@askexenow/exe-os 0.8.36 → 0.8.37

package/dist/lib/exe-daemon.js

@@ -1651,7 +1651,8 @@ async function writeMemory(record) {
     has_error: record.has_error ? 1 : 0,
     raw_text: record.raw_text,
     vector: record.vector,
-    version: _nextVersion++,
+    version: 0,
+    // Placeholder — assigned atomically at flush time
     task_id: record.task_id ?? null,
     importance: record.importance ?? 5,
     status: record.status ?? "active",
@@ -1685,6 +1686,13 @@ async function flushBatch() {
   _flushing = true;
   try {
     const batch = _pendingRecords.slice(0);
+    const client = getClient();
+    const vResult = await client.execute("SELECT MAX(version) as max_v FROM memories");
+    let baseVersion = (Number(vResult.rows[0]?.max_v) || 0) + 1;
+    for (const row of batch) {
+      row.version = baseVersion++;
+    }
+    _nextVersion = baseVersion;
     const buildStmt = (row) => {
       const hasVector = row.vector !== null;
       const taskId = row.task_id ?? null;
@@ -4354,6 +4362,7 @@ var init_capacity_monitor = __esm({
 // src/lib/tmux-routing.ts
 var tmux_routing_exports = {};
 __export(tmux_routing_exports, {
+  acquireSpawnLock: () => acquireSpawnLock,
   employeeSessionName: () => employeeSessionName,
   ensureEmployee: () => ensureEmployee,
   extractRootExe: () => extractRootExe,
@@ -4368,6 +4377,7 @@ __export(tmux_routing_exports, {
   notifyParentExe: () => notifyParentExe,
   parseParentExe: () => parseParentExe,
   registerParentExe: () => registerParentExe,
+  releaseSpawnLock: () => releaseSpawnLock,
   resolveExeSession: () => resolveExeSession,
   sendIntercom: () => sendIntercom,
   spawnEmployee: () => spawnEmployee,
@@ -4378,6 +4388,42 @@ import { readFileSync as readFileSync9, writeFileSync as writeFileSync5, mkdirSy
 import path15 from "path";
 import os5 from "os";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { unlinkSync as unlinkSync4 } from "fs";
+function spawnLockPath(sessionName) {
+  return path15.join(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, `${sessionName}.lock`);
+}
+function isProcessAlive(pid) {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+function acquireSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  if (!existsSync12(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR)) {
+    mkdirSync6(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, { recursive: true });
+  }
+  const lockFile = spawnLockPath(sessionName);
+  if (existsSync12(lockFile)) {
+    try {
+      const lock = JSON.parse(readFileSync9(lockFile, "utf8"));
+      const age = Date.now() - lock.timestamp;
+      if (isProcessAlive(lock.pid) && age < 6e4) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } catch {
+    }
+  }
+  writeFileSync5(lockFile, JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, timestamp: Date.now() }));
+  return true;
+}
+function releaseSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  try {
+    unlinkSync4(spawnLockPath(sessionName));
+  } catch {
+  }
+}
 function resolveBehaviorsExporterScript() {
   try {
     const thisFile = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
