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arkonandClaude Fable 5 c1458d8ab8 feat(self-update): launchd-daemon supervisor — rootless restart on headless Macs
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>
2026-06-10 17:08:36 +02:00

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/**
* @fileoverview Server-side logic for the in-app self-updater.
*
* Powers App Settings → Updates. Codeman is installed as a git clone and run
* under systemd (Linux) or launchd (macOS); updating means `git checkout <release
* tag> && npm install && npm run build && restart-the-service`. The hard part is
* that the update restarts the very process performing it, so the actual work
* runs in a DETACHED `scripts/self-update.sh` that outlives the restart, writing
* progress to `dataPath('update-status.json')` which the browser polls across the
* connection drop.
*
* Channel: latest tagged RELEASE (tags look like `codeman@0.9.3`). Dirty trees
* are auto-stashed (stash left for the user). Detection is manual (a button).
*
* Split into PURE helpers (semver/tag parsing, reconcile decision) that are unit
* tested, and IO wrappers (`getInstallInfo`, `checkForUpdate`, `startUpdate`,
* `reconcileUpdateOnBoot`) that touch git/network/fs.
*
* Related: `src/types/update.ts`, `scripts/self-update.sh`, routes in
* `src/web/routes/system-routes.ts`.
*
* @module web/self-update
*/
import { spawn, execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, renameSync, copyFileSync, chmodSync } from 'node:fs';
import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
import { homedir, tmpdir } from 'node:os';
import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
import { dataPath } from '../config/instance.js';
import { EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../config/exec-timeout.js';
import type {
InstallInfo,
InstallKind,
SupervisorKind,
UpdateCheckResult,
UpdatePhase,
UpdateStatus,
} from '../types/update.js';
const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
const { version: APP_VERSION } = require('../../package.json') as { version: string };
/** systemd unit name (matches install.sh + scripts/codeman-web.service). */
const SYSTEMD_UNIT = 'codeman-web.service';
/** launchd agent label (matches install.sh setup_launchd_service). */
const LAUNCHD_LABEL = 'com.codeman.web';
/** Path to the persisted update status file. */
const STATUS_FILE = dataPath('update-status.json');
/** Network/git timeout for the "check" path (longer than EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS — ls-remote hits the network). */
const CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS = 12_000;
/** How long after `startedAt` a non-terminal status is treated as abandoned on boot. */
const RECONCILE_STALE_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
/** Phases that mean "an update is currently running". */
const IN_FLIGHT_PHASES: ReadonlySet<UpdatePhase> = new Set<UpdatePhase>([
'queued',
'preparing',
'stashing',
'fetching',
'checkout',
'installing',
'building',
'restarting',
]);
export function isInFlight(status: UpdateStatus | null | undefined): boolean {
return !!status && IN_FLIGHT_PHASES.has(status.phase);
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// PURE helpers (unit tested — no IO)
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
export interface ParsedVersion {
major: number;
minor: number;
patch: number;
/** Non-empty for prereleases like `0.9.3-rc1`. */
prerelease: string;
}
/**
* Parse a semver out of a release tag. Accepts `codeman@0.9.3`, `aicodeman@0.9.3`,
* `v0.9.3`, and bare `0.9.3` (with optional `-prerelease`). Returns null if no
* `X.Y.Z` is present.
*/
export function parseVersionFromTag(tag: string): ParsedVersion | null {
const m = tag.trim().match(/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:-([0-9A-Za-z.-]+))?\s*$/);
if (!m) return null;
return {
major: parseInt(m[1], 10),
minor: parseInt(m[2], 10),
patch: parseInt(m[3], 10),
prerelease: m[4] ?? '',
};
}
/** Compare two parsed versions. Returns >0 if a>b, <0 if a<b, 0 if equal. A release outranks a prerelease of the same X.Y.Z. */
export function compareVersions(a: ParsedVersion, b: ParsedVersion): number {
if (a.major !== b.major) return a.major - b.major;
if (a.minor !== b.minor) return a.minor - b.minor;
if (a.patch !== b.patch) return a.patch - b.patch;
// Equal core: a release (no prerelease) is greater than a prerelease.
