@chrysb/alphaclaw 0.1.7 → 0.1.8

package/lib/server/alphaclaw-version.js

@@ -130,13 +130,30 @@ const createAlphaclawVersionService = () => {
       );
     });
 
+  const isContainer = () =>
+    process.env.RAILWAY_ENVIRONMENT ||
+    process.env.RENDER ||
+    process.env.FLY_APP_NAME ||
+    fs.existsSync("/.dockerenv");
+
   const restartProcess = () => {
-    console.log("[alphaclaw] Restarting process (exit 1 to trigger container restart)...");
-    // Exit with code 1 so container orchestrators (Railway, Docker restart policy)
-    // treat it as a crash and automatically restart the service.
-    // The spawned-child approach doesn't work in containers because killing PID 1
-    // tears down the entire container.
-    process.exit(1);
+    if (isContainer()) {
+      // In containers, exit with code 1 so the orchestrator (Railway, Docker
+      // restart policy, etc.) treats it as a crash and restarts the service.
+      // Spawning a child doesn't work because killing PID 1 tears down the
+      // entire container along with any children.
+      console.log("[alphaclaw] Restarting via container crash (exit 1)...");
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    // On bare metal / Mac / Linux, spawn a replacement process then exit.
+    console.log("[alphaclaw] Spawning new process and exiting...");
+    const { spawn } = require("child_process");
+    const child = spawn(process.argv[0], process.argv.slice(1), {
+      detached: true,
+      stdio: "inherit",
+    });
+    child.unref();
+    process.exit(0);
   };
 
   const getVersionStatus = async (refresh) => {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@chrysb/alphaclaw",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },