refactor(daemon): replace daemon-launch.log with electron-log in desktop, remove from CLI/server

The file-based daemon-launch.log was added as temporary instrumentation
for debugging Windows startup. Desktop now logs lifecycle events through
electron-log; CLI and server supervisor drop the launch logging entirely.

packages/cli/src/commands/daemon/local-daemon.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { appendFileSync, existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { loadConfig, resolvePaseoHome } from "@getpaseo/server";
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ const DETACHED_STARTUP_GRACE_MS = 1200;
 const PID_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 100;
 const KILL_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000;
 const DAEMON_LOG_FILENAME = "daemon.log";
-const DAEMON_LAUNCH_LOG_FILENAME = "daemon-launch.log";
 const DAEMON_PID_FILENAME = "paseo.pid";
 
 export const DEFAULT_STOP_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
@@ -115,24 +114,6 @@ function buildChildEnv(options: DaemonStartOptions): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
   return childEnv;
 }
 
-function appendLaunchLog(home: string, message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): void {
-  const line = [
-    new Date().toISOString(),
-    "[CLI daemon]",
-    `pid=${process.pid}`,
-    message,
-    details ? JSON.stringify(details) : "",
-  ]
-    .filter((part) => part.length > 0)
-    .join(" ");
-
-  try {
-    appendFileSync(path.join(home, DAEMON_LAUNCH_LOG_FILENAME), `${line}\n`, "utf-8");
-  } catch {
-    // Keep launch debugging best-effort so daemon startup behavior is unchanged.
-  }
-}
-
 function resolveDaemonRunnerEntry(): string {
   const serverExportPath = require.resolve("@getpaseo/server");
   let currentDir = path.dirname(serverExportPath);
@@ -373,14 +354,6 @@ export async function startLocalDaemonDetached(
   const paseoHome = resolvePaseoHome(childEnv);
   const logPath = path.join(paseoHome, DAEMON_LOG_FILENAME);
   const daemonRunnerEntry = resolveDaemonRunnerEntry();
-  appendLaunchLog(paseoHome, "starting detached daemon", {
-    execPath: process.execPath,
-    execArgv: process.execArgv,
-    daemonRunnerEntry,
-    runnerArgs: buildRunnerArgs(options),
-    listen: childEnv.PASEO_LISTEN ?? null,
-    allowedHosts: childEnv.PASEO_ALLOWED_HOSTS ?? null,
-  });
   const child = spawn(
     process.execPath,
     [...process.execArgv, daemonRunnerEntry, ...buildRunnerArgs(options)],
@@ -391,12 +364,6 @@ export async function startLocalDaemonDetached(
     },
   );
 
-  appendLaunchLog(paseoHome, "detached spawn returned", {
-    childPid: child.pid ?? null,
-    spawnfile: child.spawnfile,
-    spawnargs: child.spawnargs,
-  });
-
   child.unref();
 
   const startup = await new Promise<DetachedStartupResult>((resolve) => {
@@ -411,33 +378,16 @@ export async function startLocalDaemonDetached(
     const timer = setTimeout(() => finish(startupReady()), DETACHED_STARTUP_GRACE_MS);
 
     child.once("error", (error) => {
-      appendLaunchLog(paseoHome, "detached child emitted error during grace period", {
-        childPid: child.pid ?? null,
-        message: error.message,
-      });
       clearTimeout(timer);
       finish(startupExited({ code: null, signal: null, error }));
     });
 
     child.once("exit", (code, signal) => {
-      appendLaunchLog(paseoHome, "detached child emitted exit during grace period", {
-        childPid: child.pid ?? null,
-        code,
-        signal,
-      });
       clearTimeout(timer);
       finish(startupExited({ code, signal }));
     });
   });
 
