@yemi33/minions 0.1.1965 → 0.1.1967

package/engine/playbook.js

@@ -468,6 +468,40 @@ function renderPlaybook(type, vars) {
     } catch (e) { log('warn', `keep_processes hint render failed: ${e.message}`); }
   }
 
+  // P-1f9c3a45 — opt-in managed_spawn dispatch hint. Mirrors keep_processes:
+  // injected only when the dispatcher set vars.managed_spawn (truthy) from the
+  // work item's `meta.managed_spawn`. Tells the agent how to write the
+  // managed-spawn sidecar so the engine takes over spawn + healthcheck.
+  if (vars.managed_spawn) {
+    try {
+      const managedSpawn = require('./managed-spawn');
+      const hint = managedSpawn.buildManagedSpawnHint({
+        agentId: vars.agent_id,
+        workItemId: vars.item_id || vars.task_id,
+        ttlMinutes: vars.managed_spawn_ttl_minutes,
+        minionsDir: MINIONS_DIR,
+      });
+      if (hint) inertAppendices.push(hint);
+    } catch (e) { log('warn', `managed_spawn hint render failed: ${e.message}`); }
+  }
+
+  // P-1f9c3a45 — auto-inject live managed processes block, project-scoped.
+  // Unconditional: any healthy+alive spec whose owner_project matches
+  // vars.project_name is surfaced to the dispatched agent so downstream WIs
+  // discover services stood up by earlier WIs without human hand-off. Cap at
+  // ENGINE_DEFAULTS.managedSpawn.promptContextMaxBytes (default 2KB) — the
+  // helper falls back to a compact name+base_url list when over cap. Empty
+  // string is returned when nothing matches, so we short-circuit on falsy.
+  if (vars.project_name) {
+    try {
+      const managedSpawn = require('./managed-spawn');
+      const liveBlock = managedSpawn.buildLiveManagedProcessesBlock({
+        project: vars.project_name,
+      });
+      if (liveBlock) inertAppendices.push(liveBlock);
+    } catch (e) { log('warn', `managed-spawn live-processes inject failed: ${e.message}`); }
+  }
+
   // Inject KB guardrail
   content += `\n\n---\n\n## Knowledge Base Rules\n\n`;
   content += `**Never delete, move, or overwrite files in \`knowledge/\`.** The sweep (consolidation engine) is the only process that writes to \`knowledge/\`. If you think a KB file is wrong, note it in your learnings file — do not touch \`knowledge/\` directly.\n`;

package/engine/projects.js

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ function removeProject(target, options = {}) {
     drainedDispatches: 0, // includes active dispatches whose agent processes were killed
     cleanedWorktrees: 0,
     disabledSchedules: 0,
+    killedManagedProcesses: 0, // P-8a4d6f29 — managed-spawn cleanup
     archivedPlans: [],
     pipelineRefs: [],
     archivedTo: null,
@@ -173,6 +174,18 @@ function removeProject(target, options = {}) {
   );
   _requeueProjectlessCentralWorkItems(projectlessCentralItemIds);
 
+  // 2.5. Managed-spawn cleanup (P-8a4d6f29). Centralised in managed-spawn.js
+  //      so no other module needs to know about engine/managed-processes.json.
+  //      Kills + unlinks every spec owned by this project, including the .log
+  //      and .log.1 rotated sibling. Best-effort: failures only warn.
+  try {
+    const managedSpawn = require('./managed-spawn');
+    const result = managedSpawn.removeManagedSpecsForProject(project.name);
+    summary.killedManagedProcesses = result.killed || 0;
+  } catch (e) {
+    summary.warnings.push('managed-spawn cleanup: ' + e.message);
+  }
+
   // 3. Clean up worktrees under this project's worktree root, honoring
   //    config.engine.worktreeRoot (mirrors lifecycle.js cleanupPlanWorktrees).
   if (project.localPath) {

package/engine/shared.js

@@ -650,6 +650,65 @@ function isPidAlive(pid) {
   catch { return false; }
 }
 
+// P-8a4d6f29 — single helper for detached-process stdio capture with
+// rotate-on-open. Used by bin/minions.js (engine + dashboard stdio logs) and
+// engine/managed-spawn.js openManagedLog. Centralising replaces the previous
+// _openStdioLog in bin/minions.js so rotation is uniform across every long-
+// running log Minions writes.
