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package/src/managed-unit.ts

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+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+
+/**
+ * Platform-agnostic "managed unit" machinery — the reusable launchd/systemd
+ * install + remove + render core that powers BOTH the reboot-persistent
+ * cloudflared connector (`src/cloudflare/connector-service.ts`) and the hub
+ * unit (`buildHubManagedUnit`, the Phase 3+ `parachute serve` keeper).
+ *
+ * This file was extracted in Phase 2b of the hub-as-supervisor unification
+ * (design: `parachute.computer/design/2026-06-01-hub-as-supervisor-unification.md`
+ * §4.1, §4.2, §7.1). The cloudflared connector was the prototype: it already
+ * had the per-platform install/remove seam, the graceful no-throw contract, and
+ * the launchd-bootstrap / systemd-enable command sequences. Phase 2b factors the
+ * cloudflared-specifics out into a `ManagedUnit` descriptor so the SAME machinery
+ * can emit a hub unit running `<bun> <cli.ts> serve`.
+ *
+ * THE HARD CONSTRAINT (design §"preserve connector behavior exactly"): the
+ * cloudflared connector is LIVE on both production boxes. The rendered systemd
+ * unit text, the rendered launchd plist text, and the install/remove command
+ * sequences must be BYTE-identical before and after this extraction. The
+ * generalization adds three NEW, OPTIONAL capabilities — an env block, a
+ * crash-loop ceiling, and an install-without-start mode — each gated so that a
+ * descriptor that leaves them unset (the connector) renders exactly as before:
+ *   - env block: emitted only when `env` is non-empty (connector passes `{}`).
+ *   - crash-loop ceiling: emitted only when `crashLoop` is set (connector omits).
+ *   - install-without-start: `start` defaults to `true` (connector's behavior).
+ *
+ * Platform shapes (carried over verbatim from the connector):
+ *   - macOS  → a launchd LaunchAgent plist (RunAtLoad + KeepAlive), bootstrapped
+ *     into the per-user GUI domain. No sudo.
+ *   - Linux (non-root) → a systemd *user* unit, `systemctl --user enable --now`,
+ *     plus a best-effort `loginctl enable-linger` (hub#494).
+ *   - Linux (root) → a systemd *system* unit, `systemctl enable --now`.
+ *
+ * Everything is behind the injectable `ManagedUnitDeps` seam (identical shape to
+ * the connector's old `ConnectorServiceDeps`) so tests drive install/remove
+ * without touching real launchctl/systemctl or the operator's home directory.
+ */
+
+/** Synchronous command result from the injected service runner. */
+export interface ServiceCommandResult {
+  code: number;
+  stdout: string;
+  stderr: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Injectable side-effect seam for the managed-unit machinery. Production wires
+ * the real fs / os / child-process implementations (`defaultManagedUnitDeps`);
+ * tests inject fakes to assert generated file content + the install/remove
+ * command sequence without a live launchctl/systemctl.
+ */
+export interface ManagedUnitDeps {
+  /** `process.platform`. */
+  platform: NodeJS.Platform;
+  /**
+   * Effective uid. Linux uses `0 === root` to pick a system vs user systemd
+   * unit. `undefined` (Windows / platforms without getuid) → treated as
+   * non-root. macOS ignores this (LaunchAgents are always per-user).
