Method start

src/utils/claudeInChrome/chromeNativeHost.ts:110–191

()

  private socketPath: string | null = null

  async start(): Promise<void> {
    if (this.running) {
      return
    }

    this.socketPath = getSecureSocketPath()

    if (platform() !== 'win32') {
      const socketDir = getSocketDir()

      // Migrate legacy socket: if socket dir path exists as a file/socket, remove it
      try {
        const dirStats = await stat(socketDir)
        if (!dirStats.isDirectory()) {
          await unlink(socketDir)
        }
      } catch {
        // Doesn't exist, that's fine
      }

      // Create socket directory with secure permissions
      await mkdir(socketDir, { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 })

      // Fix perms if directory already existed
      await chmod(socketDir, 0o700).catch(() => {
        // Ignore
      })

      // Clean up stale sockets
      try {
        const files = await readdir(socketDir)
        for (const file of files) {
          if (!file.endsWith('.sock')) {
            continue
          }
          const pid = parseInt(file.replace('.sock', ''), 10)
          if (isNaN(pid)) {
            continue
          }
          try {
            process.kill(pid, 0)
            // Process is alive, leave it
          } catch {
            // Process is dead, remove stale socket
            await unlink(join(socketDir, file)).catch(() => {
              // Ignore
            })
            log(`Removed stale socket for PID ${pid}`)
          }
        }
      } catch {
        // Ignore errors scanning directory
      }
    }

    log(`Creating socket listener: ${this.socketPath}`)

    this.server = createServer(socket => this.handleMcpClient(socket))