);
-        monitor.addReplCommand("debug", [/active|passive/, /\S+\@\S+/], async ([mode, recipient]) => this.dispatchZippedDebugBackup(mode, recipient));
-        monitor.addServerMessageListener("backup", this.backup);
-        monitor.addServerMessageListener("debug", ({ args: { mode, recipient } }) => this.dispatchZippedDebugBackup(mode, recipient));
-        return monitor;
-    }
-
-    protected async launchServerWorker() {
-        const worker = ServerWorker.Create(launchServer); // server initialization delegated to worker
-        worker.addExitHandler(this.notifyClient);
-        return worker;
-    }
-
-    private readonly notifiers: Monitor.NotifierHooks = {
-        key: async key => {
-            // this sends a pseudorandomly generated guid to the configuration's recipients, allowing them alone
-            // to kill the server via the /kill/:key route
-            const content = `The key for this session (started @ ${new Date().toUTCString()}) is ${key}.\n\n${this.signature}`;
-            const failures = await Email.dispatchAll({
-                to: this.notificationRecipients,
-                subject: "Dash Release Session Admin Authentication Key",
-                content
-            });
-            if (failures) {
-                failures.map(({ recipient, error: { message } }) => this.sessionMonitor.mainLog(red(`dispatch failure @ ${recipient} (${yellow(message)})`)));
-                return false;
-            }
-            return true;
-        },
-        crash: async ({ name, message, stack }) => {
-            const body = [
-                "You, as a Dash Administrator, are being notified of a server crash event. Here's what we know:",
-                `name:\n${name}`,
-                `message:\n${message}`,
-                `stack:\n${stack}`,
-                "The server is already restarting itself, but if you're concerned, use the Remote Desktop Connection to monitor progress.",
-            ].join("\n\n");
-            const content = `${body}\n\n${this.signature}`;
-            const failures = await Email.dispatchAll({
-                to: this.notificationRecipients,
-                subject: "Dash Web Server Crash",
-                content
-            });
-            if (failures) {
-                failures.map(({ recipient, error: { message } }) => this.sessionMonitor.mainLog(red(`dispatch failure @ ${recipient} (${yellow(message)})`)));
-                return false;
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-    };
-
-    private executeSolrCommand = async (args: string[]) => {
-        const { exec, mainLog } = this.sessionMonitor;
-        const action = args[0];
-        if (action === "index") {
-            exec("npx ts-node ./updateSearch.ts", { cwd: pathFromRoot("./src/server") });
-        } else {
-            const command = `${onWindows ? "solr.cmd" : "solr"} ${args[0] === "start" ? "start" : "stop -p 8983"}`;
-            await exec(command, { cwd: "./solr-8.3.1/bin" });
-            try {
-                await get("http://localhost:8983");
-                mainLog(green("successfully connected to 8983 after running solr initialization"));
-            } catch {
-                mainLog(red("unable to connect at 8983 after running solr initialization"));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private notifyClient: ExitHandler = reason => {
-        const { _socket } = WebSocket;
-        if (_socket) {
-            const message = typeof reason === "boolean" ? (reason ? "exit" : "temporary") : "crash";
-            Utils.Emit(_socket, MessageStore.ConnectionTerminated, message);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private backup = async () => this.sessionMonitor.exec("backup.bat", { cwd: this.releaseDesktop });
-
-    private async dispatchZippedDebugBackup(mode: string, to: string) {
-        const { mainLog } = this.sessionMonitor;
-        try {
-            // if desired, complete an immediate backup to send
-            if (mode === "active") {
-                await this.backup();
-                mainLog("backup complete");
-            }
-
-            // ensure the directory for compressed backups exists
-            const backupsDirectory = `${this.releaseDesktop}/backups`;
-            const compressedDirectory = `${this.releaseDesktop}/compressed`;
-            if (!existsSync(compressedDirectory)) {
-                mkdirSync(compressedDirectory);
-            }
-
-            // sort all backups by their modified time, and choose the most recent one
-            const target = readdirSync(backupsDirectory).map(filename => ({
-                modifiedTime: statSync(`${backupsDirectory}/${filename}`).mtimeMs,
-                filename
-            })).sort((a, b) => b.modifiedTime - a.modifiedTime)[0].filename;
-            mainLog(`targeting ${target}...`);
-
-            // create a zip file and to it, write the contents of the backup directory
-            const zipName = `${target}.zip`;
-            const zipPath = `${compressedDirectory}/${zipName}`;
-            const output = createWriteStream(zipPath);
-            const zip = Archiver('zip');
-            zip.pipe(output);
-            zip.directory(`${backupsDirectory}/${target}/Dash`, false);
-            await zip.finalize();
-            mainLog(`zip finalized with size ${statSync(zipPath).size} bytes, saved to ${zipPath}`);
-
-            // dispatch the email to the recipient, containing the finalized zip file
-            const error = await Email.dispatch({
-                to,
-                subject: `Remote debug: compressed backup of ${target}...`,
-                content: this.instructions // prepare the body of the email with instructions on restoring the local database
-                    .replace(/__zipname__/, zipName)
-                    .replace(/__target__/, target)
-                    .replace(/__signature__/, this.signature),
-                attachments: [{ filename: zipName, path: zipPath }]
-            });
-
-            // indicate success or failure
-            mainLog(`${error === null ? green("successfully dispatched") : red("failed to dispatch")} ${zipName} to ${cyan(to)}`);
-            error && mainLog(red(error.message));
-        } catch (error) {
-            mainLog(red("unable to dispatch zipped backup..."));
-            mainLog(red(error.message));
-        }
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index de56d31bf..0cce0dc54 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import GeneralGoogleManager from "./ApiManagers/GeneralGoogleManager";
 import GooglePhotosManager from "./ApiManagers/GooglePhotosManager";
 import { Logger } from "./ProcessFactory";
 import { yellow } from "colors";
-import { DashSessionAgent } from "./DashSessionAgent";
+import { DashSessionAgent } from "./DashSession/DashSessionAgent";
 import SessionManager from "./ApiManagers/SessionManager";
 import { AppliedSessionAgent } from "./session/agents/applied_session_agent";
 