-  appendLaunchLog(paseoHome, "detached startup grace period completed", {
-    childPid: child.pid ?? null,
-    exitedEarly: startup.exitedEarly,
-    code: startup.exitedEarly ? startup.code : null,
-    signal: startup.exitedEarly ? startup.signal : null,
-    error: startup.exitedEarly ? startup.error?.message ?? null : null,
-  });
-
   if (startup.exitedEarly) {
     const reason = startup.error
       ? startup.error.message

packages/desktop/src/daemon/daemon-manager.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { spawn, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
-import { appendFileSync, existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { app, ipcMain } from "electron";
+import log from "electron-log/main";
 import { loadConfig, resolvePaseoHome, getOrCreateServerId } from "@getpaseo/server";
 import {
   copyAttachmentFileToManagedStorage,
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ const STOP_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 const KILL_TIMEOUT_MS = 3_000;
 const DETACHED_STARTUP_GRACE_MS = 1200;
 const DEFAULT_ELECTRON_DEV_SERVER_URL = "http://localhost:8081";
-const DAEMON_LAUNCH_LOG_FILENAME = "daemon-launch.log";
 
 type DesktopDaemonState = "starting" | "running" | "stopped" | "errored";
 
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ function logFilePath(): string {
   return path.join(getPaseoHome(), DAEMON_LOG_FILENAME);
 }
 
-function launchLogFilePath(): string {
-  return path.join(getPaseoHome(), DAEMON_LAUNCH_LOG_FILENAME);
-}
-
 function isProcessRunning(pid: number): boolean {
   try {
     process.kill(pid, 0);
@@ -145,22 +141,11 @@ function tailFile(filePath: string, lines = 50): string {
   }
 }
 
-function appendLaunchLog(message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+function logDesktopDaemonLifecycle(message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): void {
-  const line = [
+  log.info("[desktop daemon]", message, {
-    new Date().toISOString(),
+    pid: process.pid,
-    "[desktop daemon]",
+    ...(details ?? {}),
-    `pid=${process.pid}`,
+  });
-    message,
-    details ? JSON.stringify(details) : "",
-  ]
-    .filter((part) => part.length > 0)
-    .join(" ");
-
-  try {
-    appendFileSync(launchLogFilePath(), `${line}\n`, "utf-8");
-  } catch {
-    // Keep launch debugging best-effort so desktop startup behavior is unchanged.
-  }
 }
 
 function buildDesktopDaemonCorsOriginsEnv(): string | undefined {
@@ -326,7 +311,7 @@ async function startDaemon(): Promise<DesktopDaemonStatus> {
     },
   });
 
-  appendLaunchLog("starting detached daemon", {
+  logDesktopDaemonLifecycle("starting detached daemon", {
     appIsPackaged: app.isPackaged,
     daemonRunnerEntry: daemonRunner.entryPath,
     daemonRunnerExecArgv: daemonRunner.execArgv,
@@ -346,7 +331,7 @@ async function startDaemon(): Promise<DesktopDaemonStatus> {
     },
   );
 
-  appendLaunchLog("detached spawn returned", {
+  logDesktopDaemonLifecycle("detached spawn returned", {
     childPid: child.pid ?? null,
     spawnfile: child.spawnfile,
     spawnargs: child.spawnargs,
@@ -366,14 +351,14 @@ async function startDaemon(): Promise<DesktopDaemonStatus> {
     const timer = setTimeout(() => finish(false), DETACHED_STARTUP_GRACE_MS);
 
     child.once("error", () => {
-      appendLaunchLog("detached child emitted error during grace period", {
+      logDesktopDaemonLifecycle("detached child emitted error during grace period", {
         childPid: child.pid ?? null,
       });
       clearTimeout(timer);
       finish(true);
     });
     child.once("exit", () => {
-      appendLaunchLog("detached child emitted exit during grace period", {
+      logDesktopDaemonLifecycle("detached child emitted exit during grace period", {
         childPid: child.pid ?? null,
       });
       clearTimeout(timer);
@@ -381,7 +366,7 @@ async function startDaemon(): Promise<DesktopDaemonStatus> {
     });
   });
 
