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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/cli/lifecycle.md
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Expand Up @@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ interrupted package update removed either file, it logs one `installation is inc
stops instead of retrying the same missing executable every five seconds. Reinstall opencodex, then
run `ocx service repair` to refresh the task with the restored package paths.

On Linux, the systemd unit invokes the stable `ocx` executable found on `PATH` at install time
rather than the Bun and CLI paths inside the installed package tree. Version managers such as
**mise** and **asdf** install into a versioned directory and delete the old one on upgrade, which
used to leave the unit pointing at files that no longer existed — systemd then restart-looped while
still reporting the service as installed. A shim path survives the upgrade, so the unit keeps
resolving. Source checkouts without an `ocx` launcher keep the previous direct Bun + CLI form.

Units installed before this change still carry the old versioned paths and cannot migrate
themselves — once the old executable is deleted, no opencodex code runs to fix it. Run
`ocx service repair` once after upgrading; subsequent version changes need no action.

| Subcommand | Action |
| --- | --- |
| none | Install and start when absent; otherwise refresh and restart the existing service without re-registering it. |
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89 changes: 80 additions & 9 deletions src/service.ts
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Expand Up @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { execFileSync, execSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
import { findLiveProxy, proxyIdentityAt, SERVICE_STOP_LIVENESS } from "./server/proxy-liveness";
import { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmdirSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { homedir, tmpdir } from "node:os";
import { dirname, join, posix, resolve, win32 } from "node:path";
import { dirname, isAbsolute, join, posix, resolve, win32 } from "node:path";
import { expandUserPath, getConfigDir, loadConfig } from "./config";
import { readPid, removePid, removeRuntimePort, verifyPidIdentity } from "./config/process-state";
import { restoreNativeCodex, restoreNativeCodexAsync } from "./codex/inject";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -67,6 +67,37 @@ function cliEntry(): { bun: string; bunRuntimeSource: BunRuntimeSource; cli: str
return { bun: runtime.path, bunRuntimeSource: runtime.source, cli: join(import.meta.dir, "cli", "index.ts") };
}

/**
* The stable `ocx` launcher to bake into a systemd unit, or null to fall back to the
* Bun + CLI pair.
*
* `cliEntry()` resolves both of its paths from `import.meta.dir`, so they point INSIDE
* the installed package tree. Under a version manager that tree is a versioned directory:
* `~/.local/share/mise/installs/npm-opencodex/2.35.0/...`. An upgrade installs 2.36.0 and
* deletes 2.35.0, after which the unit's `exec <old-bun> <old-cli>` cannot resolve, and
* `Restart=on-failure` turns that into a restart loop (#2898). The shim in
* `~/.local/share/mise/shims/ocx` survives the upgrade and dispatches to whatever version
* is current, so it is the durable thing to name.
*
* Deliberately LEXICAL. Resolving the symlink would write the versioned target back into
* the unit and reintroduce the bug — the indirection is the entire point.
*
* Only an absolute path is accepted. A bare `ocx` would be re-resolved through `PATH` on
* every restart, which turns a service definition into a PATH-hijacking surface; naming
* one validated absolute file keeps the target fixed at install time.
*/
function stableLauncherEntry(deps: { env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv; exists?: (path: string) => boolean } = {}): string | null {
const env = deps.env ?? process.env;
const exists = deps.exists ?? existsSync;
const entries = (env.PATH ?? "").split(":");
for (const entry of entries) {
if (!entry || !isAbsolute(entry)) continue;
const candidate = join(entry, "ocx");
if (exists(candidate)) return candidate;

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P2 Badge Require the discovered launcher to be executable

If an earlier absolute PATH directory contains a non-executable file or directory named ocx, this existence-only check records it as the launcher even though command lookup cannot execute it. The installation then reports success, but systemd receives EACCES/EISDIR and restart-loops; bakedServicePathsDiagnostic() also reports the service healthy while that path continues to exist. Verify that each candidate is a regular executable, for example with statSync and accessSync(..., X_OK), before selecting it or continuing to a later entry.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Select an executable file before returning the launcher.

At src/service.ts:96, exists resolves to existsSync, which accepts directories and non-executable files. An invalid earlier PATH/ocx entry stops stableLauncherEntry() from scanning later entries. installSystemd() passes that path to buildUnit() and records it as the launcher, so ExecStart can fail even when a later executable launcher exists.