@@ -4476,10 +4522,10 @@ function isEmployeeAlive(sessionName) {
 }
 function findFreeInstance(employeeName, exeSession, maxInstances = 10, isAlive = isEmployeeAlive) {
   const base = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession);
-  if (!isAlive(base)) return 0;
+  if (!isAlive(base) && acquireSpawnLock(base)) return 0;
   for (let i = 2; i <= maxInstances; i++) {
     const candidate = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession, i);
-    if (!isAlive(candidate)) return i;
+    if (!isAlive(candidate) && acquireSpawnLock(candidate)) return i;
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -4843,6 +4889,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     command: spawnCommand
   });
   if (spawnResult.error) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `tmux new-session failed: ${spawnResult.error}` };
   }
   transport.pipeLog(sessionName, logFile);
@@ -4880,6 +4927,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     }
   }
   if (!booted) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `${useExeAgent ? "exe-agent" : "claude"} did not boot within 15s` };
   }
   if (!useExeAgent) {
@@ -4896,9 +4944,10 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     pid: 0,
     registeredAt: (/* @__PURE__ */ new Date()).toISOString()
   });
+  releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
   return { sessionName };
 }
-var SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, VERIFY_PANE_LINES, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
+var SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, VERIFY_PANE_LINES, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
 var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
   "src/lib/tmux-routing.ts"() {
     "use strict";
@@ -4910,6 +4959,7 @@ var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
     init_provider_table();
     init_intercom_queue();
     init_plan_limits();
+    SPAWN_LOCK_DIR = path15.join(os5.homedir(), ".exe-os", "spawn-locks");
     SESSION_CACHE = path15.join(os5.homedir(), ".exe-os", "session-cache");
     BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS = 1e4;
     VERIFY_PANE_LINES = 200;
@@ -6130,7 +6180,7 @@ var init_consolidation = __esm({
 import net from "net";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import { randomUUID as randomUUID3 } from "crypto";
-import { existsSync as existsSync14, unlinkSync as unlinkSync4, readFileSync as readFileSync11, openSync, closeSync, statSync } from "fs";
+import { existsSync as existsSync14, unlinkSync as unlinkSync5, readFileSync as readFileSync11, openSync, closeSync, statSync } from "fs";
 import path17 from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath as fileURLToPath2 } from "url";
 function handleData(chunk) {
@@ -6166,11 +6216,11 @@ function cleanupStaleFiles() {
     } catch {
     }
     try {
-      unlinkSync4(PID_PATH);
+      unlinkSync5(PID_PATH);
     } catch {
     }
     try {
-      unlinkSync4(SOCKET_PATH);
+      unlinkSync5(SOCKET_PATH);
     } catch {
     }
   }
@@ -6222,7 +6272,7 @@ function spawnDaemon() {
     }
   }
 }
-function acquireSpawnLock() {