-  appendLaunchLog("detached startup grace period completed", {
+  logDesktopDaemonLifecycle("detached startup grace period completed", {
     childPid: child.pid ?? null,
     exitedEarly,
   });
@@ -395,7 +380,7 @@ async function startDaemon(): Promise<DesktopDaemonStatus> {
   for (let attempt = 0; attempt < STARTUP_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
     const status = resolveStatus();
     if (attempt === 0 || attempt === STARTUP_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS - 1 || attempt % 10 === 9) {
-      appendLaunchLog("polling daemon status after detached start", {
+      logDesktopDaemonLifecycle("polling daemon status after detached start", {
         attempt: attempt + 1,
         status: status.status,
         pid: status.pid,

packages/server/scripts/daemon-runner.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import { appendFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { loadConfig } from "../src/server/config.js";
 import { acquirePidLock, PidLockError, releasePidLock } from "../src/server/pid-lock.js";
@@ -68,28 +68,6 @@ function resolvePackagedNodeEntrypointRunnerPath(currentScriptPath: string): str
   return existsSync(runnerPath) ? runnerPath : null;
 }
 
-function appendLaunchLog(
-  launchLogPath: string,
-  message: string,
-  details?: Record<string, unknown>,
-): void {
-  const line = [
-    new Date().toISOString(),
-    "[DaemonRunner]",
-    `pid=${process.pid}`,
-    message,
-    details ? JSON.stringify(details) : "",
-  ]
-    .filter((part) => part.length > 0)
-    .join(" ");
-
-  try {
-    appendFileSync(launchLogPath, `${line}\n`, "utf-8");
-  } catch {
-    // Keep launch debugging best-effort so daemon startup behavior is unchanged.
-  }
-}
-
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const config = parseConfig(process.argv.slice(2));
   const workerEntry = config.devMode ? resolveDevWorkerEntry() : resolveWorkerEntry();
@@ -106,34 +84,14 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   applySherpaLoaderEnv(workerEnv);
 
   const paseoHome = resolvePaseoHome(workerEnv);
-  const launchLogPath = path.join(paseoHome, "daemon-launch.log");
   const daemonConfig = loadConfig(paseoHome, { env: workerEnv });
 
-  appendLaunchLog(launchLogPath, "daemon runner starting", {
-    argv: process.argv.slice(2),
-    execPath: process.execPath,
-    execArgv: process.execArgv,
-    workerEntry,
-    workerExecArgv,
-    devMode: config.devMode,
-    listen: daemonConfig.listen,
-    packagedNodeEntrypointRunner,
-  });
-
   try {
     await acquirePidLock(paseoHome, daemonConfig.listen, {
       ownerPid: process.pid,
     });
-    appendLaunchLog(launchLogPath, "pid lock acquired", {
-      ownerPid: process.pid,
-      listen: daemonConfig.listen,
-    });
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof PidLockError) {
-      appendLaunchLog(launchLogPath, "pid lock acquisition failed", {
-        message: error.message,
-        existingLock: error.existingLock,
-      });
       process.stderr.write(`${error.message}\n`);
       process.exit(1);
       return;
@@ -147,9 +105,6 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
       return;
     }
     lockReleased = true;
-    appendLaunchLog(launchLogPath, "releasing pid lock", {
-      ownerPid: process.pid,
-    });
     await releasePidLock(paseoHome, {
       ownerPid: process.pid,
     });
@@ -157,7 +112,6 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
   runSupervisor({
     name: "DaemonRunner",
-    launchLogPath,
     startupMessage: config.devMode
       ? "Starting daemon worker (dev mode, crash restarts enabled)"
       : "Starting daemon worker (IPC restart enabled)",

packages/server/scripts/supervisor.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { fork, spawn, type ChildProcess } from "child_process";
-import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
 type WorkerLifecycleMessage =
   | {
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ type WorkerLifecycleMessage =
 type SupervisorOptions = {
   name: string;
   startupMessage: string;
-  launchLogPath?: string;
   resolveWorkerEntry: () => string;
   workerArgs?: string[];
   workerEnv?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
@@ -65,28 +63,6 @@ export function runSupervisor(options: SupervisorOptions): void {
     process.stderr.write(`[${options.name}] ${message}\n`);
   };
 
