Function confirmEnableBackgroundService

apps/desktop/src/main/index.ts:198–217

()

};

const confirmEnableBackgroundService = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
  // EXECUTOR_TEST_AUTO_CONFIRM_BACKGROUND_SERVICE skips the modal, the same seam
  // as confirmResetState. Native dialogs are unreachable from CDP/Playwright, so
  // a first-run boot under automation otherwise blocks here forever with no way
  // to answer. "1" keeps the background service; any other value declines and
  // falls back to the managed sidecar.
  const autoConfirm = process.env.EXECUTOR_TEST_AUTO_CONFIRM_BACKGROUND_SERVICE;
  if (autoConfirm !== undefined) return autoConfirm === "1";
  const { response } = await dialog.showMessageBox({
    type: "question",
    title: "Keep Executor running in the background?",
    message: "Keep your connections available after you quit Executor?",
    detail:
      "Executor can run as a lightweight background service so your MCP tools keep working after you close this window or restart your computer. You can turn this off anytime in Settings.",
    buttons: ["Keep running in the background", "Not now"],
    defaultId: 0,
    cancelId: 1,
  });
  return response === 0;
};

/**
 * Resolve a connection to the OS-supervised daemon, installing it on first run