diff --git a/src/server/session/agents/applied_session_agent.ts b/src/server/session/agents/applied_session_agent.ts
index cb7f63c34..53293d3bf 100644
--- a/src/server/session/agents/applied_session_agent.ts
+++ b/src/server/session/agents/applied_session_agent.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ export abstract class AppliedSessionAgent {
 
     // the following two methods allow the developer to create a custom
     // session and use the built in customization options for each thread
-    protected abstract async launchMonitor(): Promise<Monitor>;
-    protected abstract async launchServerWorker(): Promise<ServerWorker>;
+    protected abstract async initializeMonitor(monitor: Monitor): Promise<void>;
+    protected abstract async initializeServerWorker(): Promise<ServerWorker>;
 
     private launched = false;
 
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ export abstract class AppliedSessionAgent {
         if (!this.launched) {
             this.launched = true;
             if (isMaster) {
-                this.sessionMonitorRef = await this.launchMonitor();
+                await this.initializeMonitor(this.sessionMonitorRef = Monitor.Create());
+                this.sessionMonitorRef.finalize();
             } else {
-                this.serverWorkerRef = await this.launchServerWorker();
+                this.serverWorkerRef = await this.initializeServerWorker();
             }
         } else {
             throw new Error("Cannot launch a session thread more than once per process.");
diff --git a/src/server/session/agents/monitor.ts b/src/server/session/agents/monitor.ts
index 673be99be..e1709f5e6 100644
--- a/src/server/session/agents/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/server/session/agents/monitor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ExitHandler } from "./applied_session_agent";
 import { Configuration, configurationSchema, defaultConfig, Identifiers, colorMapping } from "../utilities/session_config";
-import Repl, { ReplAction } from "../../repl";
+import Repl, { ReplAction } from "../utilities/repl";
 import { isWorker, setupMaster, on, Worker, fork } from "cluster";
 import { IPC } from "../utilities/ipc";
 import { red, cyan, white, yellow, blue, green } from "colors";
@@ -9,39 +9,24 @@ import { Utils } from "../../../Utils";
 import { validate, ValidationError } from "jsonschema";
 import { Utilities } from "../utilities/utilities";
 import { readFileSync } from "fs";
-
-export namespace Monitor {
-
-    export interface NotifierHooks {
-        key?: (key: string) => (boolean | Promise<boolean>);
-        crash?: (error: Error) => (boolean | Promise<boolean>);
-    }
-
-    export interface Action {
-        message: string;
-        args: any;
-    }
-
-    export type ServerMessageHandler = (action: Action) => void | Promise<void>;
-
-}
+import { EventEmitter } from "events";
 
 /**
  * Validates and reads the configuration file, accordingly builds a child process factory
  * and spawns off an initial process that will respawn as predecessors die.
  */
-export class Monitor {
+export class Monitor extends EventEmitter {
 
     private static count = 0;
+    private finalized = false;
     private exitHandlers: ExitHandler[] = [];
-    private readonly notifiers: Monitor.NotifierHooks | undefined;
     private readonly config: Configuration;
     private onMessage: { [message: string]: Monitor.ServerMessageHandler[] | undefined } = {};
     private activeWorker: Worker | undefined;
     private key: string | undefined;
     private repl: Repl;
 
-    public static Create(notifiers?: Monitor.NotifierHooks) {
+    public static Create() {
         if (isWorker) {
             IPC.dispatchMessage(process, {
                 action: {
@@ -58,7 +43,7 @@ export class Monitor {
             console.error(red("cannot create more than one monitor."));
             process.exit(1);
         } else {
-            return new Monitor(notifiers);
+            return new Monitor();
         }
     }
 