+//
+// Behavior:
+//   - Ensures `dir` exists (mkdir -p).
+//   - If `<dir>/<name>` already exists and its size > `rotateBytes`, rename it
+//     to `<dir>/<name>.1` (overwriting any prior `.1`) before opening. Keeps
+//     exactly one rotated sibling. We rotate first so the freshly opened fd
+//     points at an empty file — preserving the original O_APPEND semantics.
+//   - Opens the (possibly fresh) file in append mode and returns
+//     `{ fd, logPath, rotated }`. `rotated` is `true` when the .1 rename ran.
+//   - `opts.fallback === 'ignore'` makes any I/O failure return
+//     `{ fd: 'ignore', logPath, rotated: false }` instead of throwing — used by
+//     bin/minions.js where a failed log open must not block the restart.
+//   - `rotateBytes` defaults to ENGINE_DEFAULTS.managedSpawn.logRotateBytes
+//     (10 MB). Pass `Infinity` to disable rotation entirely.
+function openAppendLogFd(name, dir, opts) {
+  opts = opts || {};
+  if (typeof name !== 'string' || name.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('openAppendLogFd: name required');
+  }
+  if (typeof dir !== 'string' || dir.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('openAppendLogFd: dir required');
+  }
+  const fallback = opts.fallback || null;
+  const cap = Number.isFinite(opts.rotateBytes)
+    ? opts.rotateBytes
+    : ((ENGINE_DEFAULTS.managedSpawn && ENGINE_DEFAULTS.managedSpawn.logRotateBytes) || 10 * 1024 * 1024);
+  const logPath = path.join(dir, name);
+  try {
+    try { fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true }); }
+    catch (e) { if (e && e.code !== 'EEXIST') throw e; }
+    let rotated = false;
+    if (Number.isFinite(cap) && cap > 0) {
+      try {
+        const st = fs.statSync(logPath);
+        if (st && st.size > cap) {
+          const rotatedPath = logPath + '.1';
+          try { fs.unlinkSync(rotatedPath); }
+          catch (e) { if (e && e.code !== 'ENOENT') throw e; }
+          fs.renameSync(logPath, rotatedPath);
+          rotated = true;
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e && e.code !== 'ENOENT') throw e;
+        // No existing file → nothing to rotate.
+      }
+    }
+    const fd = fs.openSync(logPath, 'a');
+    return { fd: fd, logPath: logPath, rotated: rotated };
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (fallback === 'ignore') return { fd: 'ignore', logPath: logPath, rotated: false };
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
+
 function withFileLock(lockPath, fn, {
   timeoutMs = 5000,
   retryDelayMs = 25,
@@ -1431,6 +1490,62 @@ const ENGINE_DEFAULTS = {
     // keep_processes use cases.
     requireGitWorkdir: true,
   },
+  // P-7a3b1c92 / plan W-mp7k1r760003b5dd — managed-spawn primitive: agents
+  // describe long-running services in agents/<id>/managed-spawn.json and the
+  // engine owns the spawn + healthcheck lifecycle. These defaults gate the
+  // validator (engine/managed-spawn.js) and later the engine-side spawn loop,
+  // per-tick sweep, playbook hint, and dashboard endpoints. Mirrors the
+  // `keepProcesses` block intentionally — symmetry with the keep-pids
+  // primitive is the documented design convention.
+  managedSpawn: {
+    enabled: true,                  // global kill switch; opt-in per-WI via meta.managed_spawn
+    maxSpecsPerFile: 5,             // ≤5 specs per managed-spawn.json file
+    maxNameLength: 64,              // kebab-case spec name cap
+    maxArgsCount: 64,               // child-process arg-vector cap per spec
+    maxEnvVars: 32,                 // env-object cap per spec
+    maxAttrsBytes: 2048,            // serialized `attrs` blob cap per spec
+    maxTtlMinutes: 1440,            // 24h hard cap on per-spec TTL
+    defaultTtlMinutes: 240,         // 4h default when spec.ttl_minutes omitted
+    sweepEvery: 30,                 // ticks between TTL/dead-PID sweeps
+    defaultHealthIntervalSec: 1,    // healthcheck polling cadence pre-healthy
+    healthBackoffSec: 30,           // healthcheck liveness cadence post-healthy
+    logRotateBytes: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // 10MB rotation threshold for managed-logs/<name>.log
+    bootReconcileMaxMs: 2000,       // boot-time reconcile timeout (don't block engine boot)
+    promptContextMaxBytes: 2048,    // cap on auto-injected `## Live managed processes` block
+    requireGitWorkdir: true,        // reject specs whose `cwd` isn't a real git worktree
+    // Single global executable allowlist. Applies to both `spec.cmd` and any
+    // `command` healthcheck's `cmd`. Keep narrow — adding a binary here lets
+    // any agent's sidecar invoke it under engine ownership.
+    executableAllowlist: [
+      'node', 'bun', 'npm', 'npx', 'pnpm', 'yarn',
+      'python', 'python3', 'pip', 'pip3',
+      'docker', 'podman',
+      'adb', 'emulator',
+      'gradle', 'gradlew', 'mvn',
+      'pwsh', 'powershell', 'bash', 'sh',
+      'curl', 'wget',
+      'git',
+    ],
+    // Env-key allowlist (exact match). Tight by default so a managed spec
+    // can't leak credentials (AWS_*, AZURE_*, GH_TOKEN, etc.). Anything not
+    // here must match one of the allowed prefixes below.
+    envKeyAllowlist: [
+      'NODE_ENV', 'PORT', 'HOST', 'PATH',
+      'DEBUG', 'LOG_LEVEL',
+      'HOME', 'USERPROFILE', 'TMPDIR', 'TEMP', 'TMP',
+      'LANG', 'LC_ALL',
+      'JAVA_HOME', 'ANDROID_HOME', 'ANDROID_SDK_ROOT',
+    ],
+    // Env-key prefix allowlist. Standard ecosystem prefixes that frontends
+    // and tooling depend on (Vite, Next.js, CRA, npm scripts). Extend with
+    // caution; broad prefixes (`AWS_`, `AZURE_`) belong on a deny-list, not
+    // an allow-list.
+    envKeyAllowlistPrefixes: [
+      'VITE_', 'NEXT_', 'REACT_APP_', 'NUXT_', 'GATSBY_',
+      'npm_config_', 'NPM_CONFIG_',
+      'MINIONS_',
+    ],
+  },
   // Backward-compat: keep `engine.claude.*` field family deprecation tracker. Listed here so preflight
   // knows which subkeys to flag as deprecated. Do not consume `claude.*` in new code — use the runtime
   // adapter system (engine/runtimes/) and the resolveAgent*/resolveCc* helpers instead.
@@ -2081,6 +2196,8 @@ const FAILURE_CLASS = {
   WORKTREE_PREFLIGHT: 'worktree-preflight', // Pre-spawn worktree validation rejected (nested-in-project, drive-root collapse) — never retryable
   INVALID_KEEP_PROCESSES_WORKDIR: 'invalid-keep-processes-workdir', // W-mp6k7ywi000fa33c: keep-pids.json declared a cwd that is not a real git worktree (likely a selective copy of the repo) — never retryable; agent must rerun in a real worktree
   INVALID_KEEP_PROCESSES_SCHEMA: 'invalid-keep-processes-schema', // W-mp7i902u000l991f: keep-pids.json failed validation for a reason other than workdir (pids-missing, ttl-too-long, expires_at-missing, pids-too-many, port-invalid, etc.) — agent wrote the wrong shape; never retryable until they fix the file
+  INVALID_MANAGED_SPAWN: 'invalid-managed-spawn', // P-7a3b1c92: agents/<id>/managed-spawn.json failed validator (bad schema, broken workdir, executable/env not on allowlist, healthcheck shape wrong). Engine refuses to spawn any spec — agent must fix file; never retryable as-is.