+   */
+  getuid: () => number | undefined;
+  /** `$HOME`. */
+  homeDir: () => string;
+  /** Username for the linger call + systemd unit `User=` (system unit). */
+  userName: () => string;
+  /** Resolve a binary to an absolute path (launchd/systemd don't inherit PATH). */
+  which: (binary: string) => string | null;
+  /** Run launchctl/systemctl/loginctl synchronously. */
+  run: (cmd: readonly string[]) => ServiceCommandResult;
+  /** Write a service file (creates parent dirs). */
+  writeFile: (path: string, content: string) => void;
+  /** Remove a service file if present (no-op when absent). */
+  removeFile: (path: string) => void;
+  /** Read a service file, or undefined when absent. */
+  readFile: (path: string) => string | undefined;
+  /** True when the path exists. */
+  exists: (path: string) => boolean;
+}
+
+export const defaultManagedUnitDeps: ManagedUnitDeps = {
+  platform: process.platform,
+  getuid: () => (typeof process.getuid === "function" ? process.getuid() : undefined),
+  homeDir: () => homedir(),
+  userName: () => process.env.USER ?? process.env.LOGNAME ?? process.env.USERNAME ?? "",
+  which: (binary) => Bun.which(binary),
+  run: (cmd) => {
+    const proc = Bun.spawnSync([...cmd], { env: process.env });
+    return {
+      code: proc.exitCode ?? 1,
+      stdout: proc.stdout?.toString() ?? "",
+      stderr: proc.stderr?.toString() ?? "",
+    };
+  },
+  writeFile: (path, content) => {
+    mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(path, content);
+  },
+  removeFile: (path) => {
+    if (existsSync(path)) rmSync(path, { force: true });
+  },
+  readFile: (path) => (existsSync(path) ? readFileSync(path, "utf8") : undefined),
+  exists: (path) => existsSync(path),
+};
+
+/**
+ * Optional crash-loop ceiling for a managed unit. Caps the respawn rate so a
+ * wedged process (corrupt DB, held port) becomes a visible `failed` unit rather
+ * than an infinite tight loop (design §4.1 / §6.3). The connector leaves this
+ * unset (its respawn is unbounded as before); the hub unit sets it.
+ */
+export interface CrashLoopCeiling {
+  /** systemd `StartLimitIntervalSec` — the rate-limit window, seconds. */
+  intervalSec: number;
+  /** systemd `StartLimitBurst` — max restarts within the window. */
+  burst: number;
+  /**
+   * launchd `ThrottleInterval` — minimum seconds between respawns. launchd has
+   * no burst concept, so this bounds the rate by spacing rather than capping a
+   * count (design §4.1 — "the same hub-crash-loop story as systemd's
+   * StartLimit").
+   */
+  throttleIntervalSec: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Platform-agnostic descriptor of a process to keep alive under launchd /
+ * systemd. The connector and the hub both reduce to one of these; the renderers
+ * + installer below consume only this shape.
+ */
+export interface ManagedUnit {
+  /**
+   * launchd Label (also the plist basename, minus `.plist`), reverse-DNS style,
+   * e.g. `computer.parachute.cloudflared.<tunnel>` or `computer.parachute.hub`.
+   */
+  launchdLabel: string;
+  /** systemd unit name including the `.service` suffix, e.g. `parachute-hub.service`. */
+  systemdUnitName: string;
+  /** First line of every rendered unit file (provenance comment). */
+  headerComment: string;
+  /** systemd `[Unit] Description=`. */
+  systemdDescription: string;
+  /**
+   * The argv to run. `execStart[0]` MUST be an absolute binary path (launchd
+   * does not search `$PATH`, systemd uses no login `$PATH`); callers resolve it
+   * via `deps.which` at build time.
+   */
+  execStart: string[];
+  /**
+   * Environment to inject into the unit. EMPTY → no env block is emitted at all
+   * (the connector's behavior — keeps its output byte-identical). Non-empty →
+   * a systemd `Environment=KEY=VAL` line per entry / a launchd
+   * `EnvironmentVariables` dict.
+   */
+  env: Record<string, string>;
+  /** Where the process's stdout+stderr are written. */
+  logPath: string;
+  /**
+   * Optional crash-loop ceiling. Unset → no StartLimit / ThrottleInterval lines
+   * (connector). Set → emitted (hub unit).
+   */
+  crashLoop?: CrashLoopCeiling;
+  /**
+   * When `true`, a systemd *system* unit pins `User=<userName>` so the process
+   * drops root. `false` → never pin `User=` even on a system unit. The connector
+   * sets this `true` (it has always pinned `User=` on the root/system unit); the
+   * hub sets it `true` as well (design §4.1 "User=<operator> on the system
+   * unit only"). It is a descriptor field rather than a hard-coded behavior so a
+   * future unit that wants to genuinely run as root can opt out.
+   */
+  runAsInvokingUserOnSystemUnit: boolean;
+}
+
+/** XML-escape a string for safe inclusion in a plist `<string>` element. */
+function plistEscape(s: string): string {
+  return s.replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g, "&gt;");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render a launchd LaunchAgent plist for a managed unit. `RunAtLoad` starts the
+ * process on load (and on login/boot once bootstrapped); `KeepAlive` restarts it
+ * if it exits. `ProgramArguments` is the descriptor's `execStart` verbatim
+ * (absolute argv[0] — launchd does not search `$PATH`). Logs go to `logPath`.
