troxy-cli 1.29.5 → 1.29.7

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "troxy-cli",
-  "version": "1.29.5",
+  "version": "1.29.7",
   "description": "A secure control layer for AI agents: policies across payments, messages, logins, destructive actions, model usage, and secrets, all enforceable from the CLI",
   "homepage": "https://troxy.io",
   "bugs": {

package/src/command-compaction.js

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// Token Optimization plan, Step 4 (real scope, not the artifact's original
+// one): rewrite a small, explicit set of known-verbose Bash commands into
+// their own natively-concise equivalent, via PreToolUse's `updatedInput`
+// field - BEFORE the command runs, since that's the only rewrite point
+// Claude Code's real hook contract offers. There is no PostToolUse field
+// that replaces a tool's actual output (confirmed against Claude Code's
+// hooks reference, 2026-09-13) - a hook can only add supplementary
+// `additionalContext` alongside the original output, or block the call
+// entirely and feed Claude a reason instead of a result. So "compact the
+// output after it runs" is not buildable here at all; this only ever
+// rewrites the INPUT of a command whose own concise flag produces
+// equivalent information in less text.
+//
+// Deliberately small and conservative, not exhaustive: every rule here is
+// a pure reformat (git status --porcelain carries the same file-state
+// information as the verbose default, just machine-shaped) or a noise
+// reduction of genuinely redundant detail (pytest's -q drops per-test
+// PASSED lines, not failure detail) - never a rule that could cause an
+// agent to act on less information than it would have had. A rule that
+// trades size for real information loss (git log --oneline drops full
+// commit messages and authorship) does NOT belong here even though it
+// would shrink output - see docs/superpowers/specs for the fuller set of
+// commands considered and explicitly excluded for that reason.
+//
+// Pure and synchronous on purpose: called from pretooluse-hook.js's hot
+// path, which must fail open fast (see that file's own docstring) - no
+// network calls, no I/O, nothing that can hang or throw asynchronously.
+
+// Each rule: `test(command)` returns true if this rule applies; `rewrite`
+// returns the new command string. Order matters - first match wins.
+const _RULES = [
+  {
+    name: 'git-status-porcelain',
+    // Bare `git status`, optionally with a pathspec, but not already
+    // carrying its own format flag - regex, not a shell parser, so
+    // deliberately narrow: only matches when `git status` is the whole
+    // command (optionally followed by plain word/path arguments), never
+    // inside a compound command (&&, ;, |) where naive rewriting could
+    // easily target the wrong part of the line. Missing a rewrite
+    // opportunity is harmless; rewriting the wrong thing is not.
+    test(command) {
+      return /^git\s+status(\s+[^&;|]*)?$/.test(command.trim())
+        && !/(--porcelain|--short|-s\b|--long)/.test(command);
+    },
+    rewrite(command) {
+      return `${command.trim()} --porcelain=v1`;
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'pytest-quiet',
+    // Bare `pytest`/`python -m pytest`, not already carrying its own
+    // verbosity flag. -q drops the per-test PASSED noise; failure output
+    // (the only detail an agent actually needs to act on) is unaffected.
+    test(command) {
+      return /^(python[3]?\s+-m\s+)?pytest(\s+[^&;|]*)?$/.test(command.trim())
+        && !/(-q\b|--quiet|-v\b|--verbose|-vv)/.test(command);
+    },
+    rewrite(command) {
+      return `${command.trim()} -q`;
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+/**
+ * Returns a rewritten command string if a rule applies, or null if none do
+ * (including on any internal error - never throws, this is a pure
+ * best-effort optimization, not a correctness requirement).
+ */
+export function compactBashCommand(command) {
+  if (typeof command !== 'string' || !command.trim()) return null;
+  try {
+    for (const rule of _RULES) {
+      if (rule.test(command)) {
+        // No "is the rewrite shorter" check here on purpose: the command
+        // STRING itself is expected to grow (`--porcelain=v1` adds
+        // characters to the input), what shrinks is the tool's future
+        // OUTPUT once it runs - the size that actually matters, and the
+        // one thing this synchronous, pre-execution hook can never
+        // observe. The real "never worse than raw" guarantee here is that
+        // every rule is a hand-picked, known-safe flag on a real command
+        // (see the module docstring) - not something to (mis)approximate
+        // by comparing command lengths, which was tried and removed after
+        // review: it measured an unrelated quantity and would have passed
+        // or failed by accident, never by relevance.
+        return rule.rewrite(command) || null;
+      }
+    }
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Entry point for the PreToolUse hook: given the hook's own tool_name and
+ * tool_input, returns an `updatedInput` object to merge into
+ * hookSpecificOutput, or null if no rewrite applies. Only handles Bash for
+ * now - Read/Edit/Write's own large-output problem needs offset/limit
+ * changes that risk silently truncating content the agent actually needs
+ * (worse than raw, not just no-better), so those are deliberately not
+ * covered here; see the module docstring's file-reads note.
+ */
+export function updatedInputFor(toolName, toolInput) {
+  if (toolName !== 'Bash') return null;
+  const command = toolInput?.command;
+  const rewritten = compactBashCommand(command);
+  return rewritten ? { command: rewritten } : null;
+}

