@yemi33/minions 0.1.1761 → 0.1.1762

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.1762 (2026-05-07)
+
+### Fixes
+- detach agent process group so engine death never kills agents
+
 ## 0.1.1761 (2026-05-07)
 
 ### Fixes

package/engine/copilot-models.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "runtime": "copilot",
   "models": null,
-  "cachedAt": "2026-05-07T00:43:24.079Z"
+  "cachedAt": "2026-05-07T00:54:25.703Z"
 }

package/engine.js

@@ -1094,10 +1094,17 @@ async function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
 
   let proc;
   try {
+    // `detached: true` puts the agent in its own process group (POSIX) / job
+    // object (Windows), so when the engine dies — gracefully via stop, abruptly
+    // via taskkill, or because of a crash — the agent keeps running and can be
+    // re-attached on next start via PID file + live-output.log. We do NOT call
+    // proc.unref(): the engine still tracks exit while it's alive; detached
+    // only kicks in when the engine itself goes away.
     proc = runFile(process.execPath, spawnArgs, {
       cwd,
       stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
       env: childEnv,
+      detached: true,
     });
   } catch (spawnErr) {
     // Synchronous spawn failure — record it to the (already-stamped) log so the
@@ -1308,10 +1315,12 @@ async function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
       }
       let resumeProc;
       try {
+        // detached so the resumed steering session also survives engine death (matches initial spawn)
         resumeProc = runFile(process.execPath, [spawnScript, steerPromptPath, sysPromptPath, ...resumeArgs], {
           cwd,
           stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
           env: childEnv,
+          detached: true,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         log('warn', `Steering: spawn failed for ${agentId}: ${e.message}`);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.1761",
+  "version": "0.1.1762",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"