if (a.prerelease === b.prerelease) return 0;
if (!a.prerelease) return 1;
if (!b.prerelease) return -1;
return a.prerelease < b.prerelease ? -1 : 1;
}
/** True when `latest` is a strictly newer STABLE version than `current`. */
export function isNewerStableVersion(current: string, latest: string): boolean {
const c = parseVersionFromTag(current);
const l = parseVersionFromTag(latest);
if (!c || !l) return false;
if (l.prerelease) return false; // never offer a prerelease as an update
return compareVersions(l, c) > 0;
}
/**
* From a list of `refs/tags/...` (or bare tag names), pick the highest STABLE
* release tag we recognize. Skips prereleases and unrecognized tags.
*/
export function pickLatestStableTag(tagRefs: string[]): { tag: string; version: string } | null {
let best: { tag: string; parsed: ParsedVersion } | null = null;
for (const raw of tagRefs) {
// Accept `refs/tags/codeman@0.9.3`, dereferenced `...^{}`, or bare tag names.
const tag = raw
.replace(/^.*refs\/tags\//, '')
.replace(/\^\{\}$/, '')
.trim();
if (!tag) continue;
if (!/^(codeman|aicodeman)@\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(tag) && !/^v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(tag)) continue;
const parsed = parseVersionFromTag(tag);
if (!parsed || parsed.prerelease) continue;
if (!best || compareVersions(parsed, best.parsed) > 0) {
best = { tag, parsed };
}
}
if (!best) return null;
return { tag: best.tag, version: `${best.parsed.major}.${best.parsed.minor}.${best.parsed.patch}` };
}
/** Tags must match this before they're ever passed to the shell. */
export function isValidReleaseTag(tag: string): boolean {
return /^(codeman|aicodeman)@\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(tag);
}
/** Derive `{owner, repo}` from a GitHub SSH or HTTPS remote URL. */
export function parseGitHubRepo(remoteUrl: string): { owner: string; repo: string } | null {
const m = remoteUrl.trim().match(/github\.com[:/]+([^/]+)\/(.+?)(?:\.git)?\/?$/);
if (!m) return null;
return { owner: m[1], repo: m[2] };
}
/**
* PURE boot-time reconcile decision. Given the persisted status, the version the
* freshly-booted process is actually running, and `now`, return the status to
* persist — or null to leave it untouched.
*
* Rules (see plan "Hardening"):
* - Terminal phases → untouched, EXCEPT `completed-needs-manual-restart`: once we
* boot into the staged target version the manual restart evidently happened, so
* it flips to `completed` (otherwise the stale instruction lingers in the UI).
* - Only the `restarting` marker (written right before the updater triggers our
* restart) flips to completed/failed by comparing running version vs. target.
* - Other in-flight phases are owned by the still-running updater scope — leave
* them alone so a normal/crash restart mid-update isn't misreported.
* - A backstop staleness guard fails any in-flight status older than the window.
*/
export function reconcileStatusDecision(
status: UpdateStatus | null,
runningVersion: string,
now: number
): UpdateStatus | null {
if (!status) return null;
// A staged update that asked for a manual restart: if we're now running the
// target version, the user (or supervisor) did restart — mark it completed so
// the UI stops showing the stale "restart Codeman to apply" instruction.
if (status.phase === 'completed-needs-manual-restart') {
if (status.toVersion && runningVersion === status.toVersion) {
return { ...status, phase: 'completed', message: `Updated to v${runningVersion}`, updatedAt: now };
}
return null;
}
if (!IN_FLIGHT_PHASES.has(status.phase)) return null;
if (status.phase === 'restarting') {
if (status.toVersion && runningVersion === status.toVersion) {
return { ...status, phase: 'completed', message: `Updated to v${runningVersion}`, updatedAt: now };
}
return {
...status,
phase: 'failed',
message: 'Restarted but version did not change',
error: `expected ${status.toVersion ?? '?'}, running ${runningVersion}`,
updatedAt: now,
};
}
// Not the restart marker: only intervene if clearly abandoned.