@@ -141,14 +126,12 @@ export class Monitor {
      */
     public clearServerMessageListeners = (message: string) => this.onMessage[message] = undefined;
 
-    private constructor(notifiers?: Monitor.NotifierHooks) {
-        this.notifiers = notifiers;
+    private constructor() {
+        super();
 
         console.log(this.timestamp(), cyan("initializing session..."));
-
         this.config = this.loadAndValidateConfiguration();
 
-        this.initializeSessionKey();
         // determines whether or not we see the compilation / initialization / runtime output of each child server process
         const output = this.config.showServerOutput ? "inherit" : "ignore";
         setupMaster({ stdio: ["ignore", output, output, "ipc"] });
@@ -174,6 +157,14 @@ export class Monitor {
         });
 
         this.repl = this.initializeRepl();
+    }
+
+    public finalize = (): void => {
+        if (this.finalized) {
+            throw new Error("Session monitor is already finalized");
+        }
+        this.finalized = true;
+        this.emit(Monitor.IntrinsicEvents.KeyGenerated, this.key = Utils.GenerateGuid());
         this.spawn();
     }
 
@@ -198,22 +189,6 @@ export class Monitor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * If the caller has indicated an interest
-     * in being notified of this feature, creates
-     * a GUID for this session that can, for example,
-     * be used as authentication for killing the server
-     * (checked externally).
-     */
-    private initializeSessionKey = async (): Promise<void> => {
-        if (this.notifiers?.key) {
-            this.key = Utils.GenerateGuid();
-            const success = await this.notifiers.key(this.key);
-            const statement = success ? green("distributed session key to recipients") : red("distribution of session key failed");
-            this.mainLog(statement);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Reads in configuration .json file only once, in the master thread
      * and pass down any variables the pertinent to the child processes as environment variables.
      */
@@ -351,12 +326,10 @@ export class Monitor {
                         this.killSession(reason, graceful, errorCode);
                         break;
                     case "notify_crash":
-                        if (this.notifiers?.crash) {
-                            const { error } = args;
-                            const success = await this.notifiers.crash(error);
-                            const statement = success ? green("distributed crash notification to recipients") : red("distribution of crash notification failed");
-                            this.mainLog(statement);
-                        }
+                        this.emit(Monitor.IntrinsicEvents.CrashDetected, args.error);
+                        break;
+                    case Monitor.IntrinsicEvents.ServerRunning:
+                        this.emit(Monitor.IntrinsicEvents.ServerRunning, args.firstTime);
                         break;
                     case "set_port":
                         const { port, value, immediateRestart } = args;
@@ -374,4 +347,21 @@ export class Monitor {
         });
     }
 
+}
+
+export namespace Monitor {
+
+    export interface Action {
+        message: string;
+        args: any;
+    }
+
+    export type ServerMessageHandler = (action: Action) => void | Promise<void>;
+
+    export enum IntrinsicEvents {
+        KeyGenerated = "key_generated",
+        CrashDetected = "crash_detected",
+        ServerRunning = "server_running"
+    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/session/agents/server_worker.ts b/src/server/session/agents/server_worker.ts
index 6ed385151..e9fdaf923 100644
--- a/src/server/session/agents/server_worker.ts
+++ b/src/server/session/agents/server_worker.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { isMaster } from "cluster";
 import { IPC } from "../utilities/ipc";
 import { red, green, white, yellow } from "colors";
 import { get } from "request-promise";
+import { Monitor } from "./monitor";
 
 /**
  * Effectively, each worker repairs the connection to the server by reintroducing a consistent state
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export class ServerWorker {
     private pollingFailureTolerance: number;
     private pollTarget: string;
     private serverPort: number;
+    private isInitialized = false;
 
     public static Create(work: Function) {
         if (isMaster) {
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ export class ServerWorker {
                     if (!this.shouldServerBeResponsive) {
                         // notify monitor thread that the server is up and running
                         this.lifecycleNotification(green(`listening on ${this.serverPort}...`));
+                        this.sendMonitorAction(Monitor.IntrinsicEvents.ServerRunning, { firstTime: !this.isInitialized });
+                        this.isInitialized = true;
                     }
                     this.shouldServerBeResponsive = true;
                 } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/server/repl.ts b/src/server/session/utilities/repl.ts
index ad55b6aaa..643141286 100644
--- a/src/server/repl.ts
+++ b/src/server/session/utilities/repl.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default class Repl {
         }
     }
 
-    private success = (command: string) => `${this.resolvedIdentifier()} completed execution of ${white(command)}`;
+    private success = (command: string) => `${this.resolvedIdentifier()} completed local execution of ${white(command)}`;
 
     public registerCommand = (basename: string, argPatterns: (RegExp | string)[], action: ReplAction) => {
         const existing = this.commandMap.get(basename);