@indigoai-us/hq-cli 5.170.0 → 5.172.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.172.0] — 2026-09-24
+
+### Changed
+
+- The `hq daemon` updater keeps hq-cloud current as well. Every 6 hours it
+  installs the newest hq-cloud with the same major version into
+  `~/.hq/daemon/hq-cloud`, and it restarts sync and the outpost heartbeat
+  right after an update. The daemon runs sync, and the heartbeat when that
+  hq-cloud has `hq-outpost-heartbeat`, from whichever copy is newer: this one
+  or the one bundled with the CLI.
+- `hq daemon` sync pushes local changes as they happen (`--event-push`), the
+  same as outpost sync does today.
+
+## [5.171.0] — 2026-09-24
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Local bots (`hq bot run`) now restart onto an updated hq-cli install. A
+  running bot checks the installed package behind its launch path every
+  minute. When a complete, valid, different version is seen on two checks in a
+  row, it stops taking new inbox items, lets running turns finish (queued items
+  stay un-acked for the next process), logs
+  `hq-cli updated <old> -> <new>; restarting to load it`, and exits 75 so
+  launchd, systemd, or `hq daemon` starts it again. A bot with no supervisor
+  starts its own replacement first. The new process logs its version at
+  startup and whether the update converged. A restart that comes back on the
+  old version blocks that target for 6 hours, and update restarts are capped
+  at 4 per hour. `hq bot status` shows the hq-cli version a bot is running.
+  Set `HQ_BOT_NO_CLI_UPDATE_RESTART=1` to turn this off.
+
 ## [5.170.0] — 2026-09-24
 
 ### Fixed

package/dist/commands/bot.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { hasPromotionHold, promotionHoldSummary } from "../lib/bot/promotion-hol
  * list (online flag), and rm. Secrets are never printed.
  */
 import { promoteLocalBot } from "../lib/bot/promote.js";
+import { CLI_UPDATE_DISABLE_ENV, createCliUpdateWatcher, handOffToUpdatedCli } from "../lib/bot/cli-update.js";
 import { createVaultObjectDownloader } from "../lib/agent-kit/attachment-download.js";
 import { addBotToCompanies, describeCompanyFailures, removeBotFromCompanies } from "./bot-companies.js";
 import { registerBotContinuityCommand } from "./bot-continuity.js";
@@ -743,6 +744,14 @@ async function runBotResident(nameArg) {
         // Chat attachments are fetched with the bot's own machine identity against
         // the same API its inbox and posts use (BotApi has no baseUrl override either).
         downloadAttachment: createVaultObjectDownloader({ getToken: token }),
+        // Reload onto an updated hq-cli: the watched path is the script this
+        // process was launched with, which is what its supervisor launches next.
+        ...(process.env[CLI_UPDATE_DISABLE_ENV] === "1"
+            ? {}
+            : { cliUpdate: createCliUpdateWatcher({ dir, entry: process.argv[1] ?? null }) }),
+        onCliUpdateRestart: (_update, log) => {
+            handOffToUpdatedCli(name, log, { spawnReplacement: () => spawnDetachedRun(name, dir) });
+        },
     });
     await handle.done;
     void name;
@@ -796,6 +805,8 @@ async function runBotStatus(nameArg, opts) {
     console.log(`  creds:      ${creds ? `present for ${creds.entityUid}` : chalk.red("missing")}`);
     if (status) {
         console.log(`  started:    ${status.startedAt}   restarts: ${status.restarts}   replies: ${status.repliesSent}`);
+        if (status.cliVersion)
+            console.log(`  hq-cli:     ${status.cliVersion}`);
         if (status.runtimeSignIn?.state === "expired") {
             const tool = runtimeDisplayName(status.runtimeSignIn.runtime);
             console.log(`  ${chalk.yellow(`${tool} needs to sign in again`)} — sign in from HQ, or run \`${status.runtimeSignIn.runtime} ${status.runtimeSignIn.runtime === "claude" ? "auth login" : "login"}\`, then \`hq bot restart ${name}\``);

package/dist/commands/daemon.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import * as fs from "node:fs";
 import * as os from "node:os";
 import * as path from "node:path";
-import { DEFAULT_SERVICES, SERVICE_DESCRIPTIONS, enabledServices } from "../lib/daemon/catalog.js";
+import { DEFAULT_SERVICES, SERVICE_DESCRIPTIONS, enabledServices, hqCloudUnits } from "../lib/daemon/catalog.js";
 import { applyServiceToggle, readDaemonConfig, writeDaemonConfig } from "../lib/daemon/config.js";
 import { daemonUnitInstalled } from "../lib/daemon/handoff.js";
 import { adoptLegacyUnits, readAdoptedUnits, restoreLegacyUnits } from "../lib/daemon/migrate.js";
@@ -418,19 +418,23 @@ async function runMigrate(d, opts) {
     d.out("Nothing was changed. `hq daemon migrate --apply` takes them over.");
 }
 async function runServiceSelfUpdate(d) {
-    const [{ daemonSelfUpdate }, { hostToolUpdater, runDaemonUpdater, updaterEnv }, { TOOL_NAMES }, { cliSelfUpdatable }] = await Promise.all([
+    const [{ daemonSelfUpdate }, { hostToolUpdater, runDaemonUpdater, updaterEnv }, { TOOL_NAMES }, { cliSelfUpdatable }, { updateManagedHqCloud },] = await Promise.all([
         import("../utils/self-update.js"),
         import("../lib/daemon/updater.js"),
         import("../lib/daemon/tools.js"),
         import("../lib/daemon/run.js"),
+        import("../lib/daemon/hq-cloud.js"),
     ]);
-    const { paths } = currentHost(d);
+    const { paths, detected } = currentHost(d);
     const env = updaterEnv(d.env);
     const result = await runDaemonUpdater({
         // Same guard as every self-update: never replace a dev checkout or a project's copy with a global install.
         updateCli: cliSelfUpdatable() ? () => daemonSelfUpdate({ env }) : null,
         tools: TOOL_NAMES.map((name) => hostToolUpdater(name, env, d.home)),
+        updateHqCloud: async () => updateManagedHqCloud(paths.root, env),
+        hqCloudUnits: hqCloudUnits(detected.type),
         requestDaemonRestart: () => writeControlRequest(paths.requestsDir, { action: "restart-daemon" }),
+        requestRestart: (unit) => writeControlRequest(paths.requestsDir, { action: "restart", unit }),
         log: d.out,
     });
     if (!result.ok)