+ *
+ * BYTE-IDENTICAL CONSTRAINT: when `unit.env` is empty and `unit.crashLoop` is
+ * unset (the connector), this emits exactly the plist the connector emitted
+ * before extraction — no `EnvironmentVariables` dict, no `ThrottleInterval`.
+ */
+export function renderManagedLaunchdPlist(unit: ManagedUnit): string {
+  const argXml = unit.execStart.map((a) => `    <string>${plistEscape(a)}</string>`).join("\n");
+  // EnvironmentVariables dict — emitted ONLY when env is non-empty (connector
+  // passes {} and gets no dict, preserving its byte-identical output).
+  const envKeys = Object.keys(unit.env);
+  let envBlock = "";
+  if (envKeys.length > 0) {
+    const entries = envKeys
+      .map(
+        (k) =>
+          `    <key>${plistEscape(k)}</key>\n    <string>${plistEscape(unit.env[k] ?? "")}</string>`,
+      )
+      .join("\n");
+    envBlock = `  <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>\n  <dict>\n${entries}\n  </dict>\n`;
+  }
+  // ThrottleInterval — emitted ONLY when a crash-loop ceiling is set.
+  const throttle = unit.crashLoop
+    ? `  <key>ThrottleInterval</key>\n  <integer>${unit.crashLoop.throttleIntervalSec}</integer>\n`
+    : "";
+  return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<!-- ${unit.headerComment} -->
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+  <key>Label</key>
+  <string>${plistEscape(unit.launchdLabel)}</string>
+  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
+  <array>
+${argXml}
+  </array>
+${envBlock}  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+  <true/>
+  <key>KeepAlive</key>
+  <true/>
+${throttle}  <key>StandardOutPath</key>
+  <string>${plistEscape(unit.logPath)}</string>
+  <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
+  <string>${plistEscape(unit.logPath)}</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
+`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render a systemd unit for a managed unit. `Restart=always` mirrors launchd's
+ * KeepAlive; `WantedBy` differs by scope (system → multi-user.target; user →
+ * default.target). A system unit pins `User=` (when `runAsInvokingUserOnSystemUnit`
+ * + a known user) so the process doesn't run as root unnecessarily. `ExecStart`
+ * uses the descriptor's absolute `execStart` joined by spaces.
+ *
+ * BYTE-IDENTICAL CONSTRAINT: when `unit.env` is empty and `unit.crashLoop` is
+ * unset (the connector), this emits exactly the unit the connector emitted
+ * before extraction — no `Environment=` lines, no `StartLimit*` lines.
+ */
+export function renderManagedSystemdUnit(
+  unit: ManagedUnit,
+  opts: { root: boolean; userName: string },
+): string {
+  const { root, userName } = opts;
+  const execStart = unit.execStart.join(" ");
+  const userLine =
+    root && unit.runAsInvokingUserOnSystemUnit && userName ? `User=${userName}\n` : "";
+  const wantedBy = root ? "multi-user.target" : "default.target";
+  // Environment= lines — emitted ONLY when env is non-empty (connector passes {}
+  // and gets none, preserving its byte-identical output). One line per entry,
+  // insertion order, placed after the optional User= line.
+  const envLines = Object.keys(unit.env)
+    .map((k) => `Environment=${k}=${unit.env[k] ?? ""}\n`)
+    .join("");
+  // StartLimit* — emitted ONLY when a crash-loop ceiling is set, in the
+  // [Service] section after RestartSec.
+  const startLimit = unit.crashLoop
+    ? `StartLimitIntervalSec=${unit.crashLoop.intervalSec}\nStartLimitBurst=${unit.crashLoop.burst}\n`
+    : "";
+  return `# ${unit.headerComment}
+[Unit]
+Description=${unit.systemdDescription}
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+${userLine}${envLines}ExecStart=${execStart}
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+${startLimit}
+[Install]
+WantedBy=${wantedBy}
+`;
+}
+
+/** launchd plist path under the user's LaunchAgents dir for a label. */
+export function launchdPlistPathForLabel(label: string, home: string): string {
+  return join(home, "Library", "LaunchAgents", `${label}.plist`);
+}
+
+/** systemd unit path — user-level under $HOME, system-level under /etc. */
+export function systemdUnitPathForName(unitName: string, home: string, root: boolean): string {
+  return root
+    ? join("/etc/systemd/system", unitName)
+    : join(home, ".config", "systemd", "user", unitName);
+}
+
+export interface ManagedUnitInstallResult {
+  /**
+   * "installed" → an OS service now owns the unit (survives reboot).
+   * "fallback" → the service tool was unavailable / failed; the caller decides
+   * what to do (the connector falls back to a transient `proc.unref()` spawn).
+   */
+  outcome: "installed" | "fallback";
+  /** Which init system installed the service (when outcome === "installed"). */
+  kind?: "launchd" | "systemd-user" | "systemd-system" | "unsupported";
+  /** Path of the written service file (when outcome === "installed"). */
+  servicePath?: string;
+  /** Human-readable lines for the CLI to print (warnings, hints). */
+  messages: string[];
+}
+
+export interface ManagedUnitMessages {
+  /** Message when launchctl is missing — caller-specific (connector vs hub wording). */
+  launchctlMissing: string;
+  /** Message when systemctl is missing. */
+  systemctlMissing: string;
+  /** Soft warning when `loginctl enable-linger` couldn't run (non-root user unit). */
+  lingerWarning: string;
+  /** Prefix for the failed-to-write-file fallback message. */
+  writeFailedPrefix: string;
+  /** Prefix for the launchctl-could-not-load fallback message. */
+  launchctlLoadFailedPrefix: string;
+  /** Prefix for the systemctl-daemon-reload-failed fallback message. */
+  daemonReloadFailedPrefix: string;
+  /** Prefix for the systemctl-enable-failed fallback message. */
+  enableFailedPrefix: string;
+  /** Success message for a launchd install (`{label}` placeholder). */
+  launchdInstalled: (label: string, started: boolean) => string;
+  /** Success message for a systemd install. */
+  systemdInstalled: (unitName: string, root: boolean, started: boolean) => string;
+}
+
+export interface InstallManagedUnitOpts {
+  unit: ManagedUnit;
+  deps: ManagedUnitDeps;
+  messages: ManagedUnitMessages;
+  /**
+   * When `false`, write + register the unit WITHOUT starting it: systemd does
+   * `daemon-reload` but NOT `enable --now`; launchd writes the plist but does
+   * NOT `bootstrap`/`kickstart`. Used by the Phase 5 migration cutover to avoid
+   * a second hub racing port 1939 (design §7.1). Defaults to `true` (full
+   * behavior — the connector's path is unchanged).
+   */
+  start?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Install (or refresh) a managed unit on the current platform. Idempotent:
+ * re-installing overwrites the unit file and re-loads it. Graceful: a missing /
+ * failing tool returns `{ outcome: "fallback", messages }` WITHOUT throwing.
+ *
+ * Dispatches by platform; `execStart[0]` is assumed already resolved to an
+ * absolute path by the caller (the connector resolves cloudflared, the hub
+ * resolves bun — both via `deps.which`).
+ */
+export function installManagedUnit(opts: InstallManagedUnitOpts): ManagedUnitInstallResult {
+  const { deps } = opts;
+  if (deps.platform === "darwin") return installLaunchdUnit(opts);
+  if (deps.platform === "linux") return installSystemdUnit(opts);
+  return {
+    outcome: "fallback",
+    messages: [
+      `Boot-persistent unit isn't supported on ${deps.platform}; using a transient process.`,
+    ],
+  };
+}
+
+function installLaunchdUnit(opts: InstallManagedUnitOpts): ManagedUnitInstallResult {
+  const { unit, deps, messages } = opts;
+  const start = opts.start ?? true;
+  if (deps.which("launchctl") === null) {
+    return { outcome: "fallback", messages: [messages.launchctlMissing] };
+  }
+  const home = deps.homeDir();
+  const plistPath = launchdPlistPathForLabel(unit.launchdLabel, home);
+  const label = unit.launchdLabel;
+  const uid = deps.getuid() ?? 0;
+  const domain = `gui/${uid}`;
+
+  try {
+    deps.writeFile(plistPath, renderManagedLaunchdPlist(unit));
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      outcome: "fallback",
+      messages: [
+        `${messages.writeFailedPrefix} (${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}).`,
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (!start) {
+    // install-without-start: the plist is on disk + will load on next login/boot
+    // (RunAtLoad), but we do NOT bootstrap/kickstart it now, so no process is
+    // started in this call (design §7.1 — avoid racing port 1939 during cutover).
