@yemi33/minions 0.1.407 → 0.1.409

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.409 (2026-04-06)
+
+### Fixes
+-  npm version check — use npm.cmd on Windows, log errors, expose in API
+
+## 0.1.408 (2026-04-06)
+
+### Fixes
+-  minions update auto-restarts engine + dashboard after upgrading
+
 ## 0.1.407 (2026-04-06)
 
 ### Features

package/bin/minions.js

@@ -483,6 +483,9 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === 'help' || cmd === '--help' || cmd === '-h') {
   }
   // Re-exec the NEW binary (just installed) so the updated code runs init --force
   execSync('minions init --force', { stdio: 'inherit', timeout: 120000 });
+  // Restart engine + dashboard so they pick up the new code
+  console.log('\n  Restarting engine and dashboard...\n');
+  execSync('minions restart', { stdio: 'inherit', timeout: 60000 });
 } else if (cmd === 'version' || cmd === '--version' || cmd === '-v') {
   showVersion();
 } else if (cmd === 'add' || cmd === 'remove' || cmd === 'list' || cmd === 'scan') {

package/dashboard.js

@@ -181,15 +181,18 @@ async function checkNpmVersion() {
   try {
     // Use npm view — respects user's .npmrc proxy/registry config (unlike raw https.get)
     const { execFile } = require('child_process');
+    // On Windows, detached processes may not have npm on PATH — use npm.cmd explicitly
+    const npmCmd = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'npm.cmd' : 'npm';
     const version = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      execFile('npm', ['view', PKG_NAME, 'version'], { timeout: 15000, windowsHide: true }, (err, stdout) => {
+      execFile(npmCmd, ['view', PKG_NAME, 'version'], { timeout: 15000, windowsHide: true, env: process.env }, (err, stdout) => {
         if (err) reject(err); else resolve((stdout || '').trim());
       });
     });
     _npmVersionCache = { latest: version || null, checkedAt: new Date().toISOString() };
     _npmVersionCacheTs = now;
-  } catch {
-    _npmVersionCache = _npmVersionCache || { latest: null, checkedAt: null, error: 'check failed' };
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('[version-check] npm view failed:', e.message?.split('\n')[0]);
+    _npmVersionCache = _npmVersionCache || { latest: null, checkedAt: null, error: e.message?.split('\n')[0] || 'check failed' };
   }
   return _npmVersionCache;
 }
@@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ function getStatus() {
         stale: engineStale || dashboardStale,
         latest: _npmVersionCache?.latest || null,
         updateAvailable: !!(diskVersion && _npmVersionCache?.latest && _npmVersionCache.latest !== diskVersion && _compareVersions(_npmVersionCache.latest, diskVersion) > 0),
+        _npmCheckError: _npmVersionCache?.error || null,
       };
     })(),
     timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.407",
+  "version": "0.1.409",
   "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"