package/src/init.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { INTERCEPTOR_PORT } from './daemon.js';
 import { ensureInterceptionCerts } from './tls-ca.js';
 import { enabledProviders, interceptHostsFor } from './providers.js';
 import { probePort } from './proxy.js';
+import { launchdUserDomain } from './launchd.js';
 
 // Re-point every consumer of the API key (MCP client configs, the background service /
 // systemd env file / launchd plist, OpenClaw) at `key`. Shared by runInit and rotate-key
@@ -467,8 +468,12 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target
     // owner only. launchd runs as this same user and can still read it.
     fs.writeFileSync(plistPath, plist, { mode: 0o600 });
     fs.chmodSync(plistPath, 0o600);
-    try { execSync(`launchctl unload ${plistPath} 2>/dev/null`); } catch {}
-    execSync(`launchctl load ${plistPath}`);
+    // bootstrap/bootout with an explicit domain, not load/unload - see
+    // launchd.js's own docstring for why plain load/unload breaks when
+    // this whole process is running as root (e.g. `sudo troxy update`).
+    const domain = launchdUserDomain();
+    try { execSync(`launchctl bootout ${domain} ${plistPath} 2>/dev/null`); } catch {}
+    execSync(`launchctl bootstrap ${domain} ${plistPath}`);
 
   } else {
     throw new Error('Auto-start not supported on this platform. Start manually: troxy mcp &');

package/src/launchd.js

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// macOS launchd domain-target helper, shared by init.js's installService and
+// uninstall.js's removeService.
+//
+// Found live 2026-09-12: `sudo troxy update` - the CLI's own suggested
+// remedy for a permission-denied global npm install (see bin/troxy.js's
+// EACCES handling) - runs the whole re-provisioning flow, including the
+// LaunchAgent (re)install, as root. The old code called plain `launchctl
+// load <plist>` / `launchctl unload <plist>` regardless of who's actually
+// running it. launchctl's classic load/unload verbs infer the target
+// domain from the CALLING process's own identity - called as root, they
+// assume you mean a system-wide LaunchDaemon (/Library/LaunchDaemons), and
+// refuse a per-user LaunchAgent plist outright: "Expecting a LaunchDaemons
+// path since the command was run as root... Load failed: 5: Input/output
+// error". A LaunchAgent is inherently a per-user concept - there is no
+// version of this that's actually meant to run as root.
+//
+// The fix launchctl's own warning names is bootstrap/bootout, which take
+// an EXPLICIT target domain instead of inferring one from the caller's
+// identity - root can bootstrap a job into another user's domain by
+// design (this is the standard, supported way for a root-context script
+// to manage a per-user service), and a normal, unprivileged user can
+// bootstrap into their own domain the same way. Works correctly either
+// way, unlike load/unload.
+//
+// user/<uid>, not gui/<uid>: troxy's daemon needs no GUI/Aqua session, and
+// troxy explicitly targets "your laptop, a server, a VM" (see the CLI's
+// own README) - a server or VM may have no GUI login at all, where
+// gui/<uid> would fail outright. user/<uid> exists as soon as the user is
+// logged in at all, GUI or headless SSH-only alike.
+
+/**
+ * The launchd domain-target to bootstrap/bootout ai.troxy.mcp.plist into -
+ * correct whether or not the calling process itself is root.
+ *
+ * `env.SUDO_UID` is what `sudo` itself sets to the REAL invoking user, not
+ * the elevated one - `process.getuid()` is 0 (root) for the whole process
+ * once elevated, which is exactly the case this exists to handle. Falls
+ * back to `getuid()` for the normal, non-sudo case, where that call
+ * already returns the real, correct user.
+ */
+export function launchdUserDomain(env = process.env, getuid = () => process.getuid?.()) {
+  const uid = env.SUDO_UID || String(getuid() ?? '');
+  return `user/${uid}`;
+}