+    // We also deliberately do NOT bootout any prior service: the CALLER (the
+    // Phase 5 migrate cutover) owns stopping the detached/prior process before
+    // installing this unit. Do not add a pre-bootout/stop here — it would break
+    // the §7.1 ordering the caller relies on to avoid the double-spawn race.
+    return {
+      outcome: "installed",
+      kind: "launchd",
+      servicePath: plistPath,
+      messages: [messages.launchdInstalled(label, false)],
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Re-install must be idempotent: bootout any prior load (ignore failure when
+  // nothing's loaded), then bootstrap the freshly-written plist. `bootstrap`
+  // both loads AND starts (RunAtLoad), so no separate `kickstart` is needed on
+  // the happy path; we add a `kickstart -k` to force a restart when the label
+  // was already bootstrapped (bootstrap is a no-op then).
+  deps.run(["launchctl", "bootout", `${domain}/${label}`]);
+  const boot = deps.run(["launchctl", "bootstrap", domain, plistPath]);
+  if (boot.code !== 0) {
+    // Older macOS (or a sandboxed context) may not accept `bootstrap`; fall back
+    // to the legacy `load -w`, then to a fallback outcome.
+    const legacy = deps.run(["launchctl", "load", "-w", plistPath]);
+    if (legacy.code !== 0) {
+      deps.removeFile(plistPath);
+      return {
+        outcome: "fallback",
+        messages: [
+          `${messages.launchctlLoadFailedPrefix} (${boot.stderr.trim() || legacy.stderr.trim() || "unknown error"}).`,
+        ],
+      };
+    }
+  } else {
+    deps.run(["launchctl", "kickstart", "-k", `${domain}/${label}`]);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    outcome: "installed",
+    kind: "launchd",
+    servicePath: plistPath,
+    messages: [messages.launchdInstalled(label, true)],
+  };
+}
+
+function installSystemdUnit(opts: InstallManagedUnitOpts): ManagedUnitInstallResult {
+  const { unit, deps, messages } = opts;
+  const start = opts.start ?? true;
+  if (deps.which("systemctl") === null) {
+    return { outcome: "fallback", messages: [messages.systemctlMissing] };
+  }
+  const root = (deps.getuid() ?? 1000) === 0;
+  const home = deps.homeDir();
+  const unitName = unit.systemdUnitName;
+  const unitPath = systemdUnitPathForName(unitName, home, root);
+  const userName = deps.userName();
+
+  try {
+    deps.writeFile(unitPath, renderManagedSystemdUnit(unit, { root, userName }));
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      outcome: "fallback",
+      messages: [
+        `${messages.writeFailedPrefix} (${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}).`,
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
+  const scope = root ? [] : ["--user"];
+  const outMessages: string[] = [];
+
+  // Non-root: enable linger so the user unit runs without an active login (i.e.
+  // after a reboot before the operator logs back in). Strictly best-effort —
+  // linger may be unavailable: `loginctl` absent entirely (a container with
+  // systemd but no logind), or present-but-failing. Either way we keep the
+  // install and warn. The probe + try/catch matter because production
+  // `Bun.spawnSync` THROWS on ENOENT — without the guard a box that has
+  // systemctl but not loginctl would propagate the spawn error out and hard-fail
+  // the calling command. (Run on both start + install-without-start: linger is a
+  // boot-survival nicety independent of whether we start the unit now.)
+  if (!root && userName) {
+    if (deps.which("loginctl") === null) {
+      outMessages.push(messages.lingerWarning);
+    } else {
+      try {
+        const linger = deps.run(["loginctl", "enable-linger", userName]);
+        if (linger.code !== 0) outMessages.push(messages.lingerWarning);
+      } catch {
+        // loginctl vanished between probe and run, or threw (ENOENT/EACCES) —
+        // never fatal; linger is a best-effort nicety.
