Method Restart

core/base.go:755–781

Restart restarts (aka. replaces) the current running application process. NB! It relies on execve which is supported only on UNIX based systems.

()

//
// NB! It relies on execve which is supported only on UNIX based systems.
func (app *BaseApp) Restart() error {
	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		return errors.New("restart is not supported on windows")
	}

	execPath, err := os.Executable()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	event := &TerminateEvent{}
	event.App = app
	event.IsRestart = true

	return app.OnTerminate().Trigger(event, func(e *TerminateEvent) error {
		_ = e.App.ResetBootstrapState()

		// attempt to restart the bootstrap process in case execve returns an error for some reason
		defer func() {
			if err := e.App.Bootstrap(); err != nil {
				app.Logger().Error("Failed to rebootstrap the application after failed app.Restart()", "error", err)
			}
		}()

		return execve(execPath, os.Args, os.Environ())
	})
}

// RunSystemMigrations applies all new migrations registered in the [core.SystemMigrations] list.
func (app *BaseApp) RunSystemMigrations() error {