From aae797bc274d89b10a30689cb11774af99b7732a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teknium1 <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:18:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(bot-screen): truncate launcher.log on each start

The log was opened in append mode and nothing rotated it; a long-lived
gateway restarting its screen grew it without bound and the tail
start() reports on failure mixed launches. Each start now owns the file.

(cherry picked from commit ea1e3ac737b3d0b76afc5ec5373c5d3248207820)
---
 tools/bot_desktop/runtime.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/bot_desktop/runtime.py b/tools/bot_desktop/runtime.py
index 7547eafd74..16e4569bfb 100644
--- a/tools/bot_desktop/runtime.py
+++ b/tools/bot_desktop/runtime.py
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ def _spawn_and_wait(sd: Path, num: int, wait_seconds: float) -> DesktopStatus:
     if (browser := dock_launch()) is not None:
         # first-run / default-browser dialogs would sit between the human and the bot's tabs
         child_env["HERMES_BD_BROWSER_EXEC"] = f"{browser[0]} --user-data-dir={browser[1]} --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check"
-    log = open(sd / "launcher.log", "ab")  # noqa: SIM115 — handed to the child, closed by it
+    # Truncated per start: the log is a diagnostic for THIS launch, and nothing rotates it otherwise.
+    log = open(sd / "launcher.log", "wb")  # noqa: SIM115 — handed to the child, closed by it
     proc = subprocess.Popen(  # windows-footgun: ok — Linux-only runtime (is_supported_host)
         ["bash", str(_LAUNCHER)], env=child_env, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=log, stderr=log,
         start_new_session=True, close_fds=True)