+function acquireSpawnLock2() {
   try {
     const fd = openSync(SPAWN_LOCK_PATH, "wx");
     closeSync(fd);
@@ -6232,7 +6282,7 @@ function acquireSpawnLock() {
       const stat = statSync(SPAWN_LOCK_PATH);
       if (Date.now() - stat.mtimeMs > SPAWN_LOCK_STALE_MS) {
         try {
-          unlinkSync4(SPAWN_LOCK_PATH);
+          unlinkSync5(SPAWN_LOCK_PATH);
         } catch {
         }
         try {
@@ -6247,9 +6297,9 @@ function acquireSpawnLock() {
     return false;
   }
 }
-function releaseSpawnLock() {
+function releaseSpawnLock2() {
   try {
-    unlinkSync4(SPAWN_LOCK_PATH);
+    unlinkSync5(SPAWN_LOCK_PATH);
   } catch {
   }
 }
@@ -6294,12 +6344,12 @@ function connectToSocket() {
 async function connectEmbedDaemon() {
   if (_socket && _connected) return true;
   if (await connectToSocket()) return true;
-  if (acquireSpawnLock()) {
+  if (acquireSpawnLock2()) {
     try {
       cleanupStaleFiles();
       spawnDaemon();
     } finally {
-      releaseSpawnLock();
+      releaseSpawnLock2();
     }
   }
   const start = Date.now();
@@ -6380,11 +6430,11 @@ function killAndRespawnDaemon() {
   _connected = false;
   _buffer = "";
   try {
-    unlinkSync4(PID_PATH);
+    unlinkSync5(PID_PATH);
   } catch {
   }
   try {
-    unlinkSync4(SOCKET_PATH);
+    unlinkSync5(SOCKET_PATH);
   } catch {
   }
   spawnDaemon();
@@ -7891,7 +7941,7 @@ var init_messaging = __esm({
 init_config();
 init_memory();
 import net2 from "net";
-import { writeFileSync as writeFileSync7, unlinkSync as unlinkSync5, mkdirSync as mkdirSync8, existsSync as existsSync16, readFileSync as readFileSync14 } from "fs";
+import { writeFileSync as writeFileSync7, unlinkSync as unlinkSync6, mkdirSync as mkdirSync8, existsSync as existsSync16, readFileSync as readFileSync14 } from "fs";
 import path20 from "path";
 import { getLlama } from "node-llama-cpp";
 var SOCKET_PATH2 = process.env.EXE_DAEMON_SOCK ?? process.env.EXE_EMBED_SOCK ?? path20.join(EXE_AI_DIR, "exed.sock");
@@ -7996,11 +8046,11 @@ async function shutdown() {
   }
   _llama = null;
   try {
-    unlinkSync5(SOCKET_PATH2);
+    unlinkSync6(SOCKET_PATH2);
   } catch {
   }
   try {
-    unlinkSync5(PID_PATH2);
+    unlinkSync6(PID_PATH2);
   } catch {
   }
   process.stderr.write("[exed] Shutdown complete.\n");
@@ -8044,12 +8094,12 @@ function startServer() {
         } catch {
         }
       }
-      unlinkSync5(oldPath);
+      unlinkSync6(oldPath);
     } catch {
     }
   }
   try {
-    unlinkSync5(SOCKET_PATH2);
+    unlinkSync6(SOCKET_PATH2);
   } catch {
   }
   const server = net2.createServer((socket) => {
@@ -8475,7 +8525,7 @@ function checkExistingDaemon() {
       return true;
     }
     try {
-      unlinkSync5(PID_PATH2);
+      unlinkSync6(PID_PATH2);
     } catch {
     }
     return false;
@@ -8638,11 +8688,11 @@ try {
   process.stderr.write(`[exed] FATAL: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}
 `);
   try {
-    unlinkSync5(SOCKET_PATH2);
+    unlinkSync6(SOCKET_PATH2);
   } catch {
   }
   try {
-    unlinkSync5(PID_PATH2);
+    unlinkSync6(PID_PATH2);
   } catch {
   }
   process.exit(1);