if (now - status.startedAt > RECONCILE_STALE_MS) {
return {
...status,
phase: 'failed',
message: 'Update did not complete',
error: `abandoned during "${status.phase}"`,
updatedAt: now,
};
}
return null;
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Status file IO
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
/** Read the persisted status; tolerant of a missing/torn file (returns null). */
export function readUpdateStatus(): UpdateStatus | null {
try {
if (!existsSync(STATUS_FILE)) return null;
return JSON.parse(readFileSync(STATUS_FILE, 'utf-8')) as UpdateStatus;
} catch {
return null;
}
}
/** Write the status atomically (temp + rename — readers never see a torn file). */
export function writeUpdateStatusAtomic(status: UpdateStatus): void {
const tmp = `${STATUS_FILE}.tmp-${process.pid}`;
writeFileSync(tmp, JSON.stringify(status, null, 2));
renameSync(tmp, STATUS_FILE);
}
/** Reconcile the status file on server boot (call once, early in start()). */
export function reconcileUpdateOnBoot(now = Date.now()): void {
const status = readUpdateStatus();
const next = reconcileStatusDecision(status, APP_VERSION, now);
if (next) writeUpdateStatusAtomic(next);
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Environment probing (git / supervisor / install kind)
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
/** Run a command, returning trimmed stdout, or null on any error. */
function tryExec(cmd: string, args: string[], cwd?: string, timeout = EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS): string | null {
try {
return execFileSync(cmd, args, { cwd, encoding: 'utf-8', timeout, stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] }).trim();
} catch {
return null;
}
}
function commandExists(cmd: string): boolean {
return tryExec('sh', ['-c', `command -v ${cmd}`]) !== null;
}
/**
* Resolve the repo root from this module's location. Compiled to
* `dist/web/self-update.js` (or `src/web/self-update.ts` under tsx) → two levels
* up is the package root that holds `package.json` and `.git`. Matches the
* `require('../../package.json')` resolution in `server.ts`.
*/
export function resolveInstallDir(): string {
const moduleDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
const root = join(moduleDir, '..', '..');
if (existsSync(join(root, 'package.json'))) return root;
return process.cwd();
}
function detectInstallKind(dir: string): InstallKind {
if (existsSync(join(dir, '.git'))) return 'git';
// Global npm install ships only dist/ (no src/, no .git).
if (!existsSync(join(dir, 'src'))) return 'npm';
return 'unknown';
}
/**
* Detect which init system supervises us. Detection happens HERE (in the running
* server, which has a rich env) and the result is passed to the updater script —
* the detached child must not re-probe with a stripped-down environment.
*/
export function detectSupervisor(): SupervisorKind {
if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
if (existsSync(join(homedir(), 'Library', 'LaunchAgents', `${LAUNCHD_LABEL}.plist`))) return 'launchd';
// Headless Macs (no GUI login → no gui domain) run Codeman as a system-level
// LaunchDaemon instead. Restarting one needs no root IF it has KeepAlive: the
// updater just kills the server and launchd respawns it on the new build. Only
// claim this supervisor when the daemon is actually bootstrapped and KeepAlive.
const daemonPlist = join('/Library/LaunchDaemons', `${LAUNCHD_LABEL}.plist`);
if (existsSync(daemonPlist)) {
const loaded = tryExec('launchctl', ['print', `system/${LAUNCHD_LABEL}`]) !== null;
const keepAlive = tryExec('plutil', ['-extract', 'KeepAlive', 'raw', '-o', '-', daemonPlist]);
if (loaded && keepAlive === 'true') return 'launchd-daemon';
}
return 'none';
}
if (process.platform === 'linux') {
// INVOCATION_ID is set by systemd for service processes; confirm with is-active.