package/src/pretooluse-hook.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { loadConfig } from './config.js';
 import { api } from './api.js';
 import { usageForCurrentTurn } from './hook-report.js';
+import { updatedInputFor } from './command-compaction.js';
 
 // Claude Code PreToolUse hook entry point: `troxy pretooluse-hook` (wired in
 // bin/troxy.js, registered by patchClaudeCodeHooks in init.js). Fires before
@@ -56,7 +57,29 @@ export function buildDenyPayload(reason) {
   };
 }
 
-function allow() {
+// Same reasoning as buildDenyPayload above: exported and pure so the exact
+// contract shape is testable without triggering allow()'s process.exit.
+export function buildUpdatedInputPayload(updatedInput) {
+  return {
+    hookSpecificOutput: {
+      hookEventName: 'PreToolUse',
+      updatedInput,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+// updatedInput: Token Optimization Step 4 - a command-rewrite from
+// command-compaction.js, independent of and unrelated to the policy
+// decision below (see that module's own docstring). Emitted alongside a
+// plain allow (no permissionDecision at all - `undefined`/absent means
+// "the normal permission flow applies", same as today's exit-0-with-
+// nothing-printed behavior when there's no rewrite either), never mixed
+// with a deny: a call about to be blocked doesn't need its command
+// rewritten first.
+function allow(updatedInput) {
+  if (updatedInput) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(buildUpdatedInputPayload(updatedInput)));
+  }
   process.exit(0);
 }
 
@@ -75,8 +98,16 @@ export async function runPreToolUseHook() {
       return allow(); // can't parse our own input - never block on that
     }
 
+    // Independent of everything below: a pure, local, synchronous command
+    // rewrite (Token Optimization Step 4) that applies (or doesn't)
+    // regardless of whether the policy check below even runs - it needs no
+    // API key, no transcript, no network call, so it's computed once, up
+    // front, and threaded through every allow() below rather than gated
+    // behind the same fail-open checks the policy path needs.
+    const rewrite = updatedInputFor(payload?.tool_name, payload?.tool_input);
+
     const transcriptPath = payload?.transcript_path;
-    if (!transcriptPath) return allow();
+    if (!transcriptPath) return allow(rewrite);
 