+  MANAGED_SPAWN_HEALTHCHECK_FAILED: 'managed-spawn-healthcheck-failed', // P-7a3b1c92: at least one managed-spawn spec was spawned but failed its healthcheck within timeout_s. Engine killed the failing PIDs; siblings stay alive. Dispatch ERROR with the failing spec name + log tail surfaced in the inbox alert.
   UNKNOWN: 'unknown',                     // Unclassified failure
 };
 const ESCALATION_POLICY = {
@@ -4297,6 +4414,7 @@ module.exports = {
   _WIN_RESERVED_NAMES, // exported for testing
   LOCK_STALE_MS,
   isPidAlive,
+  openAppendLogFd,
   flushLogs,
   redactSecrets,
   slugify,

package/engine.js

@@ -2224,6 +2224,213 @@ async function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
       }
     }
 
+    // P-2d5e8f04 — managed-spawn acceptance gate. Symmetric to the
+    // keep-processes block above but for `agents/<id>/managed-spawn.json`:
+    // engine owns the spawn + lifecycle of the long-running services the
+    // agent described in its sidecar. This gate (a) rejects malformed
+    // sidecars as a hard non-retryable failure with a dedicated failure
+    // class + inbox alert, and (b) on success spawns each spec detached and
+    // batch-records them in engine/managed-processes.json. Healthcheck loops
+    // + dispatch ERROR-on-healthcheck-failure land in the follow-up item;
+    // for now a spec that spawns successfully is recorded with
+    // healthy:false, alive:true and the engine sweep / item-3 healthcheck
+    // loop will drive its state from there.
+    let managedSpawnAcceptanceFailure = null;
+    let managedSpawnSpawned = []; // [{name, pid, started_at, log_path}]
+    {
+      const _wiMeta = dispatchItem.meta?.item?.meta || {};
+      const _msEnabled = !!_wiMeta.managed_spawn
+        || !!dispatchItem.meta?.managed_spawn;
+      if (_msEnabled) {
+        try {
+          const managedSpawn = require('./engine/managed-spawn');
+          const evalResult = managedSpawn.evaluateManagedSpawnAcceptance(agentId);
+          if (evalResult.exists && !evalResult.accepted) {
+            managedSpawnAcceptanceFailure = {
+              reason: evalResult.reason,
+              filePath: evalResult.filePath,
+              isWorkdirRejection: !!evalResult.isWorkdirRejection,
+              parsedRaw: evalResult.parsedRaw || null,
+            };
+            try { fs.unlinkSync(evalResult.filePath); } catch (_e) { /* gone or busy */ }
+            log('warn', `managed-spawn acceptance: REJECTED ${agentId} (${id}) — ${evalResult.reason}; sidecar deleted`);
+            try {
+              const wiId = dispatchItem.meta?.item?.id || '';
+              const canonicalHint = (() => {
+                try {
+                  return managedSpawn.buildManagedSpawnHint({
+                    agentId,
+                    workItemId: wiId,
+                    minionsDir: shared.MINIONS_DIR,
+                  });
+                } catch (_hintErr) { return ''; }
+              })();
+              let parsedSnippet = '';
+              if (evalResult.parsedRaw) {
+                try { parsedSnippet = JSON.stringify(evalResult.parsedRaw, null, 2); }
+                catch (_jsonErr) { parsedSnippet = String(evalResult.parsedRaw); }
+                if (parsedSnippet.length > 500) parsedSnippet = parsedSnippet.slice(0, 500) + '\n... (truncated)';
+              }
+              const alertBody = [
+                `# managed_spawn setup REJECTED for ${agentId}`,
+                '',
+                `Your \`agents/${agentId}/managed-spawn.json\` failed validation: \`${evalResult.reason}\`.`,
+                'No services were spawned and the dispatch was marked ERROR (non-retryable).',
+                '',
+                wiId ? `Work item: ${wiId}` : '',
+                `Agent: ${agentId}`,
+                `Dispatch: ${id}`,
+                '',
+                parsedSnippet ? '## What you wrote\n\n```json\n' + parsedSnippet + '\n```\n' : '',
+                '## Canonical shape',
+                '',
+                canonicalHint || '(see `engine/managed-spawn.js` `buildManagedSpawnHint` for the canonical shape.)',
+                '',
+              ].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
+              writeInboxAlert(`managed-spawn-${agentId}`, alertBody);
+            } catch (alertErr) {
+              log('warn', `managed-spawn acceptance: failed to emit inbox alert for ${agentId}: ${alertErr.message}`);
+            }
+          } else if (evalResult.exists && evalResult.accepted && evalResult.record) {
+            // Valid sidecar — spawn each spec detached and batch-record.
