@yemi33/minions 0.1.385 → 0.1.387

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.387 (2026-04-06)
+
+### Fixes
+-  version check — bust require cache, check HTTP status from npm
+
+## 0.1.386 (2026-04-06)
+
+### Fixes
+-  cache git rev-parse in version check — was spawning every 4s
+
 ## 0.1.385 (2026-04-06)
 
 ### Features

package/dashboard.js

@@ -173,10 +173,11 @@ async function checkNpmVersion() {
   try {
     const https = require('https');
     const data = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const req = https.get(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${PKG_NAME}/latest`, { timeout: 5000 }, (res) => {
+      const req = https.get(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${PKG_NAME}/latest`, { timeout: 5000 }, (resp) => {
+        if (resp.statusCode !== 200) { reject(new Error('npm registry ' + resp.statusCode)); resp.resume(); return; }
         let body = '';
-        res.on('data', c => body += c);
-        res.on('end', () => { try { resolve(JSON.parse(body)); } catch { reject(new Error('bad json')); } });
+        resp.on('data', c => body += c);
+        resp.on('end', () => { try { resolve(JSON.parse(body)); } catch { reject(new Error('bad json')); } });
       });
       req.on('error', reject);
       req.on('timeout', () => { req.destroy(); reject(new Error('timeout')); });
@@ -202,6 +203,26 @@ function _compareVersions(a, b) {
 // Kick off first npm check on startup (non-blocking)
 checkNpmVersion().catch(() => {});
 
+// Cache disk version + git commit (only changes on deploy/pull, not per-request)
+let _diskVersionCache = null;
+let _diskVersionCacheTs = 0;
+const DISK_VERSION_TTL = 60000; // re-check every 60s
+function getDiskVersion() {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  if (_diskVersionCache && (now - _diskVersionCacheTs) < DISK_VERSION_TTL) return _diskVersionCache;
+  let diskVersion = null;
+  try {
+    const pkgPath = require.resolve('./package.json');
+    delete require.cache[pkgPath]; // bust Node's require cache so npm updates are detected
+    diskVersion = require('./package.json').version;
+  } catch {}
+  let diskCommit = null;
+  try { diskCommit = require('child_process').execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', { cwd: MINIONS_DIR, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 5000, windowsHide: true }).trim(); } catch {}
+  _diskVersionCache = { diskVersion, diskCommit };
+  _diskVersionCacheTs = now;
+  return _diskVersionCache;
+}
+
 function getMcpServers() {
   try {
     const home = os.homedir();
@@ -291,10 +312,7 @@ function getStatus() {
     installId: safeRead(path.join(MINIONS_DIR, '.install-id')).trim() || null,
     version: (() => {
       const engine = getEngineState();
-      let diskVersion = null;
-      try { diskVersion = require('./package.json').version; } catch {}
-      let diskCommit = null;
-      try { diskCommit = require('child_process').execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', { cwd: MINIONS_DIR, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 5000, windowsHide: true }).trim(); } catch {}
+      const { diskVersion, diskCommit } = getDiskVersion();
       return {
         running: engine.codeVersion || null,
         runningCommit: engine.codeCommit || null,
@@ -3412,15 +3430,17 @@ What would you like to discuss or change? When you're happy, say "approve" and I
     // Routes endpoint (self-describing API)
     { method: 'GET', path: '/api/version', desc: 'Current + latest version info with update check', handler: async (req, res) => {
       const npm = await checkNpmVersion();
-      let diskVersion = null;
-      try { diskVersion = require('./package.json').version; } catch {}
+      const { diskVersion, diskCommit } = getDiskVersion();
       const engine = getEngineState();
       return jsonReply(res, 200, {
         current: diskVersion,
+        currentCommit: diskCommit,
         running: engine.codeVersion || null,
+        runningCommit: engine.codeCommit || null,
         latest: npm.latest,
         updateAvailable: !!(diskVersion && npm.latest && _compareVersions(npm.latest, diskVersion) > 0),
-        stale: !!(engine.codeVersion && diskVersion && engine.codeVersion !== diskVersion),
+        stale: !!(engine.codeVersion && diskVersion && engine.codeVersion !== diskVersion) ||
+               !!(engine.codeCommit && diskCommit && engine.codeCommit !== diskCommit),
         checkedAt: npm.checkedAt,
       });
     }},

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.385",
+  "version": "0.1.387",
   "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"