/** * Sidecar lifecycle manager run inside the Electron main process. * * In dev: spawns `bun run apps/desktop/src/sidecar/server.ts`. * In prod: spawns the Bun-compiled `executor-sidecar` binary shipped under * `process.resourcesPath/sidecar/`. * * Either way, the child receives EXECUTOR_PORT/EXECUTOR_HOST/EXECUTOR_AUTH_TOKEN * via env, calls `startServer()` from `@executor-js/local`, and announces a * single sentinel line on stdout (`EXECUTOR_READY:<port>`) so this controller * can resolve the connection promise. */ import { spawn, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";import { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";import { homedir } from "node:os";import { resolve, join } from "node:path";import { app } from "electron";import log from "electron-log/main.js";import { Option, Schema } from "effect";import { normalizeExecutorServerConnection, parseExecutorLocalServerManifest, serializeExecutorLocalServerManifest,} from "@executor-js/sdk/shared";import { loadOrMintLocalAuthToken } from "@executor-js/local";import { getServerSettings } from "./settings";import { reportSidecarCrash, sidecarCrashReportingEnv } from "./diagnostics";import { SERVER_SETTINGS_USERNAME, type DesktopServerSettings } from "../shared/server-settings"; // Sidecar output is echoed to the terminal (visible when Electron is run// from a shell) AND persisted to main.log under the "sidecar" scope — the// log file is what a user can actually send us after a crash.const sidecarLog = log.scope("sidecar"); // Rolling stderr tail attached to crash reports. Bounded so a chatty// sidecar can't grow it unbounded over a long session.const STDERR_TAIL_LIMIT = 8 * 1024; // Children deliberately stopped via stopSidecar (quit, restart, update) —// their exits are expected and must not be reported as crashes.const expectedExits = new WeakSet<ChildProcess>(); // Main/index.ts subscribes to swap the dead web UI for the in-window crash// screen. A callback (not an import) keeps this module free of window// concerns.let unexpectedExitListener: (() => void) | null = null;export const onUnexpectedSidecarExit = (listener: () => void) => { unexpectedExitListener = listener;}; /** Buffer chunked output into whole lines before handing them to `write`. */const makeLineSplitter = (write: (line: string) => void) => { let buffer = ""; return (text: string) => { buffer += text; const lines = buffer.split("\n"); buffer = lines.pop() ?? ""; for (const line of lines) { if (line.trim().length > 0) write(line); } };}; export interface SidecarConnection { readonly baseUrl: string; readonly hostname: string; readonly port: number; readonly username: string; readonly authToken: string; readonly child: ChildProcess;} export class SidecarPortInUseError extends Error { readonly port: number; constructor(port: number) { super(`Port ${port} is already in use. Pick another in Settings.`); this.name = "SidecarPortInUseError"; this.port = port; }} interface StartOptions { readonly hostname?: string;} const sidecarManifestPathByPid = new Map<number, string>(); const serverControlDir = (dataDir: string): string => join(dataDir, "server-control");const localServerManifestPath = (dataDir: string): string => join(serverControlDir(dataDir), "server.json");const localServerStartLockPath = (dataDir: string): string => join(serverControlDir(dataDir), "startup.lock"); const LocalServerStartLockFile = Schema.Struct({ pid: Schema.Number, startedAt: Schema.String,});const decodeUnknownJsonOption = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(Schema.UnknownFromJsonString);const decodeLocalServerStartLockFile = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(LocalServerStartLockFile); const isPidAlive = (pid: number): boolean => { if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0) return false; // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: Node process probing API reports liveness by throwing try { process.kill(pid, 0); return true; } catch { return false; }}; const readManifest = (dataDir: string) => { const path = localServerManifestPath(dataDir); if (!existsSync(path)) return null; return parseExecutorLocalServerManifest(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));}; const removeManifestIfOwnedBy = (dataDir: string, pid: number) => { const manifest = readManifest(dataDir); if (manifest?.pid !