1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
index 24c1b6a..2bdf550 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
@@ -738,6 +738,63 @@ function registerBridge() {
     return { installed: Boolean(bin) };
   });
 
+  // The systemd unit's own view of the node, for the status panel at the top
+  // of the Node page. Deliberately not `probeNode()`: that asks the daemon's
+  // own HTTP API, which cannot answer while the daemon is stopped or crash-
+  // looping — exactly the states this panel exists to show and act on.
+  ipcMain.handle('node:service-status', async () => {
+    if (process.platform !== 'linux') return { supported: false };
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      execFile('systemctl', ['--user', 'show', 'meshbay-node.service',
+        '--property=LoadState,ActiveState,SubState'], (err, stdout) => {
+        if (err) {
+          resolve({ supported: true, installed: false, activeState: 'unknown',
+                    subState: '' });
+          return;
+        }
+        const props = {};
+        for (const line of stdout.split('\n')) {
+          const i = line.indexOf('=');
+          if (i > 0) props[line.slice(0, i)] = line.slice(i + 1);
+        }
+        resolve({
+          supported: true,
+          installed: props.LoadState === 'loaded',
+          activeState: props.ActiveState || 'unknown',
+          subState: props.SubState || '',
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  ipcMain.handle('node:service-stop', async () => {
+    if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+      throw new Error('Service control is only supported on Linux');
+    }
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      execFile('systemctl', ['--user', 'stop', 'meshbay-node'],
+        (err, _stdout, stderr) => {
+          if (err) return reject(new Error(stderr.trim() || err.message));
+          resolve();
+        });
+    });
+    return { stopped: true };
+  });
+
+  ipcMain.handle('node:service-restart', async () => {
+    if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+      throw new Error('Service control is only supported on Linux');
+    }
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      execFile('systemctl', ['--user', 'restart', 'meshbay-node'],
+        (err, _stdout, stderr) => {
+          if (err) return reject(new Error(stderr.trim() || err.message));
+          resolve();
+        });
+    });
+    return { restarted: true };
+  });
+
   async function probeNode() {
     const nc = readNodeConfig();
     const dataDir = nc ? nc.dataDir