+            // Per-spec failure here (e.g., binary missing on PATH despite
+            // passing the allowlist) marks the whole gate failed so the
+            // dispatch fails ERROR. Surviving siblings get killed for
+            // consistency — the agent should not exit green with a partial
+            // service set up.
+            const ctx = {
+              owner_agent: agentId,
+              owner_wi: dispatchItem.meta?.item?.id || '',
+              owner_project: project?.name || '',
+            };
+            const spawnedItems = [];
+            let spawnFailureReason = null;
+            for (const spec of evalResult.record.specs) {
+              try {
+                const runtime = managedSpawn.spawnManagedSpec(spec, ctx);
+                spawnedItems.push({ spec, runtime });
+                managedSpawnSpawned.push({ name: spec.name, pid: runtime.pid, started_at: runtime.started_at, log_path: runtime.log_path });
+              } catch (specErr) {
+                spawnFailureReason = `spawn failed for ${spec.name}: ${specErr.message}`;
+                log('warn', `managed-spawn: ${spawnFailureReason}`);
+                break;
+              }
+            }
+            if (spawnFailureReason) {
+              // Roll back: kill anything we just spawned, leave no dangling
+              // state. This is consistent with the "all healthy or fail"
+              // contract item 3 will enforce on healthcheck timeout.
+              for (const item of spawnedItems) {
+                try { shared.killByPidImmediate(item.runtime.pid); } catch (_e) {}
+              }
+              managedSpawnSpawned = [];
+              managedSpawnAcceptanceFailure = {
+                reason: spawnFailureReason,
+                filePath: evalResult.filePath,
+                isWorkdirRejection: false,
+                parsedRaw: null,
+              };
+              try { fs.unlinkSync(evalResult.filePath); } catch (_e) {}
+            } else {
+              try {
+                managedSpawn.recordManagedBatch(spawnedItems, ctx);
+              } catch (recErr) {
+                log('warn', `managed-spawn: state-file write failed for ${agentId}: ${recErr.message}`);
+              }
+              // The sidecar has been ingested into the state file; unlink
+              // it so a future dispatch for this agent does not re-spawn
+              // the same specs (the state file is the source of truth).
+              try { fs.unlinkSync(evalResult.filePath); } catch (_e) {}
+              log('info', `managed-spawn accepted: ${agentId} (${id}) spawned ${managedSpawnSpawned.length} spec(s)`);
+            }
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          log('warn', `managed-spawn acceptance check failed for ${agentId} (${id}): ${e.message}`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // P-9c1f47a6 — managed-spawn healthcheck gate (item 3). After all specs
+    // are spawned + persisted, wait for each spec's first healthcheck to
+    // pass (or fail) within its declared timeout_s. Any failure here forces
+    // the dispatch to ERROR with FAILURE_CLASS.MANAGED_SPAWN_HEALTHCHECK_FAILED,
+    // kills the failing spec's PID + removes its state entry, attaches a
+    // log tail to the inbox alert, and leaves surviving siblings alone (a
+    // partial-failure spec set is more useful than an all-or-nothing wipe
+    // — the agent's later dispatch can inspect /api/managed-processes and
+    // either restart the failed one or remove the survivors itself).
+    let managedSpawnHealthcheckFailure = null;
+    if (managedSpawnSpawned.length > 0) {
+      try {
+        const managedSpawn = require('./engine/managed-spawn');
+        const items = managedSpawnSpawned;
+        // Re-read the specs from the state file (recordManagedBatch normalised
+        // them — healthcheck shape lives there now).
