@gapi/gcli 1.8.244 → 1.8.245

package/.agents/skills/local-ai-runners/SKILL.md

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ security, symptom table): `graphql-server/docs/features/local-ai-runners.md`.
   for "token refused" in sync with `RestartPreventExitStatus`. Tests must
   pass an explicit home dir to `SystemdUserService` (os.homedir() ignored a
   changed HOME under jest and wrote into the real `~/.config` once).
+  `runner:daemon:start`/`:restart` check the outcome after ~2 s
+  (`reportStarted`, exit 78 -> the `--reset` hint) - a refused runner exits
+  within a second, so "started" alone would be a lie. Your local `gcli` and
+  the installed unit may both run this repo's `release/index.js` (npm link),
+  so a build changes what the service runs on its next restart.
 
 ## Run it against a dev stack
 

package/README-CLI.md

@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Commands:
   runner:start [options]                               Connect this machine's Ollama to the Lambforge chat as a local AI runner (outbound connection only - works behind NAT, Ollama is never exposed)
   runner:daemon:install|runner:start:daemon [options]  Run the runner in the background as a systemd user service: starts with your session, restarts on failure (Linux)
   runner:daemon:status [options]                       Show the runner service status (systemctl --user status)
+  runner:daemon:start [options]                        Start the installed runner service, and report whether it stays up
+  runner:daemon:stop [options]                         Stop the runner service (it stays installed and starts at your next login)
+  runner:daemon:restart [options]                      Restart the runner service (e.g. after `gcli login` to another server)
   runner:daemon:logs [options]                         Follow the runner service log (journalctl --user -f)
   runner:daemon:uninstall [options]                    Stop and remove the runner service (the runner stays registered)
   runner:list                                          List your local AI runners and the models they serve
@@ -879,6 +882,33 @@ Usage: gcli runner:daemon:status [options]
 
 Show the runner service status (systemctl --user status)
 
+Options:
+  --service <name>  systemd unit name (default: lambforge-runner)
+  -h, --help        display help for command
+
+--- Subcommand: runner:daemon:start ---
+Usage: gcli runner:daemon:start [options]
+
+Start the installed runner service, and report whether it stays up
+
+Options:
+  --service <name>  systemd unit name (default: lambforge-runner)
+  -h, --help        display help for command
+
+--- Subcommand: runner:daemon:stop ---
+Usage: gcli runner:daemon:stop [options]
+
+Stop the runner service (it stays installed and starts at your next login)
+
+Options:
+  --service <name>  systemd unit name (default: lambforge-runner)
+  -h, --help        display help for command
+
+--- Subcommand: runner:daemon:restart ---
+Usage: gcli runner:daemon:restart [options]
+
+Restart the runner service (e.g. after `gcli login` to another server)
+
 Options:
   --service <name>  systemd unit name (default: lambforge-runner)
   -h, --help        display help for command

package/README.md

@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ running until Ctrl+C and reconnects on its own.
 | `gcli runner:list` | Your runners: online status, last seen, models |
 | `gcli runner:models` | List which models are shown in the chat; `--show a,b` shows only those, `--all` shows every model, `--none` hides them all; `--id` picks a runner (default: this machine's) |
 | `gcli runner:delete` | Delete a runner and revoke its token (`--id`, default: this machine's) |
-| `gcli runner:start:daemon` / `runner:daemon:install` | Install + start the runner as a systemd user service (Linux); `runner:daemon:status`, `runner:daemon:logs`, `runner:daemon:uninstall` manage it |
+| `gcli runner:start:daemon` / `runner:daemon:install` | Install + start the runner as a systemd user service (Linux); `runner:daemon:start`, `:stop`, `:restart`, `:status`, `:logs`, `:uninstall` manage it |
 