package/dist/lib/hybrid-search.js

@@ -1529,7 +1529,8 @@ async function writeMemory(record) {
     has_error: record.has_error ? 1 : 0,
     raw_text: record.raw_text,
     vector: record.vector,
-    version: _nextVersion++,
+    version: 0,
+    // Placeholder — assigned atomically at flush time
     task_id: record.task_id ?? null,
     importance: record.importance ?? 5,
     status: record.status ?? "active",
@@ -1563,6 +1564,13 @@ async function flushBatch() {
   _flushing = true;
   try {
     const batch = _pendingRecords.slice(0);
+    const client = getClient();
+    const vResult = await client.execute("SELECT MAX(version) as max_v FROM memories");
+    let baseVersion = (Number(vResult.rows[0]?.max_v) || 0) + 1;
+    for (const row of batch) {
+      row.version = baseVersion++;
+    }
+    _nextVersion = baseVersion;
     const buildStmt = (row) => {
       const hasVector = row.vector !== null;
       const taskId = row.task_id ?? null;

package/dist/lib/messaging.js

@@ -559,6 +559,42 @@ import { readFileSync as readFileSync7, writeFileSync as writeFileSync4, mkdirSy
 import path7 from "path";
 import os4 from "os";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { unlinkSync } from "fs";
+function spawnLockPath(sessionName) {
+  return path7.join(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, `${sessionName}.lock`);
+}
+function isProcessAlive(pid) {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+function acquireSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  if (!existsSync7(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR)) {
+    mkdirSync4(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, { recursive: true });
+  }
+  const lockFile = spawnLockPath(sessionName);
+  if (existsSync7(lockFile)) {
+    try {
+      const lock = JSON.parse(readFileSync7(lockFile, "utf8"));
+      const age = Date.now() - lock.timestamp;
+      if (isProcessAlive(lock.pid) && age < 6e4) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } catch {
+    }
+  }
+  writeFileSync4(lockFile, JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, timestamp: Date.now() }));
+  return true;
+}
+function releaseSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  try {
+    unlinkSync(spawnLockPath(sessionName));
+  } catch {
+  }
+}
 function resolveBehaviorsExporterScript() {
   try {
     const thisFile = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
@@ -628,10 +664,10 @@ function isEmployeeAlive(sessionName) {
 }
 function findFreeInstance(employeeName, exeSession, maxInstances = 10, isAlive = isEmployeeAlive) {
   const base = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession);
-  if (!isAlive(base)) return 0;
+  if (!isAlive(base) && acquireSpawnLock(base)) return 0;
   for (let i = 2; i <= maxInstances; i++) {
     const candidate = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession, i);
-    if (!isAlive(candidate)) return i;
+    if (!isAlive(candidate) && acquireSpawnLock(candidate)) return i;
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -943,6 +979,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     command: spawnCommand
   });
   if (spawnResult.error) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `tmux new-session failed: ${spawnResult.error}` };
   }
   transport.pipeLog(sessionName, logFile);
@@ -980,6 +1017,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     }
   }
   if (!booted) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `${useExeAgent ? "exe-agent" : "claude"} did not boot within 15s` };
   }
   if (!useExeAgent) {
@@ -996,9 +1034,10 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     pid: 0,
     registeredAt: (/* @__PURE__ */ new Date()).toISOString()
   });
+  releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
   return { sessionName };
 }
-var SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
+var SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
 var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
   "src/lib/tmux-routing.ts"() {
     "use strict";
@@ -1010,6 +1049,7 @@ var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
     init_provider_table();
     init_intercom_queue();
     init_plan_limits();
+    SPAWN_LOCK_DIR = path7.join(os4.homedir(), ".exe-os", "spawn-locks");
     SESSION_CACHE = path7.join(os4.homedir(), ".exe-os", "session-cache");
     BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS = 1e4;
     INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS = 3e4;

package/dist/lib/store.js

@@ -1443,7 +1443,8 @@ async function writeMemory(record) {
     has_error: record.has_error ? 1 : 0,
     raw_text: record.raw_text,
     vector: record.vector,
-    version: _nextVersion++,
+    version: 0,
+    // Placeholder — assigned atomically at flush time
     task_id: record.task_id ?? null,
     importance: record.importance ?? 5,
     status: record.status ?? "active",
@@ -1477,6 +1478,13 @@ async function flushBatch() {
   _flushing = true;
   try {
     const batch = _pendingRecords.slice(0);
+    const client = getClient();
+    const vResult = await client.execute("SELECT MAX(version) as max_v FROM memories");
+    let baseVersion = (Number(vResult.rows[0]?.max_v) || 0) + 1;
+    for (const row of batch) {
+      row.version = baseVersion++;
+    }
+    _nextVersion = baseVersion;
     const buildStmt = (row) => {
       const hasVector = row.vector !== null;
       const taskId = row.task_id ?? null;