-  const logLaunch = (message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): void => {
-    if (!options.launchLogPath) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const line = [
-      new Date().toISOString(),
-      `[${options.name}]`,
-      `pid=${process.pid}`,
-      message,
-      details ? JSON.stringify(details) : "",
-    ]
-      .filter((part) => part.length > 0)
-      .join(" ");
-
-    try {
-      appendFileSync(options.launchLogPath, `${line}\n`, "utf-8");
-    } catch {
-      // Keep launch debugging best-effort so daemon startup behavior is unchanged.
-    }
-  };
-
   const exitSupervisor = (code: number): void => {
     if (exiting) {
       return;
@@ -116,22 +92,11 @@ export function runSupervisor(options: SupervisorOptions): void {
 
     const spawnSpec = resolveWorkerSpawnSpec?.(workerEntry) ?? null;
     if (spawnSpec) {
-      logLaunch("spawning worker via explicit spawn spec", {
-        workerEntry,
-        command: spawnSpec.command,
-        args: spawnSpec.args,
-        workerArgs,
-      });
       child = spawn(spawnSpec.command, spawnSpec.args, {
         stdio: ["inherit", "inherit", "inherit", "ipc"],
         env: spawnSpec.env ?? workerEnv,
       });
     } else {
-      logLaunch("spawning worker via fork", {
-        workerEntry,
-        workerArgs,
-        workerExecArgv,
-      });
       child = fork(workerEntry, workerArgs, {
         stdio: "inherit",
         env: workerEnv,
@@ -139,35 +104,8 @@ export function runSupervisor(options: SupervisorOptions): void {
       });
     }
 
-    logLaunch("worker spawn returned", {
-      childPid: child.pid ?? null,
-      connected: child.connected,
-      spawnfile: child.spawnfile,
-      spawnargs: child.spawnargs,
-    });
-
-    child.on("spawn", () => {
-      logLaunch("worker emitted spawn", {
-        childPid: child?.pid ?? null,
-      });
-    });
-
-    child.on("error", (error) => {
-      logLaunch("worker emitted error", {
-        childPid: child?.pid ?? null,
-        message: error.message,
-      });
-    });
-
     child.on("message", (msg: unknown) => {
       const lifecycleMessage = parseLifecycleMessage(msg);
-      logLaunch("worker emitted ipc message", {
-        childPid: child?.pid ?? null,
-        rawType:
-          typeof msg === "object" && msg !== null && "type" in msg
-            ? (msg as { type?: unknown }).type
-            : typeof msg,
-      });
       if (!lifecycleMessage) {
         return;
       }
@@ -181,13 +119,6 @@ export function runSupervisor(options: SupervisorOptions): void {
     });
 
     child.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
-      logLaunch("worker emitted exit", {
-        childPid: child?.pid ?? null,
-        code,
-        signal,
-        restarting,
-        shuttingDown,
-      });
       const exitDescriptor = describeExit(code, signal);
 
       if (shuttingDown) {
@@ -206,20 +137,6 @@ export function runSupervisor(options: SupervisorOptions): void {
       log(`Worker exited (${exitDescriptor}). Supervisor exiting.`);
       exitSupervisor(typeof code === "number" ? code : 0);
     });
-
-    child.on("close", (code, signal) => {
-      logLaunch("worker emitted close", {
-        childPid: child?.pid ?? null,
-        code,
-        signal,
-      });
-    });
-
-    child.on("disconnect", () => {
-      logLaunch("worker emitted disconnect", {
-        childPid: child?.pid ?? null,
-      });
-    });
   };
 
   const requestRestart = (reason: string) => {
@@ -252,12 +169,6 @@ export function runSupervisor(options: SupervisorOptions): void {
   process.on("SIGINT", () => forwardSignal("SIGINT"));
   process.on("SIGTERM", () => forwardSignal("SIGTERM"));
 
-  logLaunch("supervisor starting", {
-    startupMessage: options.startupMessage,
-    restartOnCrash,
-    workerArgs,
-    workerExecArgv,
-  });
   process.stdout.write(`[${options.name}] ${options.startupMessage}\n`);
   spawnWorker();
 }