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Describe the turn-boundary restart and resume in the update message - #1823

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After kcap update from npm on macOS/Linux, a running daemon's notice said it would restart "when idle", which reads as "once your agents are gone". A background daemon actually restarts within a bounded wait for running agents to finish their turn, then resumes the agents it can. The notice now says that, and that a daemon started in a terminal needs a manual stop and start. The Windows message is unchanged

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A live kcap update (1.4.0-beta.3 → beta.4) with two hosted agents running: restart queued at 15:37, daemon on beta.4 under a new PID by 15:43, both agents Running. node --check npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js passes

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    • The daemon update notice now explains that a background daemon waits a few minutes for active agents to finish their turns before restarting, then resumes agents it can. Daemons started in a terminal must be stopped and started manually. The notice also includes commands for checking update status and forcing a restart.

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The non-Windows daemon-update comment and notice now describe the background restart wait, agent resumption, and manual restart steps for daemons started in a terminal. The notice retains the status-check and forced-restart commands. No executable logic changed.

Changes: Non-Windows daemon update notice

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Restart guidance
npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js
The comment and notice describe the background daemon's wait for a running agent to finish a turn, agent resumption, and the manual stop and start required for a terminal-started daemon.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

  • kurrent-io/kcap-cli#1822: This PR updates the macOS/Linux restart notice discussed in the issue; the Windows implementation remains outside this change.

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The update notice may give users the wrong expectation about when the daemon restarts. Correct the guidance before merging.

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Clarify daemon restart timing after npm updates

🐞 Bug fix 🕐 Less than 10 minutes

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• Clarifies that macOS/Linux daemons switch versions at an agent turn boundary within a few minutes.
• Explains that running agents resume after the restart; Windows guidance remains unchanged.
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graph TD
  Update["kcap update"] --> Notice["Updated notice"]
  Daemon["Running daemon"] --> Boundary["Turn boundary"] --> Resume["Restart and resume"]
  Notice -. "describes" .-> Boundary
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Correcting the existing post-update notice is the right scope: the reported issue is misleading wording, not restart behavior. The Windows branch does not need to change.

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kcap.jsClarify the macOS/Linux post-update daemon notice +8/-6

Clarify the macOS/Linux post-update daemon notice

• Replaces the ambiguous “when idle” wording with a bounded turn-boundary restart and agent-resume explanation. Updates the adjacent comment to match, while preserving the Windows notice and restart commands.

npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js

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1. Some agents remain interrupted after restart ✓ Resolved
Description
runUpdate says the daemon will resume all running agents, although resume is only attempted for
eligible ledger entries and can end in an interruption. Flow participants have no resume ledger
entry, while interactive entries may be rejected for disabled or expired auto-resume, missing
worktrees, unresolved predecessors, unsupported native resume, or failed continuation.
Code

npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js[438]

+      console.log("few minutes, once running agents reach a turn boundary, and resume them.");
Relevance

●●● Strong

Message overpromises universal resumption despite documented eligibility filters and possible
interruption outcomes.

PR-#1622

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Evidence
The changed text promises that running agents will be resumed without qualification. The resume
implementation documents that flow participants never receive ledger entries, filters candidates for
several conditions, reports interrupted entries at boot, and marks entries interrupted when native
and fallback continuation both fail.

npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js[437-440]
src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[10-12]
src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[541-553]
src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[725-730]
src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[817-858]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The update message says running agents will be resumed, but flow participants are not recorded in the resume ledger and eligible interactive entries can still fail or be intentionally skipped during boot recovery.

## Fix Focus Areas
- npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js[437-440]
- src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[10-12]
- src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[541-553]
- src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[725-730]
- src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/AgentOrchestrator.Resume.cs[817-858]

## Recommended Fix
Change the message to say the daemon will attempt to resume eligible running agents, or otherwise qualify resume as best effort.

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2. Foreground daemons stay on old code ✓ Resolved
Description
runUpdate now promises that every non-Windows running daemon will switch to the new version within
a few minutes. Foreground daemons deliberately use a no-op restart strategy, so this message leaves
users expecting an automatic update that only happens after they manually exit and restart.
Code

npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js[R437-438]

+      console.log("A kcap daemon is running; it will switch to the new version within a");
+      console.log("few minutes, once running agents reach a turn boundary, and resume them.");
Relevance

●●● Strong

Message contradicts foreground no-op behavior; clarify that foreground daemons require manual
restart.

PR-#1622

ⓘ Recommendations generated based on similar findings in past PRs

Evidence
The changed message makes an unconditional automatic-switch promise for non-Windows daemons. The
daemon registration selects ForegroundNoopStrategy for foreground mode, and that strategy
explicitly returns NoOp while instructing the user to exit and restart.

npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js[437-440]
src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/DaemonRunner.cs[610-619]
src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/ForegroundNoopStrategy.cs[1-15]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The update message promises automatic switching for every non-Windows daemon, but foreground daemons use a no-op restart strategy and require the user to exit and restart.

## Fix Focus Areas
- npm/kcap/bin/kcap.js[437-440]
- src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/DaemonRunner.cs[610-619]
- src/Capacitor.Cli.Daemon/Services/ForegroundNoopStrategy.cs[1-15]

## Recommended Fix
Adjust the update message to distinguish supervised or detached daemons from foreground daemons, or make the message state that foreground daemons require `kcap daemon restart`.

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console.log("A kcap daemon is running; it will switch to the new version within a");
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P2 Badge Avoid promising a boundary-gated restart

When an interactive agent remains mid-turn past KCAP_RESTART_TURN_WAIT_SECONDS, RestartCoordinator.Evaluate deliberately restarts without a turn boundary; an in-flight eval or launch can conversely keep it pending beyond that bound. Thus the new notice both implies the turn will finish before restart and promises a “few minutes” deadline that the coordinator does not guarantee. Describe the boundary as a bounded preference and avoid a fixed timing promise so users do not rely on an active turn completing before the daemon is stopped.

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Fixed in a6e3a7e: the turn boundary is now described as a bounded wait ("waiting a few minutes for running agents to finish their turn") rather than a guarantee

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- Around line 429-442: Update the background-daemon restart notice in the
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