@yemi33/minions 0.1.618 → 0.1.620

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.620 (2026-04-08)
+
+### Fixes
+-  import safeUnlink in engine.js spawn cleanup path (closes #575) (#576)
+-  engine stuck in stopped state after dashboard restart (closes #564) (#573)
+
 ## 0.1.618 (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.js

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ const { getProjects, projectRoot, projectStateDir, projectWorkItemsPath, project
 const safeJson = shared.safeJson;
 const safeRead = shared.safeRead;
 const safeWrite = shared.safeWrite;
+const safeUnlink = shared.safeUnlink;
 const mutateJsonFileLocked = shared.mutateJsonFileLocked;
 const mutateWorkItems = shared.mutateWorkItems;
 const mutatePullRequests = shared.mutatePullRequests;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.618",
+  "version": "0.1.620",
   "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"