@yemi33/minions 0.1.1819 → 0.1.1820

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.1819 (2026-05-09)
+## 0.1.1820 (2026-05-09)
+
+### Features
+- add --open flag (and MINIONS_FORCE_OPEN env) to bypass the recent-browser-tab heuristic (#2274)
 
 ### Fixes
 - stop visibility=hidden beacons from racing pagehide and resurrecting closed-tab entries in dashboard-browser.json (#2275)

package/bin/minions.js

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *   minions update                   Update to latest version
  *   minions version                  Show installed and package versions
  *   minions doctor                   Check prerequisites and runtime health
- *   minions restart                  Start engine + dashboard
+ *   minions restart [--open]         Start engine + dashboard (--open forces a new browser tab)
  *   minions start                    Start the engine
  *   minions stop                     Stop the engine
  *   minions status                   Show engine status
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ const [cmd, ...rest] = process.argv.slice(2);
 let force = rest.includes('--force');
 const skipScan = rest.includes('--skip-scan');
 const skipStart = rest.includes('--skip-start') || rest.includes('--no-start');
+// `--open` (or env MINIONS_FORCE_OPEN=1) bypasses the recent-browser-tab heuristic
+// in restart/init and forces the new dashboard to auto-open a browser tab. Useful
+// when the heuristic mis-fires (e.g. you closed your dashboard tab seconds before
+// running restart and its final heartbeat was still inside the 45s window).
+const forceOpen = rest.includes('--open') || process.env.MINIONS_FORCE_OPEN === '1';
 const MINIONS_HOME = resolveMinionsHome(cmd === 'init');
 process.env.MINIONS_HOME = MINIONS_HOME;
 const POST_UPDATE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 120000;
@@ -410,7 +415,7 @@ function init() {
   // was recently polling the dashboard. A bare/orphan dashboard process on the
   // port is not enough; cold starts should still open the UI.
   const dashWasUp = isPortListening(DASH_PORT);
-  const suppressDashboardOpen = dashWasUp && hasRecentDashboardBrowserTab(MINIONS_HOME);
+  const suppressDashboardOpen = !forceOpen && dashWasUp && hasRecentDashboardBrowserTab(MINIONS_HOME);
   if (isUpgrade) {
     try { execSync(`node "${path.join(MINIONS_HOME, 'engine.js')}" stop`, { stdio: 'ignore', cwd: MINIONS_HOME, timeout: 10000, windowsHide: true }); } catch {}
     // Free the dashboard port too — without this the new dashboard EADDRINUSE-dies
@@ -624,7 +629,7 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === 'help' || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
     minions list                     List linked projects
 
   Engine:
-    minions restart                   Start engine + dashboard (use after reboot)
+    minions restart [--open]         Start engine + dashboard (use after reboot; --open forces a new browser tab)
     minions start                    Start engine daemon only
     minions stop                     Stop the engine
     minions status                   Show agents, projects, queue
@@ -688,7 +693,7 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === 'help' || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
   // was recently polling the dashboard. A bare/orphan dashboard process on the
   // port is not enough; cold starts should still open the UI.
   const dashWasUp = isPortListening(DASH_PORT);
-  const suppressDashboardOpen = dashWasUp && hasRecentDashboardBrowserTab(MINIONS_HOME);
+  const suppressDashboardOpen = !forceOpen && dashWasUp && hasRecentDashboardBrowserTab(MINIONS_HOME);
   // Layered kill — each step is best-effort, layered so the next still runs if
   // one fails. Goal: the old engine is gone before we spawn a new one, even if
   // PowerShell is unavailable, the engine is hung, or its cmdline doesn't match.

package/engine/copilot-models.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "runtime": "copilot",
   "models": null,
-  "cachedAt": "2026-05-09T17:41:50.994Z"
+  "cachedAt": "2026-05-09T17:43:03.560Z"
 }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.1819",
+  "version": "0.1.1820",
   "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"