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fix(dev): prevent orphaned servers from blocking restart - #5064

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Linked issue

Closes #5062

Why this change

  • A dev session stopped through an IDE or parent process could leave the nested tsx server alive. That server correctly retained the storage writer lease, but the next pnpm dev then failed during bootstrap and users had no obvious recovery path.

What changed

  • Start persistent dev children in their own process groups on macOS/Linux and terminate each complete group during supervisor shutdown; retain Windows tree cleanup through taskkill /T.
  • Detect a verified Marinara health response before spawning a second server and reuse that server while starting the client.
  • Tighten readiness checks to reject unrelated services that merely answer on the configured port.
  • Add launcher regression guards and an Unreleased changelog entry.

Validation

  • pnpm check passes locally
  • Container (Docker / Podman) built and ran without issue
  • Ran the app, clicked through the changes manually
  • Checked edge cases (light + dark mode, mobile viewport, empty states, error paths)
  • Above manual verification completed (describe below)
  • Read and followed CONTRIBUTING.md

Manual verification notes

  • Reproduced before the fix: sending SIGTERM only to node ./scripts/dev.mjs left its nested server/client process group alive and /api/health responding.
  • After the fix, launched an isolated server and client with temporary storage, sent SIGTERM only to the supervisor, and confirmed both child process groups stopped, the health endpoint closed, and .writer-lease was released.
  • Started two isolated dev sessions against the same port/storage and confirmed the second printed the verified server-reuse message, started only a client, and left exactly one server process. Stopping that second session kept the reused server healthy; stopping the owning session stopped it and released the lease.
  • node --check scripts/dev.mjs
  • pnpm regression:launcher-update
  • pnpm check

Docs and release impact

  • No docs changes needed
  • Updated docs (README / CONTRIBUTING / android/README / CHANGELOG) as needed
  • Translated docs on the docs-i18n branch updated to match, or a [docs-i18n] <paths> follow-up issue opened (see CONTRIBUTING.md, Translated documentation)
  • Version/release files updated (only if this PR includes a version bump)

UI evidence (if applicable)

Not applicable; this is a development-launcher lifecycle fix.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved cleanup of stopped development sessions, including more reliable process termination.
    • Development launches now reuse an already healthy local server instead of starting a duplicate.
    • Improved server health validation and shutdown behavior across platforms.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for process cleanup, signal handling, and local server reuse.
  • Documentation

    • Updated the unreleased changelog with these fixes.

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Walkthrough

The dev launcher now terminates complete child process trees, validates Marinara health responses, reuses healthy local servers, and starts clients without duplicate servers. Regression tests cover process cleanup, server reuse, occupied ports, and command integration.

Changes

Development launcher lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Process group ownership and shutdown
scripts/dev.mjs, scripts/regressions/dev-launcher-process.regression.mjs
Non-Windows children run as detached process groups. Shutdown terminates complete process trees and assigns signal-specific exit codes.
Health validation and server reuse
scripts/dev.mjs, scripts/regressions/dev-launcher-process.regression.mjs, CHANGELOG.md
The launcher validates Marinara health responses, reuses healthy servers, rejects unrelated services on the server port, and records the fixes in the changelog.
Regression coverage and command wiring
scripts/regressions/launcher-update.regression.mjs, package.json
Regression checks cover detachment, signal forwarding, client reuse, and execution of the process-level launcher regression.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9c05c

The PR improves development-server cleanup, but its Windows regression test can terminate the launcher before child processes are cleaned up, causing the test to time out. Merge should wait until the Windows test uses tree termination consistently.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Developer
  participant DevLauncher
  participant MarinaraServer
  participant Client
  Developer->>DevLauncher: Start development session
  DevLauncher->>MarinaraServer: Check health endpoint
  MarinaraServer-->>DevLauncher: Return validated health response
  alt Healthy server exists
    DevLauncher->>Client: Start client
  else No healthy server exists
    DevLauncher->>MarinaraServer: Start server
    MarinaraServer-->>DevLauncher: Report validated readiness
    DevLauncher->>Client: Start client
  end
  Developer->>DevLauncher: Send termination signal
  DevLauncher->>MarinaraServer: Terminate owned process tree
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary development-launcher fix for orphaned servers blocking restarts.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the issue, rationale, implementation, validation results, release impact, and UI applicability.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #5062 by cleaning up process groups, reusing healthy servers, rejecting unrelated services, and preserving lease protection.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed All changes support the linked issue, including launcher code, regression tests, package scripts, and the related changelog entry.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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Inline comments:
In `@scripts/dev.mjs`:
- Around line 134-139: Update the error handling around fetchMarinaraHealth so
only connection-refused errors indicate that no server is running and allow
startup to continue. Propagate timeout, HTTP, and invalid-health-response
failures with an occupied-port message instead of attempting to start another
server; use the existing error symbols and startup flow.

In `@scripts/regressions/launcher-update.regression.mjs`:
- Around line 306-308: Add a process-level regression around the launcher
fixture instead of relying only on source-text assertions: run the launcher,
send SIGINT or SIGTERM, and assert the expected exit code plus termination of
descendant processes. Exercise the running launcher’s healthy-server reuse path
and confirm invalid health checks are rejected, while retaining the existing
source assertions as appropriate.
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In `@scripts/regressions/dev-launcher-process.regression.mjs`:
- Around line 151-153: Update stopLauncher to detect Windows and terminate
run.child with taskkill.exe using /T and /F, preserving descendant cleanup
checks; continue using SIGTERM on non-Windows platforms before awaiting
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