@remcp/remcp 0.2.118 → 0.2.120

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@remcp/remcp",
-  "version": "0.2.118",
+  "version": "0.2.120",
   "description": "ReMCP device client: pair a computer with ReMCP and run the outbound-only agent that hosts the local MCP runtime.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",

package/src/cli/service.mjs

@@ -460,7 +460,10 @@ export function writeWindowsServiceLauncher(cliPath = globalCliPath(), nodePath
 export function installWindowsService(cliPath = globalCliPath(), { nodePath = process.execPath } = {}) {
   const launcherFile = writeWindowsServiceLauncher(cliPath, nodePath);
   const command = `"${launcherFile}"`;
-  run('schtasks.exe', ['/Create', '/TN', windowsTaskName, '/TR', command, '/SC', 'ONLOGON', '/RL', 'HIGHEST', '/F']);
+  // Computer-use needs the signed-in interactive desktop. Create the task with /IT from the start
+  // instead of changing it afterwards: schtasks /Change can request the account password even when
+  // the task already belongs to the current user, which turns a one-command install into a prompt.
+  run('schtasks.exe', ['/Create', '/TN', windowsTaskName, '/TR', command, '/SC', 'ONLOGON', '/RL', 'HIGHEST', '/IT', '/F']);
   run('schtasks.exe', ['/Run', '/TN', windowsTaskName]);
 }
 
@@ -569,6 +572,23 @@ function packageVersionForCli(cliPath, packageName) {
   return versionFromPackageJson(path.join(prefix, 'node_modules', ...String(packageName).split('/'), 'package.json'));
 }
 
+function exactPackageSpecVersion(packageName, packageSpec) {
+  const prefix = `${String(packageName || '')}@`;
+  const spec = String(packageSpec || '');
+  return prefix !== '@' && spec.startsWith(prefix) ? spec.slice(prefix.length) : '';
+}
+
+// A PowerShell bootstrap already installs the exact client/runtime pair before it starts pairing.
+// Reusing that verified pair avoids a second registry mutation during `connect --install` while
+// preserving the normal npm path for partial, stale, custom-runtime and non-bootstrap installs.
+export function releasePairPresentAtCli(cliPath, config) {
+  const runtimePackageName = String(config?.runtime?.packageName || '');
+  const expectedRuntimeVersion = exactPackageSpecVersion(runtimePackageName, config?.runtime?.packageSpec);
+  if (!cliPath || !runtimePackageName || !expectedRuntimeVersion) return false;
+  return packageVersionForCli(cliPath, PACKAGE_NAME) === VERSION
+    && packageVersionForCli(cliPath, runtimePackageName) === expectedRuntimeVersion;
+}
+
 export function installationVersionsAtCliPath(cliPath, runtimePackageName) {
   if (!cliPath) return { cliVersion:null, runtimeVersion:null, cliPath:null };
   let resolvedCliPath = cliPath;
@@ -685,12 +705,13 @@ export function configureMacWriteAccess() {
 }
 
 export function configureWindowsWriteAccess() {
-  try { run('schtasks.exe', ['/Change', '/TN', windowsTaskName, '/RL', 'HIGHEST', '/IT']); } catch {}
+  // installWindowsService already creates the task as HighestAvailable + InteractiveToken. Keep
+  // post-install access setup non-interactive so a fresh install never asks for the Windows password.
   try {
     const workspaceDir = path.join(process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || path.join(home, 'AppData', 'Local'), 'ReMCP');
     fs.mkdirSync(workspaceDir, { recursive: true });
   } catch {}
-  console.log('ReMCP configured with elevated privileges for full write access.');
+  console.log('ReMCP configured with the highest available user privileges for interactive desktop access.');
 }
 
 export function configureLinuxWriteAccess() {
@@ -710,7 +731,10 @@ export function installPersistentAgent(config) {
   const platform = servicePlatform();
   if (!['linux', 'darwin', 'win32'].includes(platform)) throw new Error(`Automatic background service installation is not supported on ${platform}`);
   console.log(`Installing ReMCP ${VERSION}…`);
-  npmGlobalInstall(`${PACKAGE_NAME}@${VERSION}`, config.runtime.packageSpec);
+  const runningCli = process.argv[1] || '';
+  if (!releasePairPresentAtCli(runningCli, config)) {
+    npmGlobalInstall(`${PACKAGE_NAME}@${VERSION}`, config.runtime.packageSpec);
+  }
   const cliPath = globalCliPath();
   const cliScript = resolvedCliScript(cliPath);
   const nodePath = process.execPath;