Require a regular executable file before returning the candidate. Continue scanning otherwise. Add a focused regression test for this PATH order.

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In `@src/service.ts` at line 96, Update stableLauncherEntry to validate each
candidate as a regular executable file, not merely an existing path, and
continue scanning when validation fails so later PATH entries are considered.
Preserve the existing return behavior for valid launchers, and add a focused
regression test covering an invalid earlier PATH/ocx entry followed by an
executable launcher.

}
return null;
}

function plistPath(): string {
return join(homedir(), "Library", "LaunchAgents", `${LABEL}.plist`);
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -155,6 +186,14 @@ export interface ServiceInstallState {
/** Baked at install; lets status flag paths gone stale after npm prefix/nvm moves. */
bunPath?: string;
cliPath?: string;
/**
* Linux only. The stable `ocx` launcher the unit actually invokes, when one was found.
* Present means `bunPath`/`cliPath` are provenance for the install, NOT what systemd
* runs — so staleness must be judged against THIS path instead. A version-manager
* upgrade replaces the directory those two point into while the launcher survives, and
* checking the old pair would report a stale service that is in fact healthy.
*/
launcherPath?: string;
/** v2: which Windows backend was chosen at install; absent (v1/legacy) means scheduler. */
backend?: ServiceBackend;
winswVersion?: string;
Expand All @@ -167,7 +206,7 @@ export function parseServiceInstallState(value: unknown): ServiceInstallState |
if (state.version !== 1 && state.version !== 2) return null;
if (typeof state.codexHome !== "string" || state.codexHome.length === 0) return null;
if (typeof state.opencodexHome !== "string" || state.opencodexHome.length === 0) return null;
for (const key of ["bunPath", "cliPath", "winswVersion", "winswSha256"] as const) {
for (const key of ["bunPath", "cliPath", "launcherPath", "winswVersion", "winswSha256"] as const) {
if (state[key] !== undefined && (typeof state[key] !== "string" || state[key].length === 0)) return null;
}
if (state.version === 1) {
Expand All @@ -178,14 +217,15 @@ export function parseServiceInstallState(value: unknown): ServiceInstallState |
return state as unknown as ServiceInstallState;
}

function writeServiceInstallState(backend: ServiceBackend = "scheduler"): void {
function writeServiceInstallState(backend: ServiceBackend = "scheduler", launcherPath?: string | null): void {
const { bun, cli } = cliEntry();
const state: ServiceInstallState = {
version: 2,
codexHome: currentCodexHome(),
opencodexHome: currentOpenCodexHome(),
bunPath: bun,
cliPath: cli,
...(launcherPath ? { launcherPath } : {}),
backend,
...(backend === "native" ? { winswVersion: WINSW_VERSION, winswSha256: WINSW_SHA256 } : {}),
};
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -501,6 +541,17 @@ function buildServiceShellCommand(bun: string, cli: string, port = resolveServic
return `if [ -f ${shellQuote(tokenFile)} ]; then OPENCODEX_API_AUTH_TOKEN="$(cat ${shellQuote(tokenFile)})"; export OPENCODEX_API_AUTH_TOKEN; fi; exec ${shellQuote(bun)} ${shellQuote(cli)} start --port ${port}`;
}

/**
* The same command shape, launched through a stable `ocx` executable instead of an
* explicit Bun + CLI pair. The token-file preamble is identical and deliberately shared
* in form: the service still reads the token from disk at start and never carries it in
* the unit.
*/
function buildServiceLauncherShellCommand(launcher: string, port = resolveServiceListenPort()): string {
const tokenFile = serviceApiTokenFilePath();
return `if [ -f ${shellQuote(tokenFile)} ]; then OPENCODEX_API_AUTH_TOKEN="$(cat ${shellQuote(tokenFile)})"; export OPENCODEX_API_AUTH_TOKEN; fi; exec ${shellQuote(launcher)} start --port ${port}`;
}