     // transcript_path can lag the current turn by a beat (Claude Code's own
     // docs note this), so this may occasionally read the previous turn's
@@ -85,11 +116,11 @@ export async function runPreToolUseHook() {
     // not a wrong-direction failure (never wrongly denies because of it),
     // just an occasional miss, consistent with fail-open throughout this file.
     const usage = usageForCurrentTurn(transcriptPath);
-    if (!usage || !usage.model) return allow(); // nothing to gate against yet
+    if (!usage || !usage.model) return allow(rewrite); // nothing to gate against yet
 
     const config = loadConfig();
     const apiKey = process.env.TROXY_API_KEY || config?.apiKey;
-    if (!apiKey) return allow();
+    if (!apiKey) return allow(rewrite);
 
     const body = { model: usage.model, task: payload.tool_name || '' };
     // Real effort straight off the transcript entry (see hook-report.js's
@@ -120,7 +151,7 @@ export async function runPreToolUseHook() {
     // nowhere here to pause and wait on an approval), so it fails open
     // rather than hanging Claude Code - same reasoning as every other
     // "never block on our own uncertainty" branch in this file.
-    return allow();
+    return allow(rewrite);
   } catch {
     // Network error, timeout, malformed response - never block the user's
     // session over our own failure.

package/src/tests/command-compaction.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Pure logic only - no hook plumbing here, see pretooluse-hook.test.js for
+// how updatedInputFor's result actually reaches Claude Code's own
+// hookSpecificOutput contract.
+
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+
+import { compactBashCommand, updatedInputFor } from '../command-compaction.js';
+
+describe('compactBashCommand - git status', () => {
+  it('rewrites bare `git status` to porcelain form', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status'), 'git status --porcelain=v1');
+  });
+
+  it('rewrites `git status` with a pathspec', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status src/'), 'git status src/ --porcelain=v1');
+  });
+
+  it('does not double-rewrite a command already using --porcelain', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status --porcelain'), null);
+  });
+
+  it('does not rewrite a command already using -s/--short', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status -s'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status --short'), null);
+  });
+
+  it('does not touch git status inside a compound command', () => {
+    // Deliberately conservative - see the module docstring on why a
+    // missed rewrite is fine but a wrong one isn't.
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status && git log'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status; echo done'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git status | cat'), null);
+  });
+
+  it('does not touch an unrelated command containing the word status', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('echo "git status is useful"'), null);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('compactBashCommand - pytest', () => {
+  it('rewrites bare `pytest` to add -q', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('pytest'), 'pytest -q');
+  });
+
+  it('rewrites `pytest` with a path argument', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('pytest tests/'), 'pytest tests/ -q');
+  });
+
+  it('rewrites `python -m pytest`', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('python -m pytest'), 'python -m pytest -q');
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('python3 -m pytest'), 'python3 -m pytest -q');
+  });
+
+  it('does not double-rewrite a command already carrying a verbosity flag', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('pytest -q'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('pytest -v'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('pytest --verbose'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('pytest --quiet'), null);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('compactBashCommand - unmatched input', () => {
+  it('returns null for a command with no matching rule', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('ls -la'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git diff'), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand('git log'), null);
+  });
+
+  it('never throws on malformed input', () => {
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => compactBashCommand(null));
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => compactBashCommand(undefined));
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => compactBashCommand(42));
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => compactBashCommand(''));
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => compactBashCommand('   '));
+  });
+
+  it('returns null, not a throw, for non-string input', () => {
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand(null), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand(undefined), null);
+    assert.equal(compactBashCommand(42), null);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('updatedInputFor', () => {
+  it('returns an updatedInput object for a rewritable Bash command', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(updatedInputFor('Bash', { command: 'git status' }), {
+      command: 'git status --porcelain=v1',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns null for a non-Bash tool', () => {
+    assert.equal(updatedInputFor('Read', { file_path: '/tmp/x' }), null);
+    assert.equal(updatedInputFor('Edit', { command: 'git status' }), null);
+  });
+
+  it('returns null for a Bash command with no matching rule', () => {
+    assert.equal(updatedInputFor('Bash', { command: 'ls -la' }), null);
+  });
+
+  it('never throws on a malformed tool_input', () => {
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => updatedInputFor('Bash', null));
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => updatedInputFor('Bash', {}));
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => updatedInputFor(null, null));
+  });
+});

package/src/tests/install-service.test.js

@@ -59,11 +59,14 @@ describe('installService: launchd log capture (source inspection)', () => {
   });
 