== pid) return; rmSync(localServerManifestPath(dataDir), { force: true });}; const assertNoOtherLocalServerOwner = (dataDir: string) => { const manifest = readManifest(dataDir); if (!manifest) return; if (!isPidAlive(manifest.pid)) { removeManifestIfOwnedBy(dataDir, manifest.pid); return; } // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor, executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup failure is surfaced in the Electron main process throw new Error( [ `A local Executor ${manifest.kind} is already running at ${manifest.connection.origin} (pid ${manifest.pid}).`, `It owns the current data directory: ${manifest.dataDir}`, "Stop it before starting the desktop sidecar.", ].join("\n"), );}; const readLockPid = (dataDir: string): number | null => { const path = localServerStartLockPath(dataDir); if (!existsSync(path)) return null; const json = decodeUnknownJsonOption(readFileSync(path, "utf8")); if (Option.isNone(json)) return null; const decoded = decodeLocalServerStartLockFile(json.value); return Option.isSome(decoded) ? decoded.value.pid : null;}; const acquireLocalServerStartLock = (dataDir: string): (() => void) => { mkdirSync(serverControlDir(dataDir), { recursive: true }); const lockPath = localServerStartLockPath(dataDir); const payload = `${JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, startedAt: new Date().toISOString() }, null, 2)}\n`; // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: lock acquisition uses atomic Node fs flags and maps contention to startup failure try { writeFileSync(lockPath, payload, { flag: "wx" }); } catch { const existingPid = readLockPid(dataDir); if (existingPid !== null && !isPidAlive(existingPid)) { rmSync(lockPath, { force: true }); writeFileSync(lockPath, payload, { flag: "wx" }); } else { // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor, executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup failure is surfaced in the Electron main process throw new Error("Another local Executor server startup is already in progress."); } } return () => rmSync(lockPath, { force: true });}; const writeSidecarManifest = (input: { readonly dataDir: string; readonly scopeDir: string; readonly baseUrl: string; readonly authToken: string; readonly childPid: number;}) => { const connection = normalizeExecutorServerConnection({ kind: "desktop-sidecar", key: "desktop-sidecar", origin: input.baseUrl, displayName: "Desktop sidecar", auth: { kind: "bearer" as const, token: input.authToken }, }); const manifestPath = localServerManifestPath(input.dataDir); writeFileSync( manifestPath, serializeExecutorLocalServerManifest({ version: 1, kind: "desktop-sidecar", pid: input.childPid, startedAt: new Date().toISOString(), dataDir: input.dataDir, scopeDir: input.scopeDir, connection, owner: { client: "desktop", version: app.getVersion() || null, executablePath: process.execPath || null, }, }), { mode: 0o600 }, ); // The manifest embeds the bearer token; keep it owner-only even if a looser // file already existed (writeFileSync's mode does not re-apply on overwrite). chmodSync(manifestPath, 0o600); sidecarManifestPathByPid.set(input.childPid, input.dataDir);}; const resolveSidecarCommand = (): { command: string; args: string[]; cwd: string } => { if (app.isPackaged) { const binaryName = process.platform === "win32" ? "executor-sidecar.exe" : "executor-sidecar"; const binaryPath = join(process.resourcesPath, "sidecar", binaryName); return { command: binaryPath, args: [], cwd: process.resourcesPath }; } // Dev: run the TS source directly via bun on PATH. const repoRoot = resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..", "..", "..", ".."); const sidecarSource = resolve(repoRoot, "apps/desktop/src/sidecar/server.ts"); return { command: "bun", args: ["run", sidecarSource], cwd: repoRoot };}; const resolveClientDir = (): string => { if (app.isPackaged) { return join(process.resourcesPath, "web-ui"); } const repoRoot = resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..", "..", "..", ".."); return resolve(repoRoot, "apps/local/dist");}; export async function startSidecar(options: StartOptions = {}): Promise<SidecarConnection> { const hostname = options.hostname ?? "127.0.0.1"; const settings = getServerSettings(); const clientDir = resolveClientDir(); const { command, args, cwd } = resolveSidecarCommand(); if (!existsSync(clientDir)) { // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw, executor/no-error-constructor -- boundary: misconfiguration is fatal // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor, executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup failure is surfaced in the Electron main process throw new Error( `Executor client bundle not found at ${clientDir}. Run \`bun run --filter @executor-js/local build\` before launching desktop.