package/dist/lib/bot/cli-update.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/**
+ * A resident bot notices that the hq-cli install it was started from has been
+ * updated on disk, and restarts itself onto the new code.
+ *
+ * `hq bot run <name>` loads the CLI once and runs for days. The install under
+ * it moves on (the attended self-updater, the `hq daemon` updater, a manual
+ * `npm i -g`), but nothing reloaded a running bot: on 2026-09-24 the bot
+ * dr-love was still running code from 2026-09-19 while its install had moved
+ * to 5.163.0, so a shipped attachment fix never reached it.
+ *
+ * The watcher re-resolves the entry script the process was launched with
+ * (process.argv[1], the same path launchd / systemd / `hq daemon` will launch
+ * again) to its package.json on a timer. Once a complete, valid, different
+ * version is seen on consecutive checks, the run loop stops taking new inbox
+ * items, lets the running turns finish, and exits with
+ * CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE so its supervisor starts it again on the new
+ * code (or, with no supervisor, starts its own replacement first).
+ *
+ * Convergence (policy hq-self-updater-must-verify-convergence-after-install):
+ * the restart is recorded in <botDir>/cli-update.json before the exit. The next
+ * process checks the version it actually loaded against that record: a match
+ * is logged as converged; a process that came back on the OLD version blocks
+ * that target for CLI_UPDATE_NOT_CONVERGED_COOLDOWN_MS instead of restarting
+ * again. Restarts are also capped per window, so an install that keeps
+ * flipping cannot turn into a restart loop.
+ */
+import type { BotLogger } from "./log.js";
+/**
+ * Exit code for "restart me onto the updated CLI". Non-zero on purpose: every
+ * supervisor a bot runs under restarts only a failed exit — launchd
+ * KeepAlive{SuccessfulExit:false}, systemd Restart=on-failure, and the
+ * `hq daemon` "on-failure" bot units — while a clean exit 0 (a stopped or
+ * disabled bot) stays down. Same value as the daemon's RESTART_EXIT_CODE.
+ */
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE = 75;
+/** How often the installed package.json is read. */
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS = 60000;
+/** Consecutive checks that must agree on the new version before acting. */
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_CONFIRMATIONS = 2;
+/** At most this many update restarts per window, whatever the versions. */
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_LIMIT = 4;
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_WINDOW_MS: number;
+/** A restart that came back on the old version blocks that target this long. */
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_NOT_CONVERGED_COOLDOWN_MS: number;
+/** Set to "1" to turn the watcher off (development runs). */
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_DISABLE_ENV = "HQ_BOT_NO_CLI_UPDATE_RESTART";
+export declare const CLI_UPDATE_LEDGER_FILE = "cli-update.json";
+export type InstalledCliRead = {
+    ok: true;
+    version: string;
+    packageRoot: string;
+} | {
+    ok: false;
+    reason: string;
+    packageRoot?: string;
+};
+export interface InstalledCliFs {
+    realpathSync(p: string): string;
+    readFileSync(p: string, encoding: "utf8"): string;
+}
+/**
+ * The hq-cli version installed behind `entry`, resolved the way the next launch
+ * of the same command line will resolve it: follow the symlinks now (a pnpm or
+ * versioned layout moves the link, npm rewrites the directory in place), then
+ * walk up to the package.json that names this CLI. Anything short of a
+ * readable manifest with a valid semver version is not a version.
+ */
+export declare function readInstalledCli(entry: string, io?: InstalledCliFs): InstalledCliRead;
+export interface CliUpdate {
+    from: string;
+    to: string;
+    packageRoot: string;
+}
+interface CliUpdateLedger {
+    v: 1;
+    /** Written just before an update restart; settled by the next process. */
+    pending?: {
+        from: string;
+        to: string;
+        at: string;
+    };
+    /** ISO times of recent update restarts (for the per-window cap). */
+    restarts: string[];
+    /** A target that did not converge, and when it may be tried again. */
+    blocked?: {
+        version: string;
+        until: string;
+    };
+}
+export declare function readCliUpdateLedger(dir: string): CliUpdateLedger;
+/** What the run loop needs from the watcher (injectable in tests). */
+export interface CliUpdateWatch {
+    /** The version of the code this process loaded. */
+    readonly runningVersion: string;
+    /** Settle the previous restart (converged or not) and say what is watched. */
+    startup(log: BotLogger): void;
+    /** A confirmed update to restart onto, or null. Cheap; rate-limits itself. */
+    poll(log: BotLogger): CliUpdate | null;
+    /** Record the restart about to happen, before the process exits. */
+    recordRestart(update: CliUpdate): void;
+}
+export interface CliUpdateWatcherOptions {
+    dir: string;
+    /** The script this process was launched with (process.argv[1]); null = do not watch. */
+    entry: string | null;
+    runningVersion?: string;
+    now?: () => number;
+    read?: (entry: string) => InstalledCliRead;
+    /** True while an installer is provably rewriting the package dir. */
+    rewriteInProgress?: (packageRoot: string) => boolean;
+    checkIntervalMs?: number;
+    confirmations?: number;
+    restartLimit?: number;
+    restartWindowMs?: number;
+    cooldownMs?: number;
+}
+export declare function createCliUpdateWatcher(opts: CliUpdateWatcherOptions): CliUpdateWatch;
+/**
+ * Who starts this bot again after it exits.
+ *
+ * - "hq-daemon": `hq daemon` sets HQ_DAEMON_UNIT=bots:<name> on its children;
+ *   the unit is "on-failure" (supervisor.ts).
+ * - "launchd": launchd sets XPC_SERVICE_NAME to the job label for every job it
+ *   spawns, including LaunchAgents installed before this code existed.
+ * - "systemd": the unit `hq-bot-<name>.service` shows up in the process cgroup.
+ * - "none": `hq bot start` without a service (Windows, --no-daemon, a Linux
+ *   unit never enabled) or a foreground run. Nobody restarts this process.
+ */
+export type BotSupervisor = "hq-daemon" | "launchd" | "systemd" | "none";
+export declare function detectBotSupervisor(name: string, opts?: {
+    env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+    platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
+    readCgroup?: () => string | null;
+}): BotSupervisor;
+/**
+ * The last step of an update restart, run after the pid lock is released and
+ * just before the exit. A supervised bot only has to exit; an unsupervised one
+ * starts its replacement on the same entry script (now the new code) first,
+ * because nothing else will.
+ */
+export declare function handOffToUpdatedCli(name: string, log: BotLogger, deps: {
+    supervisor?: BotSupervisor;
+    spawnReplacement: () => number;
+}): BotSupervisor;
+export {};
+//# sourceMappingURL=cli-update.d.ts.map

