npm_execpath can point through a symlink, and the manifest sits beside
the resolved CLI, never beside the link: resolve the realpath before
looking for package.json. Layouts without a readable manifest now fall
back to the pre-fix child probe instead of aborting with ENOENT.
Move the regression test to tests-js/node-deps.test.mjs (the module's
own suite) and cover the symlinked-execpath and fallback lanes there.
The npm version probe spawned node-under-node before the reuse
short-circuit, so on Windows a Job-Object EBUSY spawn failure aborted
the whole dependency preparation even when the install was already
complete — leaving the pending-completion marker behind and turning
every launch into the same doomed completion pass (#123933).
npm's own package manifest states its version without any process
creation, so the probe lane can no longer fail: the install-receipt
key keeps its exact value, engine checks still run, and completed
installs reuse with zero spawns.
The workspace npm ci printed nothing until 'added N packages': builders
set CI=1, which turns npm's progress off, and the stage name only went
to the desktop UI's status file.
Print a line before npm ci, and pass --progress=true so a terminal gets
npm's spinner back (npm still shows it only on a TTY, so piped output
such as the desktop app's log stays clean). The flag stays out of the
receipt-keyed args, so existing installs are still reused.
Dependency acquisition during packaging left native wheels and packager
inputs outside the pre-build cache save. Compose PM and existing providers
into a preparation phase, then require builds to consume admitted inputs.
Share native preparation with PM Bundle. Keep path-bound environments and
signing outputs separate from reusable caches. Use read-only cache tokens
for commit builds and preserve the one-command local build path.
Verify pinned tools through PM, probe PTYs under the prepared Electron,
and supply dmgbuild through a build-only PM package. Resolve bundled tool
stores from their payload manifest so relocation preserves discovery.
Validation: focused Python and JS tests, checkJs, Ruff, Windows checks,
anti-slop, cache relocation, and network-denied Linux AppImage builds.
Relocated runtime smoke passed with NixOS host libraries supplied.
Native Windows/macOS signing and live GitHub cache behavior remain untested.
Run historical updater completion in a fresh interpreter so cached imports
cannot revive retired dependency installers. Share Git and ZIP completion,
carry receipt and recovery state, and preserve child exit status.
Route plugin admission, binary acquisition, desktop launch and build paths
through PM. Replace redundant helpers and tests with real worker, package,
publication and launch checks. Keep the shipped compatibility surface fixed.
Targeted Python and desktop checks pass. Native update journeys and fresh
production image qualification remain pending. This is a checkpoint before
those acceptance runs.
Competing installers and checkout-local venv assumptions bypassed PM
selection, install consent, and generation lifetimes. Route consumers
through PM and installation-bound launchers. Refresh source launchers
before obsolete Python entries can be collected.
Remove Node, browser, and CUA acquisition engines, obsolete venv-holder
handling, detached sync, and unused PM APIs. Keep historical updater
exports inert and preserve external tool ownership and native integration.
Share product freshness and prepared inputs across builders. Align plugin
admission, Docker provisioning, setup instructions, and behavioral tests.
Verified targeted Python and JavaScript tests, desktop and web typechecks,
scoped lint, real product builds, and the Docker frontend smoke test.
The missed post-setup test cleanup is included and verified.
Native Windows/macOS execution, full Rust compilation, and the complete
repository suite remain unverified. Historical compatibility requirements
were preserved and extended, not fully rescanned.
Build TUI, web, desktop UI and runnable agent products from explicit
prepared inputs. Keep dependency preparation separate from distribution
packaging, with PM and native builds sharing uv environment construction.
Docker copies compiled frontend products instead of build dependencies.
Nix retains uv2nix environments and consumes shared assembly through store
references. Native desktop and Termux use the same launcher and frontend
contracts. Preserve the independent PM runtime and source imports from
arbitrary working directories.
Keep failed frontend builds from replacing the previous product, reject
source/output overlap, and bound dependency-process output draining.
Include hermes_wisdom in the Nix wheel: real CLI smoke tests exposed its
missing package declaration on the base revision too.
Verified focused Python and JavaScript suites, Docker build/runtime checks,
Nix desktop and CLI/ACP checks, standalone TUI and packaged Electron PTY,
and real full-Chromium interaction. Native signed installers, Android device
installation and the full repository suite remain CI verification.
