From 220e6e701806213a576ce80fa655cd9cf4a51880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe Besson Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 03:58:16 +0200 Subject: feat: Windows daemon lifecycle (W3) — Startup-folder autostart MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Linux node runs under `systemctl --user`. Windows has no per-user equivalent that works without elevation: `schtasks /create /sc ONLOGON` (even `/rl LIMITED /it`) fails with "Access is denied" for a non-admin user, because a logon trigger touches machine-wide scheduler state. So autostart is a `.vbs` in the per-user Startup folder instead: CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run Chr(34) & "" & Chr(34), 0, False wscript runs it at every sign-in, hidden (0) and non-blocking. No admin, no console window, no new dependency. Verified end to end: the launcher brings the daemon up with no window and it answers its loopback API. node/platform.py autostart_install/remove/status — write / delete / detect the launcher autostart_run/end — start now (DETACHED|NO_WINDOW) / taskkill _node_exe — PATH, then next to sys.executable, then argv[0] node/daemon.py new `autostart install|remove|start|stop|status` verb reload (win32) -> POST /api/reload on the loopback API restart-daemon (win32) -> autostart_end + autostart_run reset (win32) -> also removes the launcher client/main.js, preload.js node:autostart handler + winAutostart* helpers (kept in step with platform.py) node:service-status (win32) probes the daemon; stop/restart/start use taskkill + a detached, windowless spawn Tests: 8 autostart cases in test_platform.py (mocked sys.platform, APPDATA pointed at tmp); `autostart status` added to the CLI dispatch sweep. Full meshbay-node suite green on Windows (784 passed / 34 skipped). Still open: no CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT handler, so a bare taskkill / window close does not run _shutdown() (SetConsoleCtrlHandler, follow-up). Service mode (pywin32/NSSM) stays Phase 2. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 --- packages/meshbay-client/src/preload.js | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'packages/meshbay-client/src/preload.js') diff --git a/packages/meshbay-client/src/preload.js b/packages/meshbay-client/src/preload.js index 96d6790..38c1a57 100644 --- a/packages/meshbay-client/src/preload.js +++ b/packages/meshbay-client/src/preload.js @@ -97,13 +97,19 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('meshbay', { call: (method, path, body) => ipcRenderer.invoke('node:call', method, path, body), pairingCode: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('node:pairing-code'), setPairingCode: (code) => ipcRenderer.invoke('node:set-pairing-code', code), - // The systemd unit's own state — reachable even while the daemon itself - // is stopped or crash-looping, which `call()` above is not. + // The daemon's lifecycle as seen from outside it: the systemd unit (Linux) + // or, on Windows, a probe of the daemon plus whether the Startup launcher + // is in place — reachable even while the daemon itself is stopped or + // crash-looping, which `call()` above is not. service: { status: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('node:service-status'), stop: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('node:service-stop'), restart: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('node:service-restart'), }, + // Windows only: the "run at every sign-in" Startup-folder launcher. + // action: 'install' | 'remove' | 'status' (default). Elsewhere returns + // { supported: false }. + autostart: (action) => ipcRenderer.invoke('node:autostart', action), }, // LAN cast relay. The main process runs a local HTTP server and the -- cgit v1.2.3