Function boot

apps/desktop/src/main/index.ts:1151–1258

()

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const boot = async () => {
  installDockIcon();
  installApplicationMenu();
  await showStartupWindow();
  setupAutoUpdater();
  applyFakeUpdateFromEnv();
  registerIpcHandlers();
  // A sidecar that dies under a live window would leave the web UI failing
  // every request with no explanation. Swap in the crash screen — its
  // buttons drive the regular preload bridge (restart / export diagnostics).
  onUnexpectedSidecarExit(() => {
    showCrashScreen();
    // A crashing sidecar may be a broken release — quietly stage any
    // available update so the install prompt appears on its own (same
    // self-heal as the fatal startup path).
    void runUpdateCheck({ alertOnFail: false, trigger: "boot" });
  });
  // Prefer an OS-supervised daemon: attach to one that's running, kick one
  // that's installed, or offer to install on first run. Quitting the app then
  // leaves MCP serving. This is also the clean handoff that replaces the old
  // "another server owns the data dir → fatal error" path. Packaged builds only;
  // dev and unsupported platforms keep managed-spawn.
  if (app.isPackaged) {
    const supervised = await ensureSupervisedConnection();
    if (supervised) {
      connection = supervised;
      // createWindow installs the bearer-auth header itself.
      // oxlint-disable-next-line executor/no-try-catch-or-throw -- boundary: supervised attach can race with daemon shutdown; fall back to managed spawn
      try {
        await createWindow(supervised);
        armSupervisedMonitor();
        void runUpdateCheck({ alertOnFail: false, trigger: "boot" });
        return;
      } catch (error) {
        log.warn("Failed to load supervised daemon; falling back to managed sidecar", error);
        stopSupervisedMonitor();
        connection = null;
      }
    }
  }
  connection = await startWithCurrentSettings();
  if (!connection && lastSidecarStartError != null) {
    // Port conflicts already showed their dialog inside
    // startWithCurrentSettings; every other failure surfaces here so the app
    // never silently bounces-and-vanishes. The dialog offers a data reset
    // (move-aside, for damaged state) — when taken, retry the boot once
    // against the fresh dir.
    const retryAfterReset = await handleFatalSidecarFailure(lastSidecarStartError);
    if (retryAfterReset) {
      lastSidecarStartError = null;
      connection = await startWithCurrentSettings();
      if (!connection && lastSidecarStartError != null) {
        await handleFatalSidecarFailure(lastSidecarStartError);
      }
    }
  }
  if (!connection) {
    app.quit();