@remcp/remcp 0.2.52 → 0.2.54

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@remcp/remcp",
-  "version": "0.2.52",
+  "version": "0.2.54",
   "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/agent.mjs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { VERSION } from './version.mjs';
 import {
   globalCliEntry,
   globalInstalledVersion,
+  isNewer,
   localRuntimeEntry,
   restartToApplyUpdate,
   supervisorRestart,

package/src/cli/service.mjs

@@ -414,11 +414,12 @@ export function installPersistentAgent(config) {
 // (a failed install, a cleaned LaunchAgents directory, a re-imaged user), the next update recreates
 // it instead of leaving a hand-over to a process nobody supervises.
 export function ensureServiceIfRecorded(config) {
-  if (!persistentServiceExpected(config)) return false;
+  if (!persistentServiceExpected(config)) return null;
   try {
     const cliPath = canonicalServiceCliPath(config);
     const nodePath = canonicalServiceNodePath(config);
     const platform = servicePlatform();
+    let restartScheduled = null;
     if (platform === 'linux') {
       if (!fs.existsSync(linuxServiceFile)) {
         installLinuxService(cliPath, nodePath);
@@ -445,7 +446,8 @@ export function ensureServiceIfRecorded(config) {
       // boot out a loaded agent inline: this updater may itself be a descendant of that LaunchAgent.
       // installMacService either leaves an unchanged loaded job alone, bootstraps an unloaded job, or
       // hands a changed launcher to an independent transient launchd helper.
-      installMacService(cliPath, { restart: false, nodePath });
+      const state = installMacService(cliPath, { restart: false, nodePath });
+      if (state === 'reload-scheduled') restartScheduled = macServiceLabel;
     } else if (platform === 'win32') installWindowsService(cliPath);
     // Upgrade the legacy inferred state only after the supervisor repair succeeded. A failed repair
     // must not turn a stale artifact into a permanent "managed service" declaration.
@@ -453,10 +455,10 @@ export function ensureServiceIfRecorded(config) {
     if (config?.serviceInstalled !== true || config?.serviceCliPath !== cliScript || config?.serviceNodePath !== nodePath) {
       saveConfig({ ...config, serviceInstalled: true, serviceCliPath: cliScript, serviceNodePath: nodePath });
     }
-    return true;
+    return restartScheduled;
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(`Could not ensure the background service: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
-    return false;
+    return null;
   }
 }
 

package/src/cli/update.mjs

@@ -258,10 +258,13 @@ export async function updateCommand(flags) {
     saveConfig({ ...cfg, runtime:{ ...cfg.runtime, packageSpec:targets.runtimeSpec } });
     cfg = loadConfig();
   }
-  ensureServiceIfRecorded(cfg);
+  const restartAlreadyScheduled = ensureServiceIfRecorded(cfg);
   cfg = loadConfig();
   const after = { cli: installedVersion(PACKAGE_NAME), runtime: installedVersion(cfg.runtime.packageName) };
-  const restarted = restartPersistentServiceIfInstalled(cfg);
+  // A changed macOS plist is reloaded by an independent launchd helper. Do not schedule a second
+  // helper against the same job: two one-second handoffs can race bootout/bootstrap with kickstart
+  // and leave the device offline even though npm installed the new release successfully.
+  const restarted = restartAlreadyScheduled || restartPersistentServiceIfInstalled(cfg);
   if (restarted) {
     console.log(`ReMCP updated and ${restarted} restarted (client ${before.cli} → ${after.cli ?? '?'}, runtime ${before.runtime ?? '?'} → ${after.runtime ?? '?'}).`);
     return;