package/dist/lib/bot/cli-update.js

@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+/**
+ * A resident bot notices that the hq-cli install it was started from has been
+ * updated on disk, and restarts itself onto the new code.
+ *
+ * `hq bot run <name>` loads the CLI once and runs for days. The install under
+ * it moves on (the attended self-updater, the `hq daemon` updater, a manual
+ * `npm i -g`), but nothing reloaded a running bot: on 2026-09-24 the bot
+ * dr-love was still running code from 2026-09-19 while its install had moved
+ * to 5.163.0, so a shipped attachment fix never reached it.
+ *
+ * The watcher re-resolves the entry script the process was launched with
+ * (process.argv[1], the same path launchd / systemd / `hq daemon` will launch
+ * again) to its package.json on a timer. Once a complete, valid, different
+ * version is seen on consecutive checks, the run loop stops taking new inbox
+ * items, lets the running turns finish, and exits with
+ * CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE so its supervisor starts it again on the new
+ * code (or, with no supervisor, starts its own replacement first).
+ *
+ * Convergence (policy hq-self-updater-must-verify-convergence-after-install):
+ * the restart is recorded in <botDir>/cli-update.json before the exit. The next
+ * process checks the version it actually loaded against that record: a match
+ * is logged as converged; a process that came back on the OLD version blocks
+ * that target for CLI_UPDATE_NOT_CONVERGED_COOLDOWN_MS instead of restarting
+ * again. Restarts are also capped per window, so an install that keeps
+ * flipping cannot turn into a restart loop.
+ */
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+import * as path from "node:path";
+import semver from "semver";
+import { CLI_NAME, CLI_VERSION } from "../../cli-version.js";
+import { installRewriteInProgress } from "../../utils/install-tree-torn.js";
+import { updateLockPath } from "../../utils/update-lock.js";
+import { launchdLabel } from "./paths.js";
+/**
+ * Exit code for "restart me onto the updated CLI". Non-zero on purpose: every
+ * supervisor a bot runs under restarts only a failed exit — launchd
+ * KeepAlive{SuccessfulExit:false}, systemd Restart=on-failure, and the
+ * `hq daemon` "on-failure" bot units — while a clean exit 0 (a stopped or
+ * disabled bot) stays down. Same value as the daemon's RESTART_EXIT_CODE.
+ */
+export const CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE = 75;
+/** How often the installed package.json is read. */
+export const CLI_UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000;
+/** Consecutive checks that must agree on the new version before acting. */
+export const CLI_UPDATE_CONFIRMATIONS = 2;
+/** At most this many update restarts per window, whatever the versions. */
+export const CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_LIMIT = 4;
+export const CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_WINDOW_MS = 60 * 60_000;
+/** A restart that came back on the old version blocks that target this long. */
+export const CLI_UPDATE_NOT_CONVERGED_COOLDOWN_MS = 6 * 60 * 60_000;
+/** Set to "1" to turn the watcher off (development runs). */
+export const CLI_UPDATE_DISABLE_ENV = "HQ_BOT_NO_CLI_UPDATE_RESTART";
+export const CLI_UPDATE_LEDGER_FILE = "cli-update.json";
+/**
+ * The hq-cli version installed behind `entry`, resolved the way the next launch
+ * of the same command line will resolve it: follow the symlinks now (a pnpm or
+ * versioned layout moves the link, npm rewrites the directory in place), then
+ * walk up to the package.json that names this CLI. Anything short of a
+ * readable manifest with a valid semver version is not a version.
+ */
+export function readInstalledCli(entry, io = fs) {
+    let real;
+    try {
+        real = io.realpathSync(entry);
+    }
+    catch {
+        return { ok: false, reason: `${entry} does not resolve` };
+    }
+    let dir = path.dirname(real);
+    for (let i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        const manifest = path.join(dir, "package.json");
+        let raw;
+        try {
+            raw = io.readFileSync(manifest, "utf8");
+        }
+        catch {
+            raw = null;
+        }
+        if (raw !== null) {
+            let parsed;
+            try {
+                parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+            }
+            catch {
+                return { ok: false, reason: `${manifest} is not valid JSON`, packageRoot: dir };
+            }
+            if (parsed.name === CLI_NAME) {
+                const version = typeof parsed.version === "string" ? semver.valid(parsed.version) : null;
+                if (!version)
+                    return { ok: false, reason: `${manifest} has no valid version`, packageRoot: dir };
+                return { ok: true, version, packageRoot: dir };
+            }
+        }
+        const parent = path.dirname(dir);
+        if (parent === dir)
+            break;
+        dir = parent;
+    }
+    return { ok: false, reason: `no ${CLI_NAME} package.json above ${real}` };
+}
+function ledgerPath(dir) {
+    return path.join(dir, CLI_UPDATE_LEDGER_FILE);
+}
+export function readCliUpdateLedger(dir) {
+    try {
+        const raw = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(ledgerPath(dir), "utf8"));
+        return {
+            v: 1,
+            restarts: Array.isArray(raw.restarts) ? raw.restarts.filter((s) => typeof s === "string") : [],
+            ...(raw.pending && typeof raw.pending.from === "string" && typeof raw.pending.to === "string" ? { pending: raw.pending } : {}),
+            ...(raw.blocked && typeof raw.blocked.version === "string" && typeof raw.blocked.until === "string" ? { blocked: raw.blocked } : {}),
+        };
+    }
+    catch {
+        return { v: 1, restarts: [] };
+    }
+}
+function writeCliUpdateLedger(dir, ledger) {
+    const target = ledgerPath(dir);
+    const tmp = `${target}.${process.pid}.tmp`;
+    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 });
+    fs.writeFileSync(tmp, `${JSON.stringify(ledger, null, 2)}\n`, { mode: 0o600 });
+    fs.renameSync(tmp, target);
+}
+export function createCliUpdateWatcher(opts) {
+    const runningVersion = opts.runningVersion ?? CLI_VERSION;
+    const now = opts.now ?? Date.now;
+    const read = opts.read ?? ((entry) => readInstalledCli(entry));
+    const rewriteInProgress = opts.rewriteInProgress ?? ((packageRoot) => installRewriteInProgress({ packageRoot, lockPath: updateLockPath() }));
+    const checkIntervalMs = opts.checkIntervalMs ?? CLI_UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS;