if (process.env.INVOCATION_ID && tryExec('systemctl', ['--user', 'is-active', SYSTEMD_UNIT]) === 'active') {
return 'systemd';
}
if (tryExec('systemctl', ['--user', 'is-active', SYSTEMD_UNIT]) === 'active') return 'systemd';
}
return 'none';
}
function isSelfUpdateEnabled(): boolean {
return process.env.CODEMAN_DISABLE_SELF_UPDATE !== '1';
}
/** Inspect the running install: kind, dir, branch, dirtiness, supervisor, version. */
export function getInstallInfo(): InstallInfo {
const installDir = resolveInstallDir();
const installKind = detectInstallKind(installDir);
let branch: string | undefined;
let dirty = false;
if (installKind === 'git') {
branch = tryExec('git', ['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'], installDir) ?? undefined;
const porcelain = tryExec('git', ['status', '--porcelain'], installDir);
dirty = !!porcelain && porcelain.length > 0;
}
return {
installKind,
installDir,
branch,
dirty,
supervisor: detectSupervisor(),
currentVersion: APP_VERSION,
selfUpdateEnabled: isSelfUpdateEnabled(),
};
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Update check (network)
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
async function fetchLatestReleaseFromGitHub(
owner: string,
repo: string
): Promise<{ tag: string; version: string; notes: string | null; htmlUrl: string | null } | null> {
const controller = new AbortController();
const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS);
try {
const res = await fetch(`https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/releases/latest`, {
headers: { 'User-Agent': 'codeman-self-update', Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json' },
signal: controller.signal,
});
if (!res.ok) return null;
const data = (await res.json()) as { tag_name?: string; body?: string; html_url?: string };
if (!data.tag_name) return null;
const parsed = parseVersionFromTag(data.tag_name);
if (!parsed || parsed.prerelease) return null;
return {
tag: data.tag_name,
version: `${parsed.major}.${parsed.minor}.${parsed.patch}`,
notes: data.body ?? null,
htmlUrl: data.html_url ?? null,
};
} catch {
return null;
} finally {
clearTimeout(timer);
}
}
function fetchLatestTagViaGit(installDir: string): { tag: string; version: string } | null {
const out = tryExec('git', ['ls-remote', '--tags', 'origin'], installDir, CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS);
if (!out) return null;
return pickLatestStableTag(out.split('\n').filter(Boolean));
}
/** Check the configured remote for a newer release than the running version. */
export async function checkForUpdate(): Promise<UpdateCheckResult> {
const info = getInstallInfo();
const checkedAt = Date.now();
const base: UpdateCheckResult = {
currentVersion: info.currentVersion,
latestVersion: null,
latestTag: null,
updateAvailable: false,
notes: null,
htmlUrl: null,
checkedAt,
source: 'none',
};
if (info.installKind !== 'git') {
return { ...base, error: 'Not a git install — self-update is unavailable.' };
}
const remote = tryExec('git', ['remote', 'get-url', 'origin'], info.installDir);
const gh = remote ? parseGitHubRepo(remote) : null;
if (gh) {
const rel = await fetchLatestReleaseFromGitHub(gh.owner, gh.repo);
if (rel) {
return {
...base,
latestVersion: rel.version,
latestTag: rel.tag,
notes: rel.notes,
htmlUrl: rel.htmlUrl,
updateAvailable: isNewerStableVersion(info.currentVersion, rel.version),
source: 'github-api',
};
}
}
// Fallback: enumerate remote tags directly (works for non-GitHub remotes too).
const viaGit = fetchLatestTagViaGit(info.installDir);
if (viaGit) {
return {
...base,
latestVersion: viaGit.version,
latestTag: viaGit.tag,
updateAvailable: isNewerStableVersion(info.currentVersion, viaGit.version),
source: 'git-ls-remote',
};
}
return { ...base, error: 'Could not reach the update server (GitHub API + git ls-remote both failed).' };
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// Start an update
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
export type StartUpdateResult =
| { ok: true; updateId: string; toTag: string; toVersion: string | null }
| { ok: false; code: 'disabled' | 'not-git' | 'in-flight' | 'up-to-date' | 'bad-tag' | 'error'; message: string };
/**
* Copy the updater script OUT of the repo before running it. The script lives in
* the very repo it's about to `git checkout`, and bash reads scripts lazily — so
* running the in-repo copy risks executing torn/old-tag bytes after checkout.
* Run a snapshot under ~/.codeman instead (git never touches it).
*/
function stageRunner(installDir: string): string | null {
const src = join(installDir, 'scripts', 'self-update.sh');
if (!existsSync(src)) return null;
const runner = dataPath('self-update-runner.sh');
copyFileSync(src, runner);
chmodSync(runner, 0o755);
return runner;
}
/**
* Launch the updater so it OUTLIVES the service restart it triggers.