   it('creates the ~/.troxy log directory before the plist is loaded', () => {
+    // 'launchctl bootstrap', not 'launchctl load' - see launchd.test.js for
+    // why the verb changed (bootstrap/bootout with an explicit domain,
+    // needed so this doesn't break under `sudo troxy update`).
     const darwinIdx = initSrc.indexOf("platform === 'darwin'");
     const troxyDirIdx = initSrc.indexOf('const troxyDir', darwinIdx);
     const mkdirIdx = initSrc.indexOf('fs.mkdirSync(troxyDir', darwinIdx);
-    const loadIdx = initSrc.indexOf('launchctl load', darwinIdx);
+    const loadIdx = initSrc.indexOf('launchctl bootstrap', darwinIdx);
     assert.ok(troxyDirIdx !== -1 && mkdirIdx !== -1 && loadIdx !== -1);
-    assert.ok(mkdirIdx < loadIdx, 'the log directory must be created before launchctl load runs');
+    assert.ok(mkdirIdx < loadIdx, 'the log directory must be created before launchctl bootstrap runs');
   });
 });

package/src/tests/launchd.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Found live 2026-09-12: `sudo troxy update` (the CLI's own suggested
+// remedy for a permission-denied global npm install) runs the whole
+// re-provisioning flow as root, including the LaunchAgent (re)install.
+// launchctl's classic load/unload verbs infer their target domain from the
+// CALLING process's own identity - called as root, they assume a system
+// LaunchDaemon and refuse a per-user LaunchAgent outright ("Expecting a
+// LaunchDaemons path... Load failed: 5: Input/output error"). See
+// launchd.js's own docstring for the full reasoning and the fix
+// (bootstrap/bootout with an explicit domain instead).
+
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { launchdUserDomain } from '../launchd.js';
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const initSrc = readFileSync(join(__dirname, '..', 'init.js'), 'utf8');
+const uninstallSrc = readFileSync(join(__dirname, '..', 'uninstall.js'), 'utf8');
+
+describe('launchdUserDomain', () => {
+  it('uses SUDO_UID when running under sudo, ignoring the elevated (root) uid', () => {
+    const domain = launchdUserDomain({ SUDO_UID: '501' }, () => 0);
+    assert.equal(domain, 'user/501');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the caller\'s own uid when not running under sudo', () => {
+    const domain = launchdUserDomain({}, () => 501);
+    assert.equal(domain, 'user/501');
+  });
+
+  it('prefers SUDO_UID even if somehow both are present', () => {
+    const domain = launchdUserDomain({ SUDO_UID: '501' }, () => 0);
+    assert.notEqual(domain, 'user/0');
+  });
+
+  it('never throws when getuid is unavailable (e.g. non-POSIX platform)', () => {
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => launchdUserDomain({}, () => undefined));
+  });
+});
+
+describe('installService / removeService: bootstrap-not-load (source inspection)', () => {
+  it('init.js darwin branch uses bootstrap/bootout, not the old load/unload verbs', () => {
+    const darwinIdx = initSrc.indexOf("platform === 'darwin'");
+    assert.ok(darwinIdx !== -1, 'darwin branch not found');
+    const darwinBlock = initSrc.slice(darwinIdx, initSrc.indexOf('function mcpEntry'));
+    assert.match(darwinBlock, /launchctl bootstrap/);
+    assert.match(darwinBlock, /launchctl bootout/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(darwinBlock, /launchctl load \$\{plistPath\}/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(darwinBlock, /launchctl unload \$\{plistPath\}/);
+  });
+
+  it('init.js passes an explicit domain to both bootstrap and bootout', () => {
+    const darwinIdx = initSrc.indexOf("platform === 'darwin'");
+    const darwinBlock = initSrc.slice(darwinIdx, initSrc.indexOf('function mcpEntry'));
+    assert.match(darwinBlock, /launchdUserDomain\(\)/);
+    assert.match(darwinBlock, /launchctl bootstrap \$\{domain\}/);
+    assert.match(darwinBlock, /launchctl bootout \$\{domain\}/);
+  });
+
+  it('uninstall.js darwin branch uses bootout, not the old unload verb', () => {
+    const darwinIdx = uninstallSrc.indexOf("platform === 'darwin'");
+    assert.ok(darwinIdx !== -1, 'darwin branch not found in uninstall.js');
+    const darwinBlock = uninstallSrc.slice(darwinIdx, darwinIdx + 400);
+    assert.match(darwinBlock, /launchctl bootout \$\{launchdUserDomain\(\)\}/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(darwinBlock, /launchctl unload \$\{plistPath\}/);
+  });
+});