+        outMessages.push(messages.lingerWarning);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const reload = deps.run(["systemctl", ...scope, "daemon-reload"]);
+  if (reload.code !== 0) {
+    deps.removeFile(unitPath);
+    return {
+      outcome: "fallback",
+      messages: [
+        `${messages.daemonReloadFailedPrefix} (${reload.stderr.trim() || "unknown error"}).`,
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (!start) {
+    // install-without-start: the unit file is on disk + daemon-reloaded, but we
+    // do NOT `enable --now` it, so no process is started in this call and the
+    // unit is not yet enabled for boot (design §7.1 — avoid racing port 1939).
+    // We also deliberately do NOT stop any prior service: the CALLER (the Phase 5
+    // migrate cutover) owns stopping the detached/prior process before installing
+    // this unit. Do not add a pre-stop here — it would break the §7.1 ordering the
+    // caller relies on to avoid the double-spawn race.
+    outMessages.unshift(messages.systemdInstalled(unitName, root, false));
+    return {
+      outcome: "installed",
+      kind: root ? "systemd-system" : "systemd-user",
+      servicePath: unitPath,
+      messages: outMessages,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const enable = deps.run(["systemctl", ...scope, "enable", "--now", unitName]);
+  if (enable.code !== 0) {
+    deps.removeFile(unitPath);
+    deps.run(["systemctl", ...scope, "daemon-reload"]);
+    return {
+      outcome: "fallback",
+      messages: [`${messages.enableFailedPrefix} (${enable.stderr.trim() || "unknown error"}).`],
+    };
+  }
+
+  outMessages.unshift(messages.systemdInstalled(unitName, root, true));
+  return {
+    outcome: "installed",
+    kind: root ? "systemd-system" : "systemd-user",
+    servicePath: unitPath,
+    messages: outMessages,
+  };
+}
+
+export interface ManagedUnitRemoveResult {
+  /** True when a service file was found + removed (best-effort tool teardown ran). */
+  removed: boolean;
+  messages: string[];
+}
+
+export interface RemoveManagedUnitOpts {
+  launchdLabel: string;
+  systemdUnitName: string;
+  deps: ManagedUnitDeps;
+  /** Success message for a launchd removal (`{label}` placeholder). */
+  removedLaunchdMessage: (label: string) => string;
+  /** Success message for a systemd removal. */
+  removedSystemdMessage: (unitName: string) => string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stop + remove a managed unit on the current platform. Idempotent +
+ * best-effort: a missing service file is a no-op; tool failures never throw (the
+ * teardown path must always succeed at clearing state even if the OS service
+ * tool hiccups).
+ */
+export function removeManagedUnit(opts: RemoveManagedUnitOpts): ManagedUnitRemoveResult {
+  const { deps, launchdLabel, systemdUnitName } = opts;
+
+  if (deps.platform === "darwin") {
+    const home = deps.homeDir();
+    const plistPath = launchdPlistPathForLabel(launchdLabel, home);
+    if (!deps.exists(plistPath)) return { removed: false, messages: [] };
+    const uid = deps.getuid() ?? 0;
+    // bootout unloads + stops; ignore its exit (nothing-loaded is fine).
+    deps.run(["launchctl", "bootout", `gui/${uid}/${launchdLabel}`]);
+    deps.removeFile(plistPath);
+    return { removed: true, messages: [opts.removedLaunchdMessage(launchdLabel)] };
+  }
+
+  if (deps.platform === "linux") {
+    const root = (deps.getuid() ?? 1000) === 0;
+    const home = deps.homeDir();
+    const unitPath = systemdUnitPathForName(systemdUnitName, home, root);
+    if (!deps.exists(unitPath)) return { removed: false, messages: [] };
+    const scope = root ? [] : ["--user"];
+    // disable --now stops + removes the enable symlink; ignore exit (best-effort).
+    deps.run(["systemctl", ...scope, "disable", "--now", systemdUnitName]);
+    deps.removeFile(unitPath);
+    deps.run(["systemctl", ...scope, "daemon-reload"]);
+    return { removed: true, messages: [opts.removedSystemdMessage(systemdUnitName)] };
+  }
+
+  return { removed: false, messages: [] };
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Hub unit builder (design §4.1 + §4.2)
+//
+// NOT wired into any command in this PR — Phase 3 wires `init` to install it.
