dashcam 1.0.1-beta.31 → 1.0.1-beta.32

package/bin/dashcam.js

@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ async function recordingAction(options, command) {
       log('Use "dashcam status" to check progress');
       log('Use "dashcam stop" to stop recording and upload');
       
-      // Process can exit now - background process is detached
+      // Close stdout/stderr and exit immediately to prevent blocking
+      // when called from automation scripts with piped output
+      process.stdout.end();
+      process.stderr.end();
       process.exit(0);
       
     } catch (error) {

package/lib/processManager.js

@@ -238,11 +238,20 @@ class ProcessManager {
     const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
     const backgroundScript = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'bin', 'dashcam-background.js');
     
-    // Spawn a detached background process
-    const child = spawn(process.execPath, [backgroundScript, JSON.stringify(options)], {
+    // On Windows, we need to ensure stdio is completely detached
+    const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+    const spawnOptions = {
       detached: true,
       stdio: 'ignore'
-    });
+    };
+    
+    // On Windows, also create a new process group to fully detach
+    if (isWindows) {
+      spawnOptions.windowsHide = true;
+    }
+    
+    // Spawn a detached background process
+    const child = spawn(process.execPath, [backgroundScript, JSON.stringify(options)], spawnOptions);
     
     // Unref so the parent process can exit
     child.unref();
@@ -254,7 +263,8 @@ class ProcessManager {
 
     logger.info('Background process spawned successfully', { 
       pid,
-      backgroundScript
+      backgroundScript,
+      platform: process.platform
     });
     
     // Wait a moment for the background process to write its status

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dashcam",
-  "version": "1.0.1-beta.31",
+  "version": "1.0.1-beta.32",
   "description": "Minimal CLI version of Dashcam desktop app",
   "main": "bin/index.js",
   "bin": {