`, ); } // data.db and the optional executor.jsonc plugin manifest live under // ~/.executor — the same path the CLI's `executor web` uses. Desktop and CLI // share state on the same machine so sources/secrets/policies set up in one // show up in the other, and user-facing commands like // `executor mcp --scope ~/.executor` stay copy-paste-friendly. Electron's // userData (set in main/index.ts) is still used for electron-store, // electron-log, and window-state — those stay app-scoped to avoid colliding // with anything else under HOME. const scopeDir = join(homedir(), ".executor"); const dataDir = scopeDir; mkdirSync(dataDir, { recursive: true }); // The stable bearer token from auth.json (shared with the CLI). The main // process holds it so it can inject the header into the webview; the child // validates against the same value. Always present — auth is unconditional. const authToken = loadOrMintLocalAuthToken(dataDir); const releaseStartupLock = acquireLocalServerStartLock(dataDir); let startupLockReleased = false; const releaseLock = () => { if (startupLockReleased) return; startupLockReleased = true; releaseStartupLock(); }; // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup lock must be released before rethrowing Electron startup failures try { assertNoOtherLocalServerOwner(dataDir); } catch (error) { releaseLock(); // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: preserve Electron startup failure after releasing local startup lock throw error; } let child: ChildProcess; const webBaseUrl = `http://${hostname}:${settings.port}`; // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: spawn can throw synchronously and the local startup lock must be released try { child = spawn(command, args, { cwd, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"], env: { ...process.env, EXECUTOR_PORT: String(settings.port), EXECUTOR_HOST: hostname, EXECUTOR_WEB_BASE_URL: webBaseUrl, PORT: String(settings.port), // The bearer token the child validates and the main process injects into // the webview. Always set — auth is unconditional. EXECUTOR_AUTH_TOKEN: authToken, EXECUTOR_CLIENT_DIR: clientDir, EXECUTOR_SCOPE_DIR: scopeDir, EXECUTOR_DATA_DIR: dataDir, EXECUTOR_CLIENT: "desktop", // Crash reporting (desktop builds with a baked-in DSN only). The // CLI's `executor web` never sets these, so the shared server code // stays telemetry-free outside the desktop app. ...sidecarCrashReportingEnv(), }, }); } catch (error) { releaseLock(); // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: preserve spawn failure after releasing local startup lock throw error; } return new Promise<SidecarConnection>((resolveStart, rejectStart) => { let stderrBuffer = ""; let resolved = false; let rejected = false; const logStdoutLine = makeLineSplitter((line) => sidecarLog.info(line)); const logStderrLine = makeLineSplitter((line) => sidecarLog.error(line)); const reject = (err: Error) => { if (resolved || rejected) return; rejected = true; releaseLock(); // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-promise-reject -- boundary: sidecar startup surfaces as a rejected promise rejectStart(err); }; const onStdout = (chunk: Buffer) => { const text = chunk.toString("utf8"); process.stdout.write(`[executor-sidecar] ${text}`); logStdoutLine(text); const match = text.match(/EXECUTOR_READY:(\d+)/); if (match && !resolved) { if (!child.pid) { reject( // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor -- boundary: sidecar startup failure surfaces here as a rejected start promise new Error("Sidecar became ready before Electron reported a child pid."), ); return; } resolved = true; const port = parseInt(match[1], 10); const baseUrl = `http://${hostname}:${port}`; writeSidecarManifest({ dataDir, scopeDir, baseUrl, authToken, childPid: child.pid, }); releaseLock(); resolveStart({ baseUrl, hostname, port, username: SERVER_SETTINGS_USERNAME, authToken, child, }); } }; const onStderr = (chunk: Buffer) => { const text = chunk.toString("utf8"); stderrBuffer = (stderrBuffer + text).slice(-STDERR_TAIL_LIMIT); process.stderr.write(`[executor-sidecar] ${text}`); logStderrLine(text); }; const onExit = (code: number | null, signal: NodeJS.Signals | null) => { if (resolved) { // Post-boot exit: expected when we stopped it ourselves (quit, // restart, update); anything else is a sidecar crash under a live // window — log it and report upstream with the stderr tail. if (expectedExits.has(child)) { sidecarLog.info(`exited (code=${code} signal=${signal})`); return; } const message = `Sidecar exited unexpectedly (code=${code} signal=${signal})`; sidecarLog.error(message); reportSidecarCrash(message, stderrBuffer); unexpectedExitListener?.(); return; } if (rejected) return; // Detect bind failure — the Node listener prints either "EADDRINUSE" or // "address already in use" on stderr before exiting non-zero. if (/EADDRINUSE|address already in use/i.test(stderrBuffer)) { reject(new SidecarPortInUseError(settings.port)); return; } const message = `Sidecar exited before ready (code=${code} signal=${signal}). Stderr:\n${stderrBuffer}`; // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor -- boundary: sidecar boot failure surfaces here as a rejected start promise reject(new Error(message)); }; child.stdout?.on("data", onStdout); child.stderr?.on("data", onStderr); child.once("exit", onExit); });} export async function stopSidecar(child: ChildProcess): Promise<void> { expectedExits.add(child); const cleanupManifest = () => { if (!child.pid) return; const dataDir = sidecarManifestPathByPid.get(child.pid); if (!dataDir) return; removeManifestIfOwnedBy(dataDir, child.pid); sidecarManifestPathByPid.delete(child.pid); }; if (child.exitCode !== null || child.killed) { cleanupManifest(); return; } return new Promise<void>((resolveStop) => { const timeout = setTimeout(() => { child.kill("SIGKILL"); cleanupManifest(); resolveStop(); }, 5000); child.once("exit", () => { clearTimeout(timeout); cleanupManifest(); resolveStop(); }); child.kill("SIGTERM"); });} export type { DesktopServerSettings };
/**
* Sidecar lifecycle manager run inside the Electron main process.
*
* In dev: spawns `bun run apps/desktop/src/sidecar/server.ts`.
* In prod: spawns the Bun-compiled `executor-sidecar` binary shipped under
* `process.resourcesPath/sidecar/`.
*
* Either way, the child receives EXECUTOR_PORT/EXECUTOR_HOST/EXECUTOR_AUTH_TOKEN
* via env, calls `startServer()` from `@executor-js/local`, and announces a
* single sentinel line on stdout (`EXECUTOR_READY:<port>`) so this controller
* can resolve the connection promise.
*/
import { spawn, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
import { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { homedir } from "node:os";
import { resolve, join } from "node:path";
import { app } from "electron";
import log from "electron-log/main.js";
import { Option, Schema } from "effect";
import {
normalizeExecutorServerConnection,
parseExecutorLocalServerManifest,
serializeExecutorLocalServerManifest,
} from "@executor-js/sdk/shared";
import { loadOrMintLocalAuthToken } from "@executor-js/local";
import { getServerSettings } from "./settings";
import { reportSidecarCrash, sidecarCrashReportingEnv } from "./diagnostics";
import { SERVER_SETTINGS_USERNAME, type DesktopServerSettings } from "../shared/server-settings";
// Sidecar output is echoed to the terminal (visible when Electron is run
// from a shell) AND persisted to main.log under the "sidecar" scope — the
// log file is what a user can actually send us after a crash.
const sidecarLog = log.scope("sidecar");
// Rolling stderr tail attached to crash reports. Bounded so a chatty
// sidecar can't grow it unbounded over a long session.
const STDERR_TAIL_LIMIT = 8 * 1024;
// Children deliberately stopped via stopSidecar (quit, restart, update) —
// their exits are expected and must not be reported as crashes.
const expectedExits = new WeakSet<ChildProcess>();
// Main/index.ts subscribes to swap the dead web UI for the in-window crash
// screen. A callback (not an import) keeps this module free of window
// concerns.
