@tjamescouch/niki 0.3.0 → 0.5.0

package/bin/niki

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Options:
   --max-sends <n>         Max agentchat_send calls per minute (default: 10)
   --max-tool-calls <n>    Max total tool calls per minute (default: 30)
   --stall-timeout <secs>  Kill after N seconds of no output (default: 60, 0=disabled)
-  --startup-timeout <s>   Longer stall timeout until first output (default: 180, 0=use stall-timeout)
+  --startup-timeout <s>   Longer stall timeout until first output (default: 180, 0=no stall until first output)
   --dead-air-timeout <m>  Minutes of zero CPU + zero output before kill (default: 5, 0=disabled)
   --max-nudges <n>        Max stdin nudge attempts before kill on stall (default: 3)
   --log <file>            Write diagnostics log to file
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ function currentStallTimeout() {
 
 function resetStallTimer() {
   if (stallTimer) clearTimeout(stallTimer);
+  // startup-timeout=0 means "wait indefinitely for first output"
+  if (!gotFirstOutput && STARTUP_TIMEOUT_S === 0) return;
   const timeout = currentStallTimeout();
   if (killed || timeout <= 0) return;
   stallTimer = setTimeout(onStallDetected, timeout * 1000);
@@ -518,7 +520,8 @@ child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
 
 // Start stall detection
 if (STALL_TIMEOUT_S > 0 || STARTUP_TIMEOUT_S > 0) {
-  log(`Stall detection: startup-timeout=${STARTUP_TIMEOUT_S}s, stall-timeout=${STALL_TIMEOUT_S}s, max-nudges=${MAX_NUDGES}`);
+  const startupMsg = STARTUP_TIMEOUT_S === 0 ? 'disabled (waiting for first output)' : `${STARTUP_TIMEOUT_S}s`;
+  log(`Stall detection: startup-timeout=${startupMsg}, stall-timeout=${STALL_TIMEOUT_S}s, max-nudges=${MAX_NUDGES}`);
   resetStallTimer();
 }
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tjamescouch/niki",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Deterministic process supervisor for AI agents — token budgets, rate limits, and abort control",
   "bin": {
     "niki": "./bin/niki"

package/LICENSE

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2025 James Couch
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.