* - Linux + systemd: a transient `--scope` cgroup, independent of the
* codeman-web service lifecycle (survives `systemctl restart` regardless of
* the unit's KillMode). Inherits our env so node/npm/git stay on PATH.
* - Everything else: `setsid` into a new session (escapes launchd's process-group
* kill); plain detached spawn as the last resort.
*/
function launchDetached(runner: string, args: string[]): void {
const useScope = process.platform === 'linux' && !!process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR && commandExists('systemd-run');
let cmd: string;
let cmdArgs: string[];
if (useScope) {
cmd = 'systemd-run';
cmdArgs = ['--user', '--scope', '--collect', '--quiet', 'bash', runner, ...args];
} else if (commandExists('setsid')) {
cmd = 'setsid';
cmdArgs = ['bash', runner, ...args];
} else {
cmd = 'bash';
cmdArgs = [runner, ...args];
}
const child = spawn(cmd, cmdArgs, { detached: true, stdio: 'ignore', env: process.env });
child.on('error', () => {
// Surface the failure in the status file so the UI doesn't hang on "queued".
const status = readUpdateStatus();
if (status && isInFlight(status)) {
writeUpdateStatusAtomic({
...status,
phase: 'failed',
message: 'Could not launch the updater process',
error: `spawn ${cmd} failed`,
updatedAt: Date.now(),
});
}
});
child.unref();
}
/**
* Validate, snapshot the current commit, write the initial status, and spawn the
* detached updater. Returns immediately — progress is reported via the status file.
*/
export async function startUpdate(): Promise<StartUpdateResult> {
const info = getInstallInfo();
if (!info.selfUpdateEnabled) {
return { ok: false, code: 'disabled', message: 'Self-update is disabled (CODEMAN_DISABLE_SELF_UPDATE=1).' };
}
if (info.installKind !== 'git') {
return {
ok: false,
code: 'not-git',
message: 'This is not a git install. Update with: npm i -g aicodeman@latest',
};
}
const existing = readUpdateStatus();
if (isInFlight(existing)) {
return { ok: false, code: 'in-flight', message: 'An update is already in progress.' };
}
const check = await checkForUpdate();
if (!check.latestTag || !check.updateAvailable) {
return { ok: false, code: 'up-to-date', message: 'Already up to date.' };
}
if (!isValidReleaseTag(check.latestTag)) {
return { ok: false, code: 'bad-tag', message: `Refusing to update to an unrecognized tag: ${check.latestTag}` };
}
const prevSha = tryExec('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], info.installDir);
const runner = stageRunner(info.installDir);
if (!runner) {
return { ok: false, code: 'error', message: 'scripts/self-update.sh not found in the install.' };
}
const updateId = randomUUID();
const now = Date.now();
const status: UpdateStatus = {
updateId,
phase: 'queued',
message: `Preparing update to v${check.latestVersion}…`,
fromVersion: info.currentVersion,
toVersion: check.latestVersion ?? undefined,
toTag: check.latestTag,
prevSha: prevSha ?? undefined,
stashRef: null,
supervisor: info.supervisor,
startedAt: now,
updatedAt: now,
};
writeUpdateStatusAtomic(status);
const logFile = join(tmpdir(), `codeman-update-${updateId}.log`);
const args = [
'--repo',
info.installDir,
'--tag',
check.latestTag,
'--supervisor',
info.supervisor,
'--status-file',
STATUS_FILE,
'--update-id',
updateId,
'--from-version',
info.currentVersion,
'--node',
process.execPath,
'--log',
logFile,
// For the launchd-daemon restart path: the updater kills this PID and the
// KeepAlive daemon respawns the server on the freshly built dist/.
'--server-pid',
String(process.pid),
];
if (prevSha) args.push('--prev-sha', prevSha);
if (info.dirty) args.push('--stash');
launchDetached(runner, args);
return { ok: true, updateId, toTag: check.latestTag, toVersion: check.latestVersion };
}
/** Current status for the polling endpoint; null collapses to an explicit idle. */
export function getUpdateStatusForApi(): UpdateStatus {
const status = readUpdateStatus();
if (status) return status;
return {
updateId: '',
phase: 'idle',
message: '',
fromVersion: APP_VERSION,
startedAt: 0,
updatedAt: 0,
};
}