 ### Run it in the background (systemd, Linux)
 
@@ -899,6 +899,9 @@ npm i -g @gapi/gcli                 # a stable install - not the npx cache
 gcli login
 gcli runner:start:daemon            # = runner:daemon:install; same options as runner:start
 gcli runner:daemon:status
+gcli runner:daemon:stop             # stop it (stays installed, starts at next login)
+gcli runner:daemon:start            # start it again; tells you if it does not stay up
+gcli runner:daemon:restart          # e.g. after `gcli login` to another server
 gcli runner:daemon:logs             # follow the log (Ctrl+C to stop following)
 gcli runner:daemon:uninstall        # stop + remove the service (runner stays registered)
 ```

package/docs/changelog.d/2026-10-24-local-ai-runners-runner-daemon-start-stop-restart-and-start-reports-whether-t.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+## 2026-10-24 - local-ai-runners: runner:daemon:start / stop / restart, and start reports whether the runner stays up
+
+**Feature:** local-ai-runners · **Type:** feat
+
+Why: after `runner:daemon:install` there was no gcli way to start or stop the service (only raw `systemctl --user`), and a service whose token Lambforge refuses failed silently: `runner:daemon:status` showed `status=78` with no explanation of what to do.
+
+- New commands (`src/commands/runner/index.ts`, `daemon-commands.ts`), all with `--service`:
+  - `runner:daemon:start` and `runner:daemon:restart` run `systemctl --user start/restart`. After ~2 s, `reportStarted` reads `ActiveState`/`ExecMainStatus` (`SystemdUserService.outcome`) and reports:
+    - running: says so;
+    - exit 78 (`RUNNER_AUTH_EXIT_CODE`): the token was refused - the runner was deleted, or registered on another server than `~/.graphql-server/url` - with the hint to re-register via `gcli runner:daemon:install --reset`;
+    - any other exit: points to `runner:daemon:logs`.
+  - `runner:daemon:stop`: `systemctl --user stop`. The unit stays enabled and starts at the next login; `uninstall` removes it.
+  - All three refuse with "not installed - run `gcli runner:daemon:install` first" when the unit file is missing.
+- `SystemdUserService`: `installed()`, `start()`, `stop()`, `restart()`, `outcome()`.
+- README, `README-CLI.md` (regenerated) and `docs/features/local-ai-runners.md` updated.
+- **Test:**
+  - `npx jest --coverage=false test/runner-daemon.spec.ts` covers: the systemctl calls, `installed()`, and the three `reportStarted` outcomes.
+  - Live: `gcli runner:daemon:stop`, `gcli runner:daemon:start`, then `gcli runner:daemon:status`.
+- **Debug:**
+  - "did not stay up": `gcli runner:daemon:logs`.
+  - "refused this runner's token": compare `~/.graphql-server/url` with the server the runner was registered on, then `runner:daemon:install --reset`.
+- **Verification:**
+  - jest: 11 suites, 103 tests pass (4 new). `tsc --noEmit` and eslint are clean.
+  - `npm run build`: `--help` lists the new commands.
+  - Not run against the real systemd unit.

package/docs/features/local-ai-runners.md

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ what lives in gcli.
 | `gcli runner:models [--id] [--show a,b \| --all \| --none]` | Which models appear in the chat picker; no flag = list |
 | `gcli runner:delete [--id]` | Delete a runner and revoke its token (default: the saved one) |
 | `gcli runner:daemon:install` (alias `runner:start:daemon`) `[runner:start options] [--service] [--dry-run]` | Resolve/register the runner now (saves `runner.json`), then install + enable + restart a systemd USER unit running `runner:start --ollama <resolved>` (Linux) |
+| `gcli runner:daemon:start` / `:restart` `[--service]` | `systemctl --user start/restart`, then after ~2 s reads `ActiveState`/`ExecMainStatus` (`SystemdUserService.outcome`): running, or an error - exit 78 = token refused (deleted, or registered on another server than `~/.graphql-server/url`) with the `runner:daemon:install --reset` hint. Refuses when the unit is not installed |
+| `gcli runner:daemon:stop` `[--service]` | `systemctl --user stop` (stays enabled: starts again at the next login) |
 | `gcli runner:daemon:status` / `:logs` / `:uninstall` | `systemctl --user status`, `journalctl --user -f`, disable --now + remove the unit |
 
 Endpoints: `--wsUrl` > `runner.json` > derived from the `gcli login` URL

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@gapi/gcli",
-  "version": "1.8.244",
+  "version": "1.8.245",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/Stradivario/gapi.git"