package/dist/lib/tasks.js

@@ -1122,6 +1122,42 @@ import { readFileSync as readFileSync9, writeFileSync as writeFileSync4, mkdirSy
 import path9 from "path";
 import os5 from "os";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { unlinkSync as unlinkSync2 } from "fs";
+function spawnLockPath(sessionName) {
+  return path9.join(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, `${sessionName}.lock`);
+}
+function isProcessAlive(pid) {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+function acquireSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  if (!existsSync9(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR)) {
+    mkdirSync4(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, { recursive: true });
+  }
+  const lockFile = spawnLockPath(sessionName);
+  if (existsSync9(lockFile)) {
+    try {
+      const lock = JSON.parse(readFileSync9(lockFile, "utf8"));
+      const age = Date.now() - lock.timestamp;
+      if (isProcessAlive(lock.pid) && age < 6e4) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } catch {
+    }
+  }
+  writeFileSync4(lockFile, JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, timestamp: Date.now() }));
+  return true;
+}
+function releaseSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  try {
+    unlinkSync2(spawnLockPath(sessionName));
+  } catch {
+  }
+}
 function resolveBehaviorsExporterScript() {
   try {
     const thisFile = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
@@ -1202,10 +1238,10 @@ function isEmployeeAlive(sessionName) {
 }
 function findFreeInstance(employeeName, exeSession, maxInstances = 10, isAlive = isEmployeeAlive) {
   const base = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession);
-  if (!isAlive(base)) return 0;
+  if (!isAlive(base) && acquireSpawnLock(base)) return 0;
   for (let i = 2; i <= maxInstances; i++) {
     const candidate = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession, i);
-    if (!isAlive(candidate)) return i;
+    if (!isAlive(candidate) && acquireSpawnLock(candidate)) return i;
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -1539,6 +1575,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     command: spawnCommand
   });
   if (spawnResult.error) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `tmux new-session failed: ${spawnResult.error}` };
   }
   transport.pipeLog(sessionName, logFile);
@@ -1576,6 +1613,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     }
   }
   if (!booted) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `${useExeAgent ? "exe-agent" : "claude"} did not boot within 15s` };
   }
   if (!useExeAgent) {
@@ -1592,9 +1630,10 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     pid: 0,
     registeredAt: (/* @__PURE__ */ new Date()).toISOString()
   });
+  releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
   return { sessionName };
 }
-var SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
+var SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
 var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
   "src/lib/tmux-routing.ts"() {
     "use strict";
@@ -1606,6 +1645,7 @@ var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
     init_provider_table();
     init_intercom_queue();
     init_plan_limits();
+    SPAWN_LOCK_DIR = path9.join(os5.homedir(), ".exe-os", "spawn-locks");
     SESSION_CACHE = path9.join(os5.homedir(), ".exe-os", "session-cache");
     BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS = 1e4;
     INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS = 3e4;
@@ -1618,7 +1658,7 @@ var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
 
 // src/lib/tasks-review.ts
 import path10 from "path";
-import { existsSync as existsSync10, readdirSync as readdirSync2, unlinkSync as unlinkSync2 } from "fs";
+import { existsSync as existsSync10, readdirSync as readdirSync2, unlinkSync as unlinkSync3 } from "fs";
 async function countPendingReviews() {
   const client = getClient();
   const result = await client.execute({
@@ -1742,7 +1782,7 @@ async function cleanupReviewFile(row, taskFile, _baseDir) {
     if (existsSync10(cacheDir)) {
       for (const f of readdirSync2(cacheDir)) {
         if (f.startsWith("review-notified-")) {
-          unlinkSync2(path10.join(cacheDir, f));
+          unlinkSync3(path10.join(cacheDir, f));
         }
       }
     }
@@ -2324,7 +2364,7 @@ var init_skill_learning = __esm({
 
 // src/lib/tasks.ts
 import path13 from "path";
-import { writeFileSync as writeFileSync5, mkdirSync as mkdirSync5, unlinkSync as unlinkSync3 } from "fs";
+import { writeFileSync as writeFileSync5, mkdirSync as mkdirSync5, unlinkSync as unlinkSync4 } from "fs";
 async function createTask(input) {
   const result = await createTaskCore(input);
   if (!input.skipDispatch && result.status !== "blocked" && !process.env.VITEST) {
@@ -2350,7 +2390,7 @@ async function updateTask(input) {
       writeFileSync5(cachePath, JSON.stringify({ taskId, title: String(row.title) }));
     } else if (input.status === "done" || input.status === "blocked" || input.status === "cancelled") {
       try {
-        unlinkSync3(cachePath);
+        unlinkSync4(cachePath);
       } catch {
       }
     }