let unexpectedExitListener: (() => void) | null = null;
export const onUnexpectedSidecarExit = (listener: () => void) => {
unexpectedExitListener = listener;
};
/** Buffer chunked output into whole lines before handing them to `write`. */
const makeLineSplitter = (write: (line: string) => void) => {
let buffer = "";
return (text: string) => {
buffer += text;
const lines = buffer.split("\n");
buffer = lines.pop() ?? "";
for (const line of lines) {
if (line.trim().length > 0) write(line);
}
};
};
export interface SidecarConnection {
readonly baseUrl: string;
readonly hostname: string;
readonly port: number;
readonly username: string;
readonly authToken: string;
readonly child: ChildProcess;
}
export class SidecarPortInUseError extends Error {
readonly port: number;
constructor(port: number) {
super(`Port ${port} is already in use. Pick another in Settings.`);
this.name = "SidecarPortInUseError";
this.port = port;
}
}
interface StartOptions {
readonly hostname?: string;
}
const sidecarManifestPathByPid = new Map<number, string>();
const serverControlDir = (dataDir: string): string => join(dataDir, "server-control");
const localServerManifestPath = (dataDir: string): string =>
join(serverControlDir(dataDir), "server.json");
const localServerStartLockPath = (dataDir: string): string =>
join(serverControlDir(dataDir), "startup.lock");
const LocalServerStartLockFile = Schema.Struct({
pid: Schema.Number,
startedAt: Schema.String,
});
const decodeUnknownJsonOption = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(Schema.UnknownFromJsonString);
const decodeLocalServerStartLockFile = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(LocalServerStartLockFile);
const isPidAlive = (pid: number): boolean => {
if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0) return false;
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: Node process probing API reports liveness by throwing
try {
process.kill(pid, 0);
return true;
} catch {
return false;
}
};
const readManifest = (dataDir: string) => {
const path = localServerManifestPath(dataDir);
if (!existsSync(path)) return null;
return parseExecutorLocalServerManifest(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
};
const removeManifestIfOwnedBy = (dataDir: string, pid: number) => {
const manifest = readManifest(dataDir);
if (manifest?.pid !== pid) return;
rmSync(localServerManifestPath(dataDir), { force: true });
};
const assertNoOtherLocalServerOwner = (dataDir: string) => {
const manifest = readManifest(dataDir);
if (!manifest) return;
if (!isPidAlive(manifest.pid)) {
removeManifestIfOwnedBy(dataDir, manifest.pid);
return;
}
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor, executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup failure is surfaced in the Electron main process
throw new Error(
[
`A local Executor ${manifest.kind} is already running at ${manifest.connection.origin} (pid ${manifest.pid}).`,
`It owns the current data directory: ${manifest.dataDir}`,
"Stop it before starting the desktop sidecar.",
].join("\n"),
);
};
const readLockPid = (dataDir: string): number | null => {
const path = localServerStartLockPath(dataDir);
if (!existsSync(path)) return null;
const json = decodeUnknownJsonOption(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
if (Option.isNone(json)) return null;
const decoded = decodeLocalServerStartLockFile(json.value);
return Option.isSome(decoded) ? decoded.value.pid : null;
};
const acquireLocalServerStartLock = (dataDir: string): (() => void) => {
mkdirSync(serverControlDir(dataDir), { recursive: true });
const lockPath = localServerStartLockPath(dataDir);
const payload = `${JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, startedAt: new Date().toISOString() }, null, 2)}\n`;
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: lock acquisition uses atomic Node fs flags and maps contention to startup failure
try {
writeFileSync(lockPath, payload, { flag: "wx" });
} catch {
const existingPid = readLockPid(dataDir);
if (existingPid !== null && !isPidAlive(existingPid)) {
rmSync(lockPath, { force: true });
writeFileSync(lockPath, payload, { flag: "wx" });
} else {
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor, executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup failure is surfaced in the Electron main process
throw new Error("Another local Executor server startup is already in progress.");
}
}
return () => rmSync(lockPath, { force: true });
};
const writeSidecarManifest = (input: {
readonly dataDir: string;
readonly scopeDir: string;
readonly baseUrl: string;
readonly authToken: string;
readonly childPid: number;
}) => {
const connection = normalizeExecutorServerConnection({
kind: "desktop-sidecar",
key: "desktop-sidecar",
origin: input.baseUrl,
displayName: "Desktop sidecar",
auth: { kind: "bearer" as const, token: input.authToken },
});
const manifestPath = localServerManifestPath(input.dataDir);
writeFileSync(
manifestPath,
serializeExecutorLocalServerManifest({
version: 1,
kind: "desktop-sidecar",
pid: input.childPid,
startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
dataDir: input.dataDir,
scopeDir: input.scopeDir,
connection,
owner: {
client: "desktop",
version: app.getVersion() || null,
executablePath: process.execPath || null,
},
}),
{ mode: 0o600 },
);
// The manifest embeds the bearer token; keep it owner-only even if a looser
// file already existed (writeFileSync's mode does not re-apply on overwrite).