/**
* The `--port <n>` actually baked into the installed launchd plist, or null when it
* cannot be read. macOS only — named for launchd rather than "service" so no caller
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2507,6 +2558,14 @@ function uninstallWindows(): void {
*/
export function bakedServicePathsDiagnostic(): string | null {
const state = readServiceInstallState();
// A launcher install runs the launcher, not the baked pair, so the pair's existence says
// nothing about whether the service can start. Judging the recorded launcher is both
// necessary (a deleted launcher IS stale) and sufficient (a replaced version directory
// is not, which is exactly what #2898 made routine).
if (state?.launcherPath) {
if (existsSync(state.launcherPath)) return null;
return `STALE baked paths (missing: ${state.launcherPath}) — run 'ocx service repair' to re-bake`;
}
if (!state?.bunPath || !state?.cliPath) return null;
const missing = [state.bunPath, state.cliPath].filter(path => !existsSync(path));
if (missing.length === 0) return null;
Expand All @@ -2527,24 +2586,33 @@ function unitPath(): string {
return join(unitDir(), `${TASK}.service`);
}

export function buildUnit(proxyEnv: { name: string; value: string }[] = resolvedProxyEnv()): string {
export function buildUnit(
proxyEnv: { name: string; value: string }[] = resolvedProxyEnv(),
deps: { launcher?: string | null } = {},
): string {
const { bun, bunRuntimeSource, cli } = cliEntry();
// A stable launcher replaces the versioned pair entirely: baking OCX_BUN_RUNTIME_PATH
// alongside it would pin the runtime to the directory the upgrade deletes, which is the
// defect being fixed. The launcher resolves the current package's Bun itself.
const launcher = deps.launcher !== undefined ? deps.launcher : stableLauncherEntry();
const log = logPath();
const path = process.env.PATH ?? "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin";
const codexHome = systemdEnvironmentAssignment("CODEX_HOME", process.env.CODEX_HOME?.trim());
const codexSqliteHome = systemdEnvironmentAssignment("CODEX_SQLITE_HOME", currentCodexSqliteHomeAbsolute());
const opencodexHome = systemdEnvironmentAssignment("OPENCODEX_HOME", process.env.OPENCODEX_HOME?.trim());
const envLines = [
systemdEnvironmentAssignment("OCX_SERVICE", "1"),
systemdEnvironmentAssignment(BUN_RUNTIME_SOURCE_ENV, bunRuntimeSource),
systemdEnvironmentAssignment(BUN_RUNTIME_PATH_ENV, bun),
...(launcher ? [] : [
systemdEnvironmentAssignment(BUN_RUNTIME_SOURCE_ENV, bunRuntimeSource),
systemdEnvironmentAssignment(BUN_RUNTIME_PATH_ENV, bun),
]),
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P1 Badge Keep the configured Bun override in launcher units

When a Linux service install or repair is run through the npm launcher with OPENCODEX_BUN_PATH, cliEntry() sees the trusted runtime marker as an override, but this launcher branch emits neither that marker pair nor OPENCODEX_BUN_PATH. Because systemd does not inherit the installing shell, the stable Node launcher subsequently sees no override and selects bundled Bun, contrary to the documented contract that same-shell ocx service repair bakes the override into the durable service definition. Carry the trusted override selection into the launcher invocation without pinning a package-local bundled runtime.

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systemdEnvironmentAssignment("PATH", path),
codexHome,
codexSqliteHome,
opencodexHome,
...proxyEnv.map(({ name, value }) => systemdEnvironmentAssignment(name, value)),
].filter((line): line is string => Boolean(line)).join("\n");
const command = `${buildServiceShellCommand(bun, cli)} >> ${shellQuote(log)} 2>&1`;
const command = `${launcher ? buildServiceLauncherShellCommand(launcher) : buildServiceShellCommand(bun, cli)} >> ${shellQuote(log)} 2>&1`;
return `[Unit]
Description=OpenCodex Proxy Server
After=network-online.target
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2602,11 +2670,14 @@ function installSystemd(): void {
recordOwnedConfigPath(getConfigDir(), serviceStatePath());
if (!existsSync(getConfigDir())) mkdirSync(getConfigDir(), { recursive: true });
writeServiceApiTokenFile();
writeServiceDefinitionFile(unitPath(), buildUnit(), "utf8");
// Resolve ONCE and reuse: the unit and the install state must agree about what is
// launched, or the staleness check would validate a path the unit does not run.
const launcher = stableLauncherEntry();
writeServiceDefinitionFile(unitPath(), buildUnit(resolvedProxyEnv(), { launcher }), "utf8");
sh("systemctl --user daemon-reload");
sh(`systemctl --user enable ${TASK}`);
sh(`systemctl --user restart ${TASK}`);
writeServiceInstallState();
writeServiceInstallState("scheduler", launcher);
}
/**
* Whether systemd's in-memory unit differs from the file on disk