package/dist/lib/tmux-routing.js

@@ -2299,6 +2299,42 @@ import { readFileSync as readFileSync9, writeFileSync as writeFileSync5, mkdirSy
 import path13 from "path";
 import os5 from "os";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { unlinkSync as unlinkSync4 } from "fs";
+function spawnLockPath(sessionName) {
+  return path13.join(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, `${sessionName}.lock`);
+}
+function isProcessAlive(pid) {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+function acquireSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  if (!existsSync10(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR)) {
+    mkdirSync5(SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, { recursive: true });
+  }
+  const lockFile = spawnLockPath(sessionName);
+  if (existsSync10(lockFile)) {
+    try {
+      const lock = JSON.parse(readFileSync9(lockFile, "utf8"));
+      const age = Date.now() - lock.timestamp;
+      if (isProcessAlive(lock.pid) && age < 6e4) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } catch {
+    }
+  }
+  writeFileSync5(lockFile, JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, timestamp: Date.now() }));
+  return true;
+}
+function releaseSpawnLock(sessionName) {
+  try {
+    unlinkSync4(spawnLockPath(sessionName));
+  } catch {
+  }
+}
 function resolveBehaviorsExporterScript() {
   try {
     const thisFile = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
@@ -2397,10 +2433,10 @@ function isEmployeeAlive(sessionName) {
 }
 function findFreeInstance(employeeName, exeSession, maxInstances = 10, isAlive = isEmployeeAlive) {
   const base = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession);
-  if (!isAlive(base)) return 0;
+  if (!isAlive(base) && acquireSpawnLock(base)) return 0;
   for (let i = 2; i <= maxInstances; i++) {
     const candidate = employeeSessionName(employeeName, exeSession, i);
-    if (!isAlive(candidate)) return i;
+    if (!isAlive(candidate) && acquireSpawnLock(candidate)) return i;
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -2764,6 +2800,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     command: spawnCommand
   });
   if (spawnResult.error) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `tmux new-session failed: ${spawnResult.error}` };
   }
   transport.pipeLog(sessionName, logFile);
@@ -2801,6 +2838,7 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     }
   }
   if (!booted) {
+    releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
     return { sessionName, error: `${useExeAgent ? "exe-agent" : "claude"} did not boot within 15s` };
   }
   if (!useExeAgent) {
@@ -2817,9 +2855,10 @@ function spawnEmployee(employeeName, exeSession, projectDir, opts) {
     pid: 0,
     registeredAt: (/* @__PURE__ */ new Date()).toISOString()
   });
+  releaseSpawnLock(sessionName);
   return { sessionName };
 }
-var SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, VERIFY_PANE_LINES, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
+var SPAWN_LOCK_DIR, SESSION_CACHE, BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS, VERIFY_PANE_LINES, INTERCOM_DEBOUNCE_MS, INTERCOM_LOG2, DEBOUNCE_FILE, DEBOUNCE_CLEANUP_AGE_MS, BUSY_PATTERN;
 var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
   "src/lib/tmux-routing.ts"() {
     init_session_registry();
@@ -2830,6 +2869,7 @@ var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
     init_provider_table();
     init_intercom_queue();
     init_plan_limits();
+    SPAWN_LOCK_DIR = path13.join(os5.homedir(), ".exe-os", "spawn-locks");
     SESSION_CACHE = path13.join(os5.homedir(), ".exe-os", "session-cache");
     BEHAVIORS_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MS = 1e4;
     VERIFY_PANE_LINES = 200;
@@ -2842,6 +2882,7 @@ var init_tmux_routing = __esm({
 });
 init_tmux_routing();
 export {
+  acquireSpawnLock,
   employeeSessionName,
   ensureEmployee,
   extractRootExe,
@@ -2856,6 +2897,7 @@ export {
   notifyParentExe,
   parseParentExe,
   registerParentExe,
+  releaseSpawnLock,
   resolveExeSession,
   sendIntercom,
   spawnEmployee,