chmodSync(manifestPath, 0o600);
sidecarManifestPathByPid.set(input.childPid, input.dataDir);
};
const resolveSidecarCommand = (): { command: string; args: string[]; cwd: string } => {
if (app.isPackaged) {
const binaryName = process.platform === "win32" ? "executor-sidecar.exe" : "executor-sidecar";
const binaryPath = join(process.resourcesPath, "sidecar", binaryName);
return { command: binaryPath, args: [], cwd: process.resourcesPath };
}
// Dev: run the TS source directly via bun on PATH.
const repoRoot = resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..", "..", "..", "..");
const sidecarSource = resolve(repoRoot, "apps/desktop/src/sidecar/server.ts");
return { command: "bun", args: ["run", sidecarSource], cwd: repoRoot };
};
const resolveClientDir = (): string => {
if (app.isPackaged) {
return join(process.resourcesPath, "web-ui");
}
const repoRoot = resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..", "..", "..", "..");
return resolve(repoRoot, "apps/local/dist");
};
export async function startSidecar(options: StartOptions = {}): Promise<SidecarConnection> {
const hostname = options.hostname ?? "127.0.0.1";
const settings = getServerSettings();
const clientDir = resolveClientDir();
const { command, args, cwd } = resolveSidecarCommand();
if (!existsSync(clientDir)) {
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw, executor/no-error-constructor -- boundary: misconfiguration is fatal
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor, executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup failure is surfaced in the Electron main process
throw new Error(
`Executor client bundle not found at ${clientDir}. Run \`bun run --filter @executor-js/local build\` before launching desktop.`,
);
}
// data.db and the optional executor.jsonc plugin manifest live under
// ~/.executor — the same path the CLI's `executor web` uses. Desktop and CLI
// share state on the same machine so sources/secrets/policies set up in one
// show up in the other, and user-facing commands like
// `executor mcp --scope ~/.executor` stay copy-paste-friendly. Electron's
// userData (set in main/index.ts) is still used for electron-store,
// electron-log, and window-state — those stay app-scoped to avoid colliding
// with anything else under HOME.
const scopeDir = join(homedir(), ".executor");
const dataDir = scopeDir;
mkdirSync(dataDir, { recursive: true });
// The stable bearer token from auth.json (shared with the CLI). The main
// process holds it so it can inject the header into the webview; the child
// validates against the same value. Always present — auth is unconditional.
const authToken = loadOrMintLocalAuthToken(dataDir);
const releaseStartupLock = acquireLocalServerStartLock(dataDir);
let startupLockReleased = false;
const releaseLock = () => {
if (startupLockReleased) return;
startupLockReleased = true;
releaseStartupLock();
};
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: startup lock must be released before rethrowing Electron startup failures
try {
assertNoOtherLocalServerOwner(dataDir);
} catch (error) {
releaseLock();
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: preserve Electron startup failure after releasing local startup lock
throw error;
}
let child: ChildProcess;
const webBaseUrl = `http://${hostname}:${settings.port}`;
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: spawn can throw synchronously and the local startup lock must be released
try {
child = spawn(command, args, {
cwd,
stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
env: {
...process.env,
EXECUTOR_PORT: String(settings.port),
EXECUTOR_HOST: hostname,
EXECUTOR_WEB_BASE_URL: webBaseUrl,
PORT: String(settings.port),
// The bearer token the child validates and the main process injects into
// the webview. Always set — auth is unconditional.