+        const liveSpecs = managedSpawn.listManagedSpecs();
+        const byName = new Map(liveSpecs.map(s => [s.name, s]));
+        const results = await Promise.allSettled(items.map((spawned) => {
+          const spec = byName.get(spawned.name);
+          if (!spec || !spec.healthcheck) {
+            return Promise.resolve({ healthy: false, error: 'no healthcheck recorded for ' + spawned.name, _name: spawned.name });
+          }
+          return managedSpawn.waitForFirstHealth(spec).then(r => Object.assign({ _name: spec.name, _pid: spawned.pid }, r));
+        }));
+        const failed = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
+          const r = results[i];
+          if (r.status === 'rejected') {
+            failed.push({ name: items[i].name, pid: items[i].pid, error: 'healthcheck threw: ' + (r.reason && r.reason.message ? r.reason.message : String(r.reason)) });
+            continue;
+          }
+          if (!r.value.healthy) {
+            failed.push({ name: r.value._name || items[i].name, pid: r.value._pid || items[i].pid, error: r.value.error || 'unhealthy' });
+          }
+        }
+        if (failed.length > 0) {
+          // Kill failing PIDs + drop their state entries. Surviving siblings
+          // stay alive intentionally (see comment above).
+          for (const f of failed) {
+            try { managedSpawn.removeManagedSpec(f.name); }
+            catch (e) { log('warn', `managed-spawn healthcheck: cleanup failed for ${f.name}: ${e.message}`); }
+          }
+          managedSpawnHealthcheckFailure = {
+            failed: failed,
+            survivedNames: items.filter(it => !failed.some(f => f.name === it.name)).map(it => it.name),
+          };
+          log('warn', `managed-spawn healthcheck: ${failed.length}/${items.length} spec(s) failed for ${agentId} (${id}); ` +
+            failed.map(f => `${f.name}=${f.error}`).join('; '));
+          try {
+            const wiId = dispatchItem.meta?.item?.id || '';
+            const logTails = failed.map(f => {
+              const tail = managedSpawn.tailManagedLog(f.name, 50) || '(log empty or unreadable)';
+              return '### ' + f.name + ' (pid ' + (f.pid || '?') + ')\n\nReason: `' + f.error + '`\n\n```\n' + tail.slice(-2000) + '\n```';
+            }).join('\n\n');
+            const alertBody = [
+              `# managed_spawn healthcheck FAILED for ${agentId}`,
+              '',
+              `${failed.length} of ${items.length} spec(s) failed their first healthcheck within \`timeout_s\`. The failing PIDs were killed and their state entries removed; surviving siblings (${managedSpawnHealthcheckFailure.survivedNames.join(', ') || 'none'}) stay alive.`,
+              '',
+              wiId ? `Work item: ${wiId}` : '',
+              `Agent: ${agentId}`,
+              `Dispatch: ${id}`,
+              '',
+              '## Failure detail + log tails',
+              '',
+              logTails,
+              '',
+            ].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
+            writeInboxAlert(`managed-spawn-healthcheck-${agentId}`, alertBody);
+          } catch (alertErr) {
+            log('warn', `managed-spawn healthcheck: failed to emit inbox alert for ${agentId}: ${alertErr.message}`);
+          }
+        } else {
+          log('info', `managed-spawn healthcheck: ${items.length} spec(s) healthy for ${agentId} (${id})`);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        log('warn', `managed-spawn healthcheck check failed for ${agentId} (${id}): ${e.message}`);
+      }
+    }
+
     // Move from active to completed in dispatch (single source of truth for agent status)
     // autoRecovered: agent failed after creating PRs — treat as success
     const hardContractFail = completionContractFailure?.severity === 'hard'
@@ -2239,7 +2446,15 @@ async function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
     // not silently treated as success even when exit code is 0. Both
     // workdir and schema rejections route here; the failure_class differs.
     const keepProcessesAcceptanceFail = !!keepProcessesAcceptanceFailure;
-    const effectiveResult = (hardContractFail || nonceFail || keepProcessesAcceptanceFail)
+    // P-2d5e8f04 — managed-spawn acceptance failure is also a hard failure
+    // (same reasoning). Maps to FAILURE_CLASS.INVALID_MANAGED_SPAWN.
