@yemi33/minions 0.1.617 → 0.1.619

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.619 (2026-04-08)
+
+### Fixes
+-  engine stuck in stopped state after dashboard restart (closes #564) (#573)
+
+## 0.1.618 (2026-04-08)
+
+### Fixes
+-  also check for claude.exe in Windows tasklist before killing
+
 ## 0.1.617 (2026-04-08)
 
 ### Fixes

package/dashboard.js

@@ -907,7 +907,11 @@ function cleanDispatchEntries(matchFn) {
 
 function spawnEngine() {
   const controlPath = path.join(ENGINE_DIR, 'control.json');
-  safeWrite(controlPath, { state: 'stopped', pid: null, restarted_at: new Date().toISOString() });
+  // Don't pre-write 'stopped' — let the new engine process own its state transition.
+  // The engine start code already handles state:'running' with a dead PID gracefully.
+  // Only set restarted_at + clear stale pid so dashboard shows the restart timestamp.
+  const control = safeJson(controlPath) || {};
+  safeWrite(controlPath, { ...control, pid: null, restarted_at: new Date().toISOString() });
   const { spawn: cpSpawn } = require('child_process');
   const childEnv = { ...process.env };
   for (const key of Object.keys(childEnv)) {

package/engine/cleanup.js

@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ function _killProcessInWorktree(dir, activeProcesses, activeIds) {
         try {
           if (process.platform === 'win32') {
             const taskInfo = exec(`tasklist /FI "PID eq ${pid}" /NH`, { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 3000, windowsHide: true });
-            if (!taskInfo.toLowerCase().includes('node')) continue; // not a node process — skip
+            const taskLower = taskInfo.toLowerCase();
+            if (!taskLower.includes('node') && !taskLower.includes('claude')) continue;
             exec(`taskkill /F /PID ${pid}`, { stdio: 'pipe', timeout: 5000, windowsHide: true });
           } else {
             // Verify it's a node process before killing (prevent recycled PID kill)

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.617",
+  "version": "0.1.619",
   "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"