Two ways to keep the server running, split by how long it should last.
`codeman web -d` relaunches the same entry script detached (setsid), with
`--stop` and `--status` alongside it. A pidfile and log live in the data
dir. `nohup` is not what makes this work: Node re-arms SIGHUP to its
default disposition even when it inherits "ignore", and cli.ts handles
SIGHUP with a graceful shutdown, so a delivered HUP still stops the
server. Removing the shell's ability to send one is the fix.
`codeman service install|uninstall|status` writes and loads the systemd
user unit or the LaunchAgent, with the installing shell's PATH baked in
(launchd hands a job /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin, which finds neither a
Homebrew/nvm node nor tmux/claude). install.sh already covers one-liner
installs; this is for npm globals.
Both refuse to start when a server is already up on the data dir, since a
second instance on the shared tmux socket attaches PTYs to the first
one's live sessions. Both poll /api/status until the child answers or
dies rather than reporting a success they have not seen. `--stop` checks
the pid still looks like a Codeman server before signalling it.
The systemd unit name and launchd label move to config/service-names.ts
so install.sh, detectSupervisor() and service install cannot drift into
supervising two copies. Instance-scoped, unchanged for the default
instance.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
A KeepAlive system-level LaunchDaemon (the right setup for headless Macs,
where no GUI login means LaunchAgents never start) is now detected as
supervisor 'launchd-daemon': the updater kills the server PID (passed via
--server-pid) and launchd respawns it on the new dist/ — no root needed.
Detection requires the daemon plist to be bootstrapped AND KeepAlive=true.
Also: on boot, a 'completed-needs-manual-restart' status auto-completes
when the running version matches the staged target, so the stale
'restart Codeman to apply' instruction no longer lingers in the UI.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update Codeman from the web UI: a "Check for updates" button queries GitHub
for the latest tagged release (git ls-remote fallback) and shows release
notes; "Update now" runs git checkout <tag> → npm install → npm run build →
restart, streaming live progress that survives the service restart.
- Release-tag channel; dirty trees auto-stashed (left for manual git stash pop)
- Cross-platform restart: systemd / launchd / manual, detected at runtime
- Updater runs detached (systemd-run --scope on Linux, setsid on macOS) so the
restart it triggers can't kill the build mid-flight
- Build-failure rollback to the pre-update commit; boot reconcile with an
update-id/freshness guard; 409 concurrency lock; runner staged outside the
repo; strict tag validation; CODEMAN_DISABLE_SELF_UPDATE kill-switch
- Endpoints: GET /api/system/update/check, POST /api/system/update,
GET /api/system/update/status
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Codeman maintainer