+    const managedSpawnAcceptanceFail = !!managedSpawnAcceptanceFailure;
+    // P-9c1f47a6 — managed-spawn healthcheck failure is also a hard failure:
+    // the agent claims the service is set up but it never became healthy
+    // within the declared timeout. Maps to
+    // FAILURE_CLASS.MANAGED_SPAWN_HEALTHCHECK_FAILED.
+    const managedSpawnHealthcheckFail = !!managedSpawnHealthcheckFailure;
+    const effectiveResult = (hardContractFail || nonceFail || keepProcessesAcceptanceFail || managedSpawnAcceptanceFail || managedSpawnHealthcheckFail)
       ? DISPATCH_RESULT.ERROR
       : (((code === 0 && !agentReportedFailure) || autoRecovered) ? DISPATCH_RESULT.SUCCESS : DISPATCH_RESULT.ERROR);
     const finalCompletionReportPath = structuredCompletion?._path || dispatchItem.meta?.completionReportPath || shared.dispatchCompletionReportPath(id);
@@ -2252,21 +2467,30 @@ async function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
           ? FAILURE_CLASS.INVALID_KEEP_PROCESSES_WORKDIR
           : FAILURE_CLASS.INVALID_KEEP_PROCESSES_SCHEMA)
       : null;
-    const completeOpts = keepProcessesAcceptanceFail
-      ? { ...completionOpts, failureClass: _kpFailureClass, agentRetryable: false }
-      : (nonceFail
-          ? { ...completionOpts, failureClass: nonceMismatch.failureClass, agentRetryable: false }
-          : (hardContractFail
-              ? { ...completionOpts, processWorkItemFailure: false }
-              : (effectiveResult === DISPATCH_RESULT.ERROR ? {
-                  ...completionOpts,
-                  ...(failureClass ? { failureClass } : {}),
-                  ...(typeof retryableDecision === 'boolean' ? { agentRetryable: retryableDecision } : {}),
-                  ...(structuredCompletion?.failure_class ? { failureClass: structuredCompletion.failure_class } : {}),
-                } : completionOpts)));
+    const completeOpts = managedSpawnHealthcheckFail
+      ? { ...completionOpts, failureClass: FAILURE_CLASS.MANAGED_SPAWN_HEALTHCHECK_FAILED, agentRetryable: false }
+      : (managedSpawnAcceptanceFail
+        ? { ...completionOpts, failureClass: FAILURE_CLASS.INVALID_MANAGED_SPAWN, agentRetryable: false }
+        : (keepProcessesAcceptanceFail
+          ? { ...completionOpts, failureClass: _kpFailureClass, agentRetryable: false }
+          : (nonceFail
+              ? { ...completionOpts, failureClass: nonceMismatch.failureClass, agentRetryable: false }
+              : (hardContractFail
+                  ? { ...completionOpts, processWorkItemFailure: false }
+                  : (effectiveResult === DISPATCH_RESULT.ERROR ? {
+                      ...completionOpts,
+                      ...(failureClass ? { failureClass } : {}),
+                      ...(typeof retryableDecision === 'boolean' ? { agentRetryable: retryableDecision } : {}),
+                      ...(structuredCompletion?.failure_class ? { failureClass: structuredCompletion.failure_class } : {}),
+                    } : completionOpts)))));
     // Extract last 5 non-empty stderr lines as error context when exit code is non-zero
     let errorReason = '';
-    if (keepProcessesAcceptanceFail) {
+    if (managedSpawnHealthcheckFail) {
+      const failNames = managedSpawnHealthcheckFailure.failed.map(f => f.name).join(',');
+      errorReason = `managed_spawn_healthcheck_failed: ${failNames} (${managedSpawnHealthcheckFailure.failed.length}/${managedSpawnSpawned.length})`.slice(0, 300);
+    } else if (managedSpawnAcceptanceFail) {
+      errorReason = `invalid_managed_spawn: ${managedSpawnAcceptanceFailure.reason}`.slice(0, 300);
+    } else if (keepProcessesAcceptanceFail) {
       if (keepProcessesAcceptanceFailure.isWorkdirRejection) {
         errorReason = `invalid_keep_processes_workdir: ${keepProcessesAcceptanceFailure.reason} (cwd=${keepProcessesAcceptanceFailure.cwd || '<unknown>'})`.slice(0, 300);
       } else {
@@ -4015,6 +4239,14 @@ function renderProjectWorkItemPromptForAgent(item, workType, agentId, config, pr
     keep_processes_ttl_minutes: item.meta && Number.isFinite(Number(item.meta.keep_processes_ttl_minutes))
       ? Math.floor(Number(item.meta.keep_processes_ttl_minutes))
       : '',
+    // P-1f9c3a45 — opt-in managed_spawn hint plumbed via item.meta. Same
+    // default-off shape as keep_processes; truthy fires the agent-side
+    // sidecar instructions in renderPlaybook. Live-processes auto-inject is
+    // project-scoped and unconditional (not gated on this flag).