package/src/tests/pretooluse-hook.test.js

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 
-import { buildDenyPayload } from '../pretooluse-hook.js';
+import { buildDenyPayload, buildUpdatedInputPayload } from '../pretooluse-hook.js';
+import { updatedInputFor } from '../command-compaction.js';
 
 describe('buildDenyPayload', () => {
   it('matches the exact PreToolUse hookSpecificOutput contract', () => {
@@ -40,3 +41,41 @@ describe('buildDenyPayload', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+// Token Optimization Step 4: the command-rewrite path is independent of the
+// policy-check path above (see pretooluse-hook.js's own comment on why
+// updatedInput is computed once, up front, and threaded through every
+// allow() branch) - these tests cover just the contract shape
+// buildUpdatedInputPayload produces, same "pure and testable without
+// process.exit" reasoning as buildDenyPayload's own tests above.
+describe('buildUpdatedInputPayload', () => {
+  it('matches the exact PreToolUse hookSpecificOutput contract for updatedInput', () => {
+    const payload = buildUpdatedInputPayload({ command: 'git status --porcelain=v1' });
+    assert.deepEqual(payload, {
+      hookSpecificOutput: {
+        hookEventName: 'PreToolUse',
+        updatedInput: { command: 'git status --porcelain=v1' },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('carries no permissionDecision field - a plain allow, not a decision', () => {
+    const payload = buildUpdatedInputPayload({ command: 'pytest -q' });
+    assert.equal(payload.hookSpecificOutput.permissionDecision, undefined);
+  });
+
+  it('is valid JSON when stringified', () => {
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => JSON.stringify(buildUpdatedInputPayload({ command: 'git status --porcelain=v1' })));
+  });
+});
+
+describe('updatedInputFor wired to real hook payload shapes', () => {
+  it('produces a rewrite for a real Bash tool_use payload shape', () => {
+    const rewrite = updatedInputFor('Bash', { command: 'git status', description: 'Check status' });
+    assert.deepEqual(rewrite, { command: 'git status --porcelain=v1' });
+  });
+
+  it('produces nothing for a tool this hook does not rewrite', () => {
+    assert.equal(updatedInputFor('Read', { file_path: '/tmp/x.py' }), null);
+  });
+});

package/src/uninstall.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   unpatchClaudeCodeConfig, unpatchClaudeCodeHooks,
   unpatchClaudeCodeProxy, unpatchClaudeCodeInterception,
 } from './init.js';
+import { launchdUserDomain } from './launchd.js';
 
 const MCP_CLIENTS = [
   {
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ function removeService() {
   } else if (platform === 'darwin') {
     const plistPath = path.join(os.homedir(), 'Library/LaunchAgents/ai.troxy.mcp.plist');
     if (fs.existsSync(plistPath)) {
-      try { execSync(`launchctl unload ${plistPath} 2>/dev/null`); } catch {}
+      // bootout with an explicit domain, not unload - see launchd.js's
+      // docstring for why plain unload breaks under `sudo troxy uninstall`.
+      try { execSync(`launchctl bootout ${launchdUserDomain()} ${plistPath} 2>/dev/null`); } catch {}
       fs.unlinkSync(plistPath);
     }
     return true;