+// Phase 2b only provides + tests the builder.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/** Reverse-DNS launchd label for the hub unit. */
+export const HUB_LAUNCHD_LABEL = "computer.parachute.hub";
+/** systemd unit name for the hub unit. */
+export const HUB_SYSTEMD_UNIT_NAME = "parachute-hub.service";
+
+/** Crash-loop ceiling for the hub unit (design §4.1 / §6.3). */
+const HUB_CRASH_LOOP: CrashLoopCeiling = {
+  intervalSec: 300,
+  burst: 5,
+  throttleIntervalSec: 10,
+};
+
+export interface BuildHubManagedUnitOpts {
+  /**
+   * The operator's CURRENT `PARACHUTE_HOME`, captured at install time and baked
+   * into the unit env — NOT the hard-coded default (design §4.2). Phase 3 passes
+   * the real captured home.
+   */
+  parachuteHome: string;
+  /** Hub port (default 1939, the canonical pin). */
+  port?: number;
+  /** Path to the operator's bun install dir (`$BUN_INSTALL`), e.g. `/home/op/.bun`. */
+  bunInstall: string;
+  /** PATH the unit should run with (must include bun's global bin). */
+  path: string;
+  /**
+   * Absolute path to the `parachute-hub` `src/cli.ts` entry the unit's
+   * `ExecStart`/`ProgramArguments` runs `serve` against (the bun-linked checkout
+   * or the installed bin). Caller supplies it — Phase 3 derives it.
+   */
+  cliPath: string;
+  /** Log file the hub's stdout+stderr is written to. */
+  logPath: string;
+  /** Injectable deps for `which` resolution (defaults to production). */
+  deps?: ManagedUnitDeps;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the `ManagedUnit` descriptor for the hub itself (design §4.1).
+ *
+ * Resolves the absolute `bun` path via the `which` seam (launchd/systemd don't
+ * search `$PATH` — mirrors how the connector resolves cloudflared). The env
+ * carries `PARACHUTE_HOME` / `PORT` / `PATH` / `BUN_INSTALL` — and INTENTIONALLY
+ * OMITS `PARACHUTE_HUB_ORIGIN`: baking a stale origin here would re-create the
+ * iss-mismatch class; `resolveStartupIssuer` derives it and start-hub self-heals
+ * the operator token + vault `.env` to the current origin (design §4.1 comment).
+ *
+ * NOT called by any command in this PR (additive — Phase 3 wires it into `init`).
+ */
+export function buildHubManagedUnit(opts: BuildHubManagedUnitOpts): ManagedUnit {
+  const deps = opts.deps ?? defaultManagedUnitDeps;
+  const port = opts.port ?? 1939;
+  // launchd/systemd do not search $PATH; resolve bun to an absolute path at build
+  // time. Fail loud if it can't be resolved — falling back to the literal "bun"
+  // would bake a non-functional ExecStart/ProgramArguments[0] into the unit
+  // (cryptic start-time failure), so refuse to build a broken unit. (cliPath is
+  // caller-supplied as an absolute path, not which-resolved, so it needs no guard.)
+  const bunPath = deps.which("bun");
+  if (bunPath === null) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "cannot build hub unit: 'bun' not found on PATH — install bun or ensure it is resolvable",
+    );
+  }
+  return {
+    launchdLabel: HUB_LAUNCHD_LABEL,
+    systemdUnitName: HUB_SYSTEMD_UNIT_NAME,
+    headerComment: "Generated by parachute — do not edit by hand.",
+    systemdDescription: "Parachute hub (serve + supervisor)",
+    execStart: [bunPath, opts.cliPath, "serve"],
+    env: {
+      // PARACHUTE_HOME captured at install time (design §4.2) — NOT the default.
+      PARACHUTE_HOME: opts.parachuteHome,
+      PORT: String(port),
+      // PATH + BUN_INSTALL are load-bearing for supervised children that resolve
+      // a bun-linked binary on cold boot under a linger-started user unit
+      // (design §4.1 / R20). PARACHUTE_HUB_ORIGIN is intentionally OMITTED.
+      PATH: opts.path,
+      BUN_INSTALL: opts.bunInstall,
+    },
+    logPath: opts.logPath,
+    crashLoop: HUB_CRASH_LOOP,
+    runAsInvokingUserOnSystemUnit: true,
+  };
+}