+    const confirmations = Math.max(1, opts.confirmations ?? CLI_UPDATE_CONFIRMATIONS);
+    const restartLimit = Math.max(1, opts.restartLimit ?? CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_LIMIT);
+    const restartWindowMs = opts.restartWindowMs ?? CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_WINDOW_MS;
+    const cooldownMs = opts.cooldownMs ?? CLI_UPDATE_NOT_CONVERGED_COOLDOWN_MS;
+    const { dir, entry } = opts;
+    let nextCheckAt = now() + checkIntervalMs;
+    let candidate = null;
+    let seen = 0;
+    /** Last "why not" line, so a condition that persists is logged once. */
+    let lastNote = null;
+    const note = (log, level, message) => {
+        if (message === lastNote)
+            return;
+        lastNote = message;
+        log(level, message);
+    };
+    const recentRestarts = (ledger, at) => ledger.restarts.filter((iso) => {
+        const t = Date.parse(iso);
+        return Number.isFinite(t) && at - t < restartWindowMs;
+    });
+    return {
+        runningVersion,
+        startup(log) {
+            if (!entry) {
+                log("info", "not watching for hq-cli updates (no entry script)");
+                return;
+            }
+            const ledger = readCliUpdateLedger(dir);
+            const pending = ledger.pending;
+            if (pending) {
+                delete ledger.pending;
+                if (runningVersion === pending.to) {
+                    log("info", `hq-cli update converged: now running ${runningVersion} (was ${pending.from})`);
+                    if (ledger.blocked?.version === runningVersion)
+                        delete ledger.blocked;
+                }
+                else if (runningVersion === pending.from) {
+                    const until = new Date(now() + cooldownMs).toISOString();
+                    ledger.blocked = { version: pending.to, until };
+                    log("error", `restarted to load hq-cli ${pending.to} but this process still loaded ${runningVersion}; ` +
+                        `not restarting for ${pending.to} again until ${until} (check which install ${entry} resolves to)`);
+                }
+                else {
+                    log("info", `restarted for hq-cli ${pending.to}; now running ${runningVersion}`);
+                }
+                try {
+                    writeCliUpdateLedger(dir, ledger);
+                }
+                catch (err) {
+                    log("warn", `could not update ${CLI_UPDATE_LEDGER_FILE}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+                }
+            }
+            log("info", `watching ${entry} for hq-cli updates (running ${runningVersion})`);
+        },
+        poll(log) {
+            if (!entry)
+                return null;
+            const at = now();
+            if (at < nextCheckAt)
+                return null;
+            nextCheckAt = at + checkIntervalMs;
+            const installed = read(entry);
+            if (!installed.ok) {
+                candidate = null;
+                seen = 0;
+                note(log, "warn", `hq-cli install not readable, not restarting: ${installed.reason}`);
+                return null;
+            }
+            if (installed.version === runningVersion) {
+                candidate = null;
+                seen = 0;
+                lastNote = null;
+                return null;
+            }
+            if (rewriteInProgress(installed.packageRoot)) {
+                candidate = null;
+                seen = 0;
+                note(log, "info", `hq-cli ${installed.version} is still being installed; waiting for it to finish`);
+                return null;
+            }
+            if (candidate === installed.version)
+                seen += 1;
+            else {
+                candidate = installed.version;
+                seen = 1;
+            }
+            if (seen < confirmations) {
+                note(log, "info", `hq-cli ${installed.version} is installed (running ${runningVersion}); confirming before restarting`);
+                return null;
+            }
+            const ledger = readCliUpdateLedger(dir);
+            if (ledger.blocked?.version === installed.version && at < Date.parse(ledger.blocked.until)) {
+                note(log, "warn", `not restarting for hq-cli ${installed.version}: an earlier restart for it did not load it (retry after ${ledger.blocked.until})`);
+                return null;
+            }
+            if (recentRestarts(ledger, at).length >= restartLimit) {
+                note(log, "warn", `not restarting for hq-cli ${installed.version}: already restarted ${restartLimit} times for updates in the last ${Math.round(restartWindowMs / 60_000)} minutes`);
+                return null;
+            }
+            return { from: runningVersion, to: installed.version, packageRoot: installed.packageRoot };
+        },
+        recordRestart(update) {
+            const at = now();
+            const ledger = readCliUpdateLedger(dir);
+            ledger.restarts = [...recentRestarts(ledger, at), new Date(at).toISOString()];
+            ledger.pending = { from: update.from, to: update.to, at: new Date(at).toISOString() };
+            writeCliUpdateLedger(dir, ledger);
+        },
+    };
+}
+export function detectBotSupervisor(name, opts = {}) {
+    const env = opts.env ?? process.env;
+    const platform = opts.platform ?? process.platform;
+    if (env.HQ_DAEMON_UNIT === `bots:${name}`)
+        return "hq-daemon";
+    if (platform === "darwin" && env.XPC_SERVICE_NAME === launchdLabel(name))
+        return "launchd";
+    if (platform === "linux") {
+        const readCgroup = opts.readCgroup ??
+            (() => {
+                try {
+                    return fs.readFileSync("/proc/self/cgroup", "utf8");
+                }
+                catch {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            });
+        if (readCgroup()?.includes(`/hq-bot-${name}.service`))
+            return "systemd";
+    }
+    return "none";
+}
+/**
+ * The last step of an update restart, run after the pid lock is released and
+ * just before the exit. A supervised bot only has to exit; an unsupervised one
+ * starts its replacement on the same entry script (now the new code) first,
+ * because nothing else will.
+ */
+export function handOffToUpdatedCli(name, log, deps) {
+    const supervisor = deps.supervisor ?? detectBotSupervisor(name);
+    if (supervisor !== "none") {
+        log("info", `exiting for ${supervisor} to start the updated hq-cli`);
+        return supervisor;
+    }
+    log("info", `no supervisor; started replacement pid ${deps.spawnReplacement()}`);
+    return supervisor;
+}
+//# sourceMappingURL=cli-update.js.map