EXECUTOR_AUTH_TOKEN: authToken,
EXECUTOR_CLIENT_DIR: clientDir,
EXECUTOR_SCOPE_DIR: scopeDir,
EXECUTOR_DATA_DIR: dataDir,
EXECUTOR_CLIENT: "desktop",
// Crash reporting (desktop builds with a baked-in DSN only). The
// CLI's `executor web` never sets these, so the shared server code
// stays telemetry-free outside the desktop app.
...sidecarCrashReportingEnv(),
},
});
} catch (error) {
releaseLock();
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: preserve spawn failure after releasing local startup lock
throw error;
}
return new Promise<SidecarConnection>((resolveStart, rejectStart) => {
let stderrBuffer = "";
let resolved = false;
let rejected = false;
const logStdoutLine = makeLineSplitter((line) => sidecarLog.info(line));
const logStderrLine = makeLineSplitter((line) => sidecarLog.error(line));
const reject = (err: Error) => {
if (resolved || rejected) return;
rejected = true;
releaseLock();
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-promise-reject -- boundary: sidecar startup surfaces as a rejected promise
rejectStart(err);
};
const onStdout = (chunk: Buffer) => {
const text = chunk.toString("utf8");
process.stdout.write(`[executor-sidecar] ${text}`);
logStdoutLine(text);
const match = text.match(/EXECUTOR_READY:(\d+)/);
if (match && !resolved) {
if (!child.pid) {
reject(
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor -- boundary: sidecar startup failure surfaces here as a rejected start promise
new Error("Sidecar became ready before Electron reported a child pid."),
);
return;
}
resolved = true;
const port = parseInt(match[1], 10);
const baseUrl = `http://${hostname}:${port}`;
writeSidecarManifest({
dataDir,
scopeDir,
baseUrl,
authToken,
childPid: child.pid,
});
releaseLock();
resolveStart({
baseUrl,
hostname,
port,
username: SERVER_SETTINGS_USERNAME,
authToken,
child,
});
}
};
const onStderr = (chunk: Buffer) => {
const text = chunk.toString("utf8");
stderrBuffer = (stderrBuffer + text).slice(-STDERR_TAIL_LIMIT);
process.stderr.write(`[executor-sidecar] ${text}`);
logStderrLine(text);
};
const onExit = (code: number | null, signal: NodeJS.Signals | null) => {
if (resolved) {
// Post-boot exit: expected when we stopped it ourselves (quit,
// restart, update); anything else is a sidecar crash under a live
// window — log it and report upstream with the stderr tail.
if (expectedExits.has(child)) {
sidecarLog.info(`exited (code=${code} signal=${signal})`);
return;
}
const message = `Sidecar exited unexpectedly (code=${code} signal=${signal})`;
sidecarLog.error(message);
reportSidecarCrash(message, stderrBuffer);
unexpectedExitListener?.();
return;
}
if (rejected) return;
// Detect bind failure — the Node listener prints either "EADDRINUSE" or
// "address already in use" on stderr before exiting non-zero.
if (/EADDRINUSE|address already in use/i.test(stderrBuffer)) {
reject(new SidecarPortInUseError(settings.port));
return;
}
const message = `Sidecar exited before ready (code=${code} signal=${signal}). Stderr:\n${stderrBuffer}`;
// oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-error-constructor -- boundary: sidecar boot failure surfaces here as a rejected start promise
reject(new Error(message));
};
child.stdout?.on("data", onStdout);
child.stderr?.on("data", onStderr);
child.once("exit", onExit);
});
}
export async function stopSidecar(child: ChildProcess): Promise<void> {
expectedExits.add(child);
const cleanupManifest = () => {
if (!child.pid) return;
const dataDir = sidecarManifestPathByPid.get(child.pid);
if (!dataDir) return;
removeManifestIfOwnedBy(dataDir, child.pid);
sidecarManifestPathByPid.delete(child.pid);
};
if (child.exitCode !== null || child.killed) {
cleanupManifest();
return;
}
return new Promise<void>((resolveStop) => {
const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
child.kill("SIGKILL");
cleanupManifest();
resolveStop();
}, 5000);
child.once("exit", () => {
clearTimeout(timeout);
cleanupManifest();
resolveStop();
});
child.kill("SIGTERM");
});
}
export type { DesktopServerSettings };