@yemi33/minions 0.1.1906 → 0.1.1907

package/bin/minions.js

@@ -168,12 +168,26 @@ function killMinionsProcesses(patterns) {
   } catch {}
 }
 
+/** Open append-mode FDs under engine/ for detached-process stdio. If the file
+ *  can't be opened we fall back to 'ignore' rather than blocking the restart. */
+function _openStdioLog(name) {
+  try {
+    const dir = path.join(MINIONS_HOME, 'engine');
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+    return fs.openSync(path.join(dir, name), 'a');
+  } catch { return 'ignore'; }
+}
+
 /** Spawn a detached dashboard with self-open suppressed — the CLI decides
- *  when to open a browser based on whether a real tab reconnects post-health. */
+ *  when to open a browser based on whether a real tab reconnects post-health.
+ *  stdout/stderr land in engine/dashboard-stdio.log so silent startup crashes
+ *  leave a postmortem instead of vanishing. */
 function spawnDashboard() {
   const env = { ...process.env, MINIONS_NO_AUTO_OPEN: '1' };
+  const out = _openStdioLog('dashboard-stdio.log');
+  const err = _openStdioLog('dashboard-stdio.log');
   const proc = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(MINIONS_HOME, 'dashboard.js')], {
-    cwd: MINIONS_HOME, stdio: 'ignore', detached: true, windowsHide: true, env
+    cwd: MINIONS_HOME, stdio: ['ignore', out, err], detached: true, windowsHide: true, env
   });
   proc.unref();
   return proc;
@@ -736,8 +750,10 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === 'help' || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
   // Clear stale beacons AFTER the kill so the old dashboard's last writes
   // can't repopulate the file in the gap between clear and shutdown.
   _clearDashboardBrowserState(MINIONS_HOME);
+  const engineOut = _openStdioLog('engine-stdio.log');
+  const engineErr = _openStdioLog('engine-stdio.log');
   const engineProc = spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(MINIONS_HOME, 'engine.js'), 'start', ...rest], {
-    cwd: MINIONS_HOME, stdio: 'ignore', detached: true, windowsHide: true
+    cwd: MINIONS_HOME, stdio: ['ignore', engineOut, engineErr], detached: true, windowsHide: true
   });
   engineProc.unref();
   console.log(`\n  Engine started (PID: ${engineProc.pid})`);

package/engine/copilot-models.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "runtime": "copilot",
   "models": null,
-  "cachedAt": "2026-05-12T20:22:16.745Z"
+  "cachedAt": "2026-05-12T22:39:24.196Z"
 }

package/engine/restart-health.js

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ async function checkRestartHealth(options = {}) {
   const engineAlive = pid ? isAlive(pid) : false;
   const engineOk = control && control.state === 'running' && engineAlive;
 
-  const dashboard = await getJson(dashboardUrl, 1000);
+  const dashboard = await getJson(dashboardUrl, 3000);
   const dashboardStatus = dashboard && dashboard.json && dashboard.json.status;
   const dashboardOk = !!(dashboard && dashboard.ok && dashboardStatus === 'healthy');
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.1906",
+  "version": "0.1.1907",
   "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"