package/dist/lib/bot/run.d.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import { type BotRuntime, type RuntimeTurnInput, type RuntimeTurnResult } from "
 import type { VaultObjectDownloader } from "../agent-kit/attachment-download.js";
 import { type HeartbeatAgentUidSource, type HeartbeatCredsSource, type HeartbeatIdentityMismatchReporter } from "../heartbeat-identity.js";
 import { type BotState, type BotStatusFile } from "./status.js";
+import { type CliUpdate, type CliUpdateWatch } from "./cli-update.js";
 export declare const INBOX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 2000;
 export declare const HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS = 30000;
 /** First 429/5xx wait when Retry-After is absent (inbox polls at 2s). */
@@ -150,6 +151,17 @@ export interface BotRunDeps {
     agentUidSource?: HeartbeatAgentUidSource;
     credsSource?: HeartbeatCredsSource;
     reportIdentityMismatch?: HeartbeatIdentityMismatchReporter;
+    /**
+     * Watches the hq-cli install this process was started from (cli-update.ts).
+     * When it reports an update, the bot stops taking inbox items, lets running
+     * turns finish, and exits CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE. Unset = no watch.
+     */
+    cliUpdate?: CliUpdateWatch;
+    /**
+     * Called after the pid lock is released and just before the update-restart
+     * exit: the place to start a replacement when no supervisor will.
+     */
+    onCliUpdateRestart?: (update: CliUpdate, log: BotLogger) => void;
 }
 export declare const KICKOFF_MESSAGE_ID = "kickoff";
 /**

package/dist/lib/bot/run.js

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ import { HQ_BOT_AGENT_UID_ENV } from "../../commands/onboard-bot-membership.js";
 import { captureHeartbeatIdentityMismatch, identityMismatchMessage, isHeartbeatIdentityMismatch, } from "../heartbeat-identity.js";
 import { clearBotSession, readBotSession, writeBotSession } from "./session.js";
 import { defaultBotStatus, patchBotStatus, readBotStatus } from "./status.js";
+import { CLI_VERSION } from "../../cli-version.js";
+import { CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE } from "./cli-update.js";
 export const INBOX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 2_000;
 export const HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000;
 /** First 429/5xx wait when Retry-After is absent (inbox polls at 2s). */
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ export async function runBot(deps) {
         pid,
         ...(deps.isProcessAlive ? { isProcessAlive: deps.isProcessAlive } : {}),
     });
-    const finish = async (final, code, reason) => {
+    const finish = async (final, code, reason, beforeExit) => {
         if (state === "stopped" || state === "failed")
             return;
         state = final;
@@ -293,9 +295,18 @@ export async function runBot(deps) {
         log(final === "failed" ? "error" : "info", `bot ${final}: ${reason}`);
         if (!deps.skipPidLock)
             releasePidLock(dir, lockDeps);
+        try {
+            beforeExit?.();
+        }
+        catch (err) {
+            log("error", `before exit: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+        }
         resolveDone(final);
         exit(code);
     };
+    const cliVersion = deps.cliUpdate?.runningVersion ?? CLI_VERSION;
+    /** Set once an update restart is due: no new turns, then exit for the supervisor. */
+    let cliUpdatePending = null;
     // ── Preflight: creds, pid lock, owner verification ─────────────────────────
     const credsProblem = preflightCreds(dir, config);
     if (credsProblem) {
@@ -327,8 +338,9 @@ export async function runBot(deps) {
         return { stop: async () => { }, done, status: () => null, idle: () => true };
     }
     // A restart is the owner's "try again" after signing in: start clean.
-    setStatus({ ...fallback(), pid, state: "starting", canDrainForPromotion: false, runtimeSignIn: null });
-    log("info", `starting ${config.name} (${config.runtime}, ${kind} bot${companies.length ? ` of ${companies.join(", ")}` : ""}) as ${config.agentUid} for ${config.ownerUid}`);
+    setStatus({ ...fallback(), pid, state: "starting", canDrainForPromotion: false, runtimeSignIn: null, cliVersion });
+    log("info", `starting ${config.name} on hq-cli ${cliVersion} (${config.runtime}, ${kind} bot${companies.length ? ` of ${companies.join(", ")}` : ""}) as ${config.agentUid} for ${config.ownerUid}`);
+    deps.cliUpdate?.startup(log);
     try {
         const record = await api.getAgent(config.agentUid);
         // Promotion keeps the identity and owner. Ownership alone must not let
@@ -1476,6 +1488,17 @@ export async function runBot(deps) {
         while (!stopping && state === "running") {
             if (hasPromotionHold(dir))
                 break;
+            // The install under this process was updated: take nothing new, let the
+            // turns already running finish, then exit so the supervisor loads it.
+            // Queued items were never started or acked; the next process gets them.
+            const update = deps.cliUpdate?.poll(log) ?? null;
+            if (update) {
+                cliUpdatePending = update;
+                stopping = true;
+                const busy = running.size;
+                log("info", `hq-cli updated ${update.from} -> ${update.to}; restarting to load it${busy ? ` after ${busy} running turn${busy === 1 ? "" : "s"} finish${busy === 1 ? "es" : ""}` : ""}`);
+                break;
+            }
             // A kickoff held for a sign-in retries on the same timer as messages.
             if (busyLanes.size === 0 &&
                 (!signInIssue || now().getTime() >= nextSignInRetryAt) &&
@@ -1525,6 +1548,9 @@ export async function runBot(deps) {
         return readBotStatus(dir);
     }
     const stop = async (mode = "abort") => {
+        // An owner stop or a promotion while an update restart drains wins: the
+        // bot then exits 0 and stays down instead of being restarted.
+        cliUpdatePending = null;
         if (stopping) {
             if (mode === "abort")
                 for (const turn of currentTurns)
@@ -1552,8 +1578,20 @@ export async function runBot(deps) {
         void stop("drain"); });
     setStatus({ canDrainForPromotion: true });
     void Promise.allSettled([heartbeatLoop, inboxLoop]).then(() => {
-        if (state === "running")
+        if (state !== "running")
+            return;
+        const update = cliUpdatePending;
+        if (!update) {
             void finish("stopped", 0, "loops ended");
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            deps.cliUpdate?.recordRestart(update);
+        }
+        catch (err) {
+            log("warn", `could not record the update restart: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+        }
+        void finish("stopped", CLI_UPDATE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE, `hq-cli updated ${update.from} -> ${update.to}; restarting to load it`, () => deps.onCliUpdateRestart?.(update, log));
     });
     return { stop, done, status: readStatus, idle: () => pending.size === 0 };
 }