+    managed_spawn: !!(item.meta && item.meta.managed_spawn),
+    managed_spawn_ttl_minutes: item.meta && Number.isFinite(Number(item.meta.managed_spawn_ttl_minutes))
+      ? Math.floor(Number(item.meta.managed_spawn_ttl_minutes))
+      : '',
   };
   const cpResult = buildWorkItemDispatchVars(item, vars, config, {
     worktreePath: vars.worktree_path || root,
@@ -5425,6 +5657,24 @@ async function tickInner() {
     if (_isTickStale(myGeneration)) return;
   }
 
+  // 2.53. managed-spawn TTL/dead-PID sweep + log rotation (P-8a4d6f29). Walks
+  // engine/managed-processes.json, kills TTL-expired specs, drops dead-PID
+  // rows, rotates managed-logs/<name>.log past ENGINE_DEFAULTS.managedSpawn
+  // .logRotateBytes. Mirrors the keep-processes sweep cadence (sweepEvery=30)
+  // so the engine never iterates per-spec on every tick. Healthcheck loops
+  // remain per-spec / self-scheduled and are NOT driven from here.
+  const managedSweepEvery = Math.max(1, ENGINE_DEFAULTS.managedSpawn?.sweepEvery || 30);
+  if (ENGINE_DEFAULTS.managedSpawn?.enabled !== false && tickCount % managedSweepEvery === 0) {
+    safe('sweepManagedSpawn', () => {
+      const { sweepManagedSpawn } = require('./engine/managed-spawn');
+      const stats = sweepManagedSpawn();
+      if (stats.scanned > 0 && (stats.ttlExpired || stats.deadDropped || stats.rotatedLogs || stats.malformed)) {
+        log('info', `managed-spawn sweep: scanned=${stats.scanned} ttl=${stats.ttlExpired} dead=${stats.deadDropped} killed=${stats.killedPids} rotated=${stats.rotatedLogs} malformed=${stats.malformed}`);
+      }
+    });
+    if (_isTickStale(myGeneration)) return;
+  }
+
   // 2.55. Check persistent watches (3 tick-equivalents, default ~3 minutes)
   const watchPollIntervalMs = _pollIntervalMsFromTicks(3, tickIntervalMs);
   if (_shouldRunPeriodicPhase(now, lastWatchCheckAt, watchPollIntervalMs)) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.1965",
+  "version": "0.1.1967",
   "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"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "test:e2e:report": "npx playwright show-report test/playwright/report",
     "test:e2e:video": "npx playwright test --video=on --headed",
     "test:all": "node test/run-parallel.js && node test/minions-tests.js && node test/integration/run.js",
+    "test:perf": "node test/perf/managed-spawn-load.test.js",
     "test:e2e:accept": "node test/playwright/accept-baseline.js",
     "test:e2e:accept-force": "node test/playwright/accept-baseline.js --force",
     "test:setup": "npx playwright install chromium"