@yemi33/minions 0.1.1933 → 0.1.1935

package/bin/minions.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *   minions add <project-dir>        Link a project (interactive)
  *   minions remove <project-dir>     Unlink a project
  *   minions list                     List linked projects
- *   minions update                   Update to latest version
+ *   minions update [--no-wait]       Update to latest version (--no-wait backgrounds the post-update restart)
  *   minions version                  Show installed and package versions
  *   minions doctor                   Check prerequisites and runtime health
  *   minions restart [--open]         Start engine + dashboard (--open forces a new browser tab)
@@ -604,6 +604,28 @@ function runPostUpdateRestart() {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
+// Fire-and-forget variant for `minions update --no-wait`. The npm + init phases
+// have already completed synchronously, so package-install failures surface
+// normally; only the long-tail engine/dashboard restart + health check is
+// backgrounded. stdio is redirected to a log so the user can postmortem if the
+// restart fails after the parent has exited.
+function runPostUpdateRestartDetached() {
+  const initScript = path.join(PKG_ROOT, 'bin', 'minions.js');
+  const out = _openStdioLog('update-restart-stdio.log');
+  const err = _openStdioLog('update-restart-stdio.log');
+  const proc = spawn(process.execPath, [initScript, 'restart'], {
+    cwd: process.cwd(),
+    env: { ...process.env, MINIONS_HOME },
+    stdio: ['ignore', out, err],
+    detached: true,
+    windowsHide: true,
+  });
+  proc.unref();
+  const logPath = path.join(MINIONS_HOME, 'engine', 'update-restart-stdio.log');
+  console.log(`  Restart spawned in background (PID: ${proc.pid}); logs: ${logPath}`);
+  console.log(`  Verify with: minions status\n`);
+}
+
 // ─── Version command ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function showVersion() {
@@ -668,7 +690,7 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === 'help' || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
 
   Setup:
     minions init                     Bootstrap ~/.minions/ (first time)
-    minions update                   Update to latest version (npm update + one restart)
+    minions update [--no-wait]       Update to latest version (--no-wait backgrounds the restart)
     minions version                  Show installed vs package version
     minions doctor                   Check prerequisites and runtime health
     minions add <project-dir>        Link a project (interactive)
@@ -707,6 +729,7 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === 'help' || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
 } else if (cmd === 'init') {
   init();
 } else if (cmd === 'update') {
+  const noWait = rest.includes('--no-wait') || rest.includes('--detach');
   console.log('\n  Updating Minions...\n');
   // Dev/symlink installs: PKG_ROOT === MINIONS_HOME — npm update is a no-op (symlink already
   // points to the repo), and `minions init --force` would fail (cwd/.minions is inside PKG_ROOT).
@@ -726,9 +749,15 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === 'help' || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
     // the global shim while npm is still settling the updated install.
     runPostUpdateInit();
   }
-  // Restart engine + dashboard so they pick up the new code
+  // Restart engine + dashboard so they pick up the new code. With --no-wait the
+  // restart is spawned detached so the caller (e.g. a DevBox maintenance task)
+  // can return immediately without holding the parent open for the health poll.
   console.log('\n  Restarting engine and dashboard...\n');
-  runPostUpdateRestart();
+  if (noWait) {
+    runPostUpdateRestartDetached();
+  } else {
+    runPostUpdateRestart();
+  }
 } else if (cmd === 'version' || cmd === '--version' || cmd === '-v') {
   showVersion();
 } else if (cmd === 'add' || cmd === 'remove' || cmd === 'list' || cmd === 'scan') {

package/engine/copilot-models.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "runtime": "copilot",
   "models": null,
-  "cachedAt": "2026-05-14T03:53:21.722Z"
+  "cachedAt": "2026-05-14T04:24:41.192Z"
 }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.1933",
+  "version": "0.1.1935",
   "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"