package/dist/lib/bot/status.d.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ export interface BotStatusFile {
      * reason); cleared by the next turn that works. `null` = known to work.
      */
     runtimeSignIn?: RuntimeSignInIssue | null;
+    /** hq-cli version this process loaded (a bot keeps it until it restarts). */
+    cliVersion?: string;
     updatedAt: string;
 }
 export declare function defaultBotStatus(pid: number, runtime: BotRuntimeId, now?: () => Date): BotStatusFile;

package/dist/lib/daemon/catalog.d.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export interface PlanContext {
     hqRoot: string | undefined;
     /** hq-cloud's sync-runner.js, or null when it cannot be found. */
     syncRunnerPath: string | null;
+    /** hq-cloud's `hq-outpost-heartbeat` bin, when the hq-cloud in use has one. */
+    heartbeatRunnerPath: string | null;
     signedIn: boolean;
     /** ~/.hq-agent/kit.json exists. */
     kitConfigured: boolean;
@@ -86,6 +88,12 @@ export interface PlanContext {
     /** The box's Codex remote-control runner script, when it has one. */
     codexRunnerScript: string | null;
 }
+/**
+ * The units that run hq-cloud's code on a machine type, restarted after the
+ * updater installs a new hq-cloud. Only outposts and self-hosted machines run
+ * the outpost heartbeat; agent machines run the agent kit's own.
+ */
+export declare function hqCloudUnits(machineType: MachineType): ServiceName[];
 /** Written by outpost provisioning; the daemon runs it rather than re-implementing Codex login and relay setup. */
 export declare const CODEX_RUNNER_SCRIPT = "/usr/local/bin/outpost-codex-runner.sh";
 /** The outpost's Claude runner script, read for the session name it uses. */

package/dist/lib/daemon/catalog.js

@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ function firstBlock(checks) {
     const hit = checks.find(([blocked]) => blocked);
     return hit ? { state: "waiting", reason: hit[1] } : undefined;
 }
+/**
+ * The units that run hq-cloud's code on a machine type, restarted after the
+ * updater installs a new hq-cloud. Only outposts and self-hosted machines run
+ * the outpost heartbeat; agent machines run the agent kit's own.
+ */
+export function hqCloudUnits(machineType) {
+    return machineType === "outpost" || machineType === "self-hosted" ? ["sync", "heartbeat"] : ["sync"];
+}
 /** Written by outpost provisioning; the daemon runs it rather than re-implementing Codex login and relay setup. */
 export const CODEX_RUNNER_SCRIPT = "/usr/local/bin/outpost-codex-runner.sh";
 /** The outpost's Claude runner script, read for the session name it uses. */
@@ -113,7 +121,7 @@ function planService(service, ctx) {
                 command: {
                     type: "node",
                     script: ctx.syncRunnerPath,
-                    args: ["--companies", "--direction", "both", "--on-conflict", "keep", "--hq-root", ctx.hqRoot ?? "", "--watch"],
+                    args: ["--companies", "--direction", "both", "--on-conflict", "keep", "--hq-root", ctx.hqRoot ?? "", "--watch", "--event-push"],
                 },
             });
             unit.blocked = firstBlock([
@@ -141,7 +149,10 @@ function planService(service, ctx) {
             }
             return [
                 base(service, {
-                    command: { type: "hq", args: ["outposts", "heartbeat", "--home", ctx.home] },
+                    // hq-cloud's own heartbeat picks up hq-cloud updates without a CLI release.
+                    command: ctx.heartbeatRunnerPath
+                        ? { type: "node", script: ctx.heartbeatRunnerPath, args: ["--home", ctx.home] }
+                        : { type: "hq", args: ["outposts", "heartbeat", "--home", ctx.home] },
                     blocked: firstBlock([[!ctx.signedIn, NOT_SIGNED_IN]]),
                 }),
             ];

package/dist/lib/daemon/hq-cloud.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * Which hq-cloud the daemon runs sync and the outpost heartbeat from.
+ *
+ * The hq CLI ships with a copy of hq-cloud, but hq-cloud releases more often
+ * than the CLI. The updater keeps a newer copy of the same major version in
+ * `<daemon dir>/hq-cloud`, and the daemon runs whichever of the two is newer.
+ * A different major version is never used: it may not match this CLI.
+ */
+export declare const HQ_CLOUD_PACKAGE = "@indigoai-us/hq-cloud";
+export interface HqCloudCopy {
+    /** The package folder (the one holding its package.json). */
+    root: string;
+    version: string;
+}
+export interface PickedHqCloud extends HqCloudCopy {
+    source: "bundled" | "managed";
+}
+export declare function managedHqCloudDir(daemonRoot: string): string;
+/** The package folder inside the updater's install prefix. */
+export declare function managedHqCloudRoot(daemonRoot: string): string;
+/**
+ * `usable` says whether a copy has what the daemon runs; a newer managed copy
+ * that fails it (an interrupted or damaged install) is passed over.
+ */
+export declare function pickHqCloud(bundled: HqCloudCopy | null, managed: HqCloudCopy | null, usable?: (copy: HqCloudCopy) => boolean): PickedHqCloud | null;
+export interface HqCloudRunners {
+    syncRunner: string | null;
+    /** `hq-outpost-heartbeat`, which older hq-cloud releases do not have. */
+    heartbeat: string | null;
+}
+export declare function hqCloudRunners(root: string, exists?: (p: string) => boolean): HqCloudRunners;
+/** Install the newest release of the bundled major version, never older than the bundled copy. */
+export declare function hqCloudInstallCommand(prefix: string, bundledVersion: string, platform?: NodeJS.Platform): {
+    file: string;
+    args: string[];
+    shell: boolean;
+};
+export declare function readHqCloudCopy(root: string): HqCloudCopy | null;
+/** The copy bundled with this CLI. */
+export declare function bundledHqCloud(): HqCloudCopy | null;
+/** The hq-cloud the daemon should run right now. */
+export declare function currentHqCloud(daemonRoot: string): PickedHqCloud | null;
+export interface HqCloudUpdateOutcome {
+    ok: boolean;
+    from: string | null;
+    to: string | null;
+    detail?: string;
+}
+/** Install or update the updater's copy, as this (the login) user. */
+export declare function updateManagedHqCloud(daemonRoot: string, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): HqCloudUpdateOutcome;
+//# sourceMappingURL=hq-cloud.d.ts.map

package/dist/lib/daemon/hq-cloud.js

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/**
+ * Which hq-cloud the daemon runs sync and the outpost heartbeat from.
+ *
+ * The hq CLI ships with a copy of hq-cloud, but hq-cloud releases more often
+ * than the CLI. The updater keeps a newer copy of the same major version in
+ * `<daemon dir>/hq-cloud`, and the daemon runs whichever of the two is newer.
+ * A different major version is never used: it may not match this CLI.
+ */
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import * as path from "node:path";
+import { buildSpawnPlan } from "../../utils/windows-spawn.js";
+export const HQ_CLOUD_PACKAGE = "@indigoai-us/hq-cloud";
+export function managedHqCloudDir(daemonRoot) {
+    return path.join(daemonRoot, "hq-cloud");
+}
+/** The package folder inside the updater's install prefix. */
+export function managedHqCloudRoot(daemonRoot) {
+    return path.join(managedHqCloudDir(daemonRoot), "node_modules", ...HQ_CLOUD_PACKAGE.split("/"));
+}
+function parseVersion(v) {
+    const m = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:[-+].*)?$/.exec(v.trim());
+    return m ? [Number(m[1]), Number(m[2]), Number(m[3])] : null;
+}
+function newer(a, b) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        if (a[i] !== b[i])
+            return a[i] > b[i];
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/**
+ * `usable` says whether a copy has what the daemon runs; a newer managed copy
+ * that fails it (an interrupted or damaged install) is passed over.
+ */
+export function pickHqCloud(bundled, managed, usable = () => true) {
+    if (!bundled)
+        return null;
+    const b = parseVersion(bundled.version);
+    const m = managed ? parseVersion(managed.version) : null;
+    if (managed && b && m && m[0] === b[0] && newer(m, b) && usable(managed))
+        return { ...managed, source: "managed" };
+    return { ...bundled, source: "bundled" };
+}
+export function hqCloudRunners(root, exists = fs.existsSync) {
+    const bin = (name) => {
+        const p = path.join(root, "dist", "bin", name);
+        return exists(p) ? p : null;
+    };
+    return { syncRunner: bin("sync-runner.js"), heartbeat: bin("outpost-heartbeat.js") };
+}
+/** Install the newest release of the bundled major version, never older than the bundled copy. */
+export function hqCloudInstallCommand(prefix, bundledVersion, platform = process.platform) {
+    // npm is a .cmd on Windows and needs the shell, so every argument is quoted for it.
+    const plan = buildSpawnPlan("npm", ["install", "--prefix", prefix, "--no-audit", "--no-fund", "--omit=dev", `${HQ_CLOUD_PACKAGE}@^${bundledVersion}`], platform);
+    return { file: plan.cmd, args: plan.args, shell: plan.shell };
+}
+export function readHqCloudCopy(root) {
+    try {
+        const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "package.json"), "utf8"));
+        return typeof pkg.version === "string" ? { root, version: pkg.version } : null;
+    }
+    catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+/** The copy bundled with this CLI. */
+export function bundledHqCloud() {
+    try {
+        const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+        return readHqCloudCopy(path.dirname(require.resolve(`${HQ_CLOUD_PACKAGE}/package.json`)));
+    }
+    catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+/** The hq-cloud the daemon should run right now. */
+export function currentHqCloud(daemonRoot) {
+    return pickHqCloud(bundledHqCloud(), readHqCloudCopy(managedHqCloudRoot(daemonRoot)), (copy) => hqCloudRunners(copy.root).syncRunner !== null);
+}
+/** Install or update the updater's copy, as this (the login) user. */
+export function updateManagedHqCloud(daemonRoot, env) {
+    const bundled = bundledHqCloud();
+    const from = currentHqCloud(daemonRoot)?.version ?? null;
+    if (!bundled)
+        return { ok: false, from, to: null, detail: "this CLI install has no bundled hq-cloud to match" };
+    const prefix = managedHqCloudDir(daemonRoot);
+    try {
+        fs.mkdirSync(prefix, { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 });
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        return { ok: false, from, to: null, detail: `could not create ${prefix}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}` };
+    }
+    const cmd = hqCloudInstallCommand(prefix, bundled.version);
+    const r = spawnSync(cmd.file, cmd.args, {
+        encoding: "utf8",
+        env,
+        timeout: 10 * 60_000,
+        stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+        windowsHide: true,
+        shell: cmd.shell,
+    });
+    if (r.status !== 0) {
+        const tail = `${r.stderr ?? ""}\n${r.stdout ?? ""}`.trim().split("\n").slice(-3).join(" ").slice(0, 400);
+        return { ok: false, from, to: null, detail: tail || (r.error ? r.error.message : `npm exited ${r.status ?? "by signal"}`) };
+    }
+    return { ok: true, from, to: currentHqCloud(daemonRoot)?.version ?? null };
+}
+//# sourceMappingURL=hq-cloud.js.map

package/dist/lib/daemon/run.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { daemonRootRefusal } from "./install.js";
 import { detectMachineType } from "./machine-type.js";
 import { appendPrivate, daemonPaths, ensurePrivateDir, openPrivateAppend } from "./paths.js";
 import { takeControlRequests } from "./requests.js";
+import { currentHqCloud, hqCloudRunners } from "./hq-cloud.js";
 import { runnerSessionName } from "./remote-control.js";
 import { STOP_ESCALATION_MS, createSupervisor } from "./supervisor.js";
 import { userToolDirs } from "./tools.js";
@@ -230,8 +231,7 @@ export async function runDaemon(opts) {
         return 1;
     }
     log("info", `starting hq daemon (pid ${process.pid}) as ${machineType} (${detected.detail})`);
-    const syncRunnerPath = resolveSyncRunnerPath();
-    if (!syncRunnerPath)
+    if (!resolveSyncRunnerPath())
         log("warn", "the hq-cloud sync runner was not found in this CLI install; sync is unavailable");
     const updatable = cliSelfUpdatable();
     const hostName = os.hostname().split(".")[0] || "hq-host";
@@ -247,12 +247,16 @@ export async function runDaemon(opts) {
         const legacy = legacyUnits();
         const configured = config.hqRoot ?? env.HQ_ROOT?.trim() ?? undefined;
         const hqRoot = configured && fs.existsSync(configured) ? configured : undefined;
+        // Re-picked every reconcile, so a newer hq-cloud from the updater is used as soon as it lands.
+        const hqCloud = currentHqCloud(paths.root);
+        const runners = hqCloud ? hqCloudRunners(hqCloud.root) : { syncRunner: null, heartbeat: null };
         return planUnits(enabledServices(machineType, config), {
             machineType,
             platform,
             home,
             hqRoot,
-            syncRunnerPath,
+            syncRunnerPath: runners.syncRunner,
+            heartbeatRunnerPath: runners.heartbeat,
             signedIn: signedIn(env, home, log),
             kitConfigured: fs.existsSync(agentKitPaths(home, env).kitConfigPath),
             desktopAppManagesSync: machineType === "desktop" &&

package/dist/lib/daemon/updater.d.ts

@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
  * 2. Update the Claude, Codex and Grok CLIs the login user installed, each
  *    through its own update route. A copy this user cannot write (root's
  *    under /usr) is reported and left alone.
- * 3. After a CLI update, ask the daemon to restart itself so the supervisor and
+ * 3. Install or update the daemon's own hq-cloud (sync and the outpost
+ *    heartbeat run from it when it is newer than the CLI's bundled copy), and
+ *    restart sync and the heartbeat right after it changes.
+ * 4. After a CLI update, ask the daemon to restart itself so the supervisor and
  *    every service run the new version. The remote-control hosts notice an
  *    updated Claude or Codex on disk themselves and restart once idle.
  */
 import type { SelfUpdateOutcome } from "../../utils/self-update.js";
+import type { HqCloudUpdateOutcome } from "./hq-cloud.js";
 import { type ToolInstall, type ToolName } from "./tools.js";
 export type { ToolInstall } from "./tools.js";
 export interface ToolUpdater {
@@ -27,7 +31,13 @@ export interface UpdaterDeps {
     /** Null when this CLI is not a global install the updater may replace. */
     updateCli: (() => Promise<Pick<SelfUpdateOutcome, "action" | "latest">>) | null;
     tools: readonly ToolUpdater[];
+    /** Install or update the daemon's own hq-cloud; null where it has none. */
+    updateHqCloud: (() => Promise<HqCloudUpdateOutcome>) | null;
+    /** The units on this machine that run hq-cloud code, restarted after it updates. */
+    hqCloudUnits: readonly string[];
     requestDaemonRestart: () => void;
+    /** Restart one unit (a restart request to the running daemon). */
+    requestRestart: (unit: string) => void;
     log: (line: string) => void;
 }
 export interface UpdaterResult {

package/dist/lib/daemon/updater.js

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
  * 2. Update the Claude, Codex and Grok CLIs the login user installed, each
  *    through its own update route. A copy this user cannot write (root's
  *    under /usr) is reported and left alone.
- * 3. After a CLI update, ask the daemon to restart itself so the supervisor and
+ * 3. Install or update the daemon's own hq-cloud (sync and the outpost
+ *    heartbeat run from it when it is newer than the CLI's bundled copy), and
+ *    restart sync and the heartbeat right after it changes.
+ * 4. After a CLI update, ask the daemon to restart itself so the supervisor and
  *    every service run the new version. The remote-control hosts notice an
  *    updated Claude or Codex on disk themselves and restart once idle.
  */
@@ -39,6 +42,26 @@ export async function runDaemonUpdater(deps) {
                 deps.log(`hq CLI: ${cli.action === "current" ? "up to date" : cli.action}`);
         }
     }
+    if (deps.updateHqCloud) {
+        const cloud = await deps.updateHqCloud().catch((err) => ({
+            ok: false,
+            from: null,
+            to: null,
+            detail: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+        }));
+        if (!cloud.ok) {
+            deps.log(`hq-cloud update failed: ${cloud.detail ?? "unknown error"}`);
+            ok = false;
+        }
+        else if (cloud.to && cloud.to !== cloud.from) {
+            deps.log(`hq-cloud updated ${cloud.from ?? "(none)"} -> ${cloud.to}; restarting ${deps.hqCloudUnits.join(" and ")} onto it`);
+            for (const unit of deps.hqCloudUnits)
+                deps.requestRestart(unit);
+        }
+        else {
+            deps.log(`hq-cloud ${cloud.to ?? cloud.from ?? "unknown version"}: up to date`);
+        }
+    }
     const updated = [];
     for (const tool of deps.tools) {
         const outcome = updateTool(tool, deps.log);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@indigoai-us/hq-cli",
-  "version": "5.170.0",
+  "version": "5.172.0",
   "description": "HQ by Indigo management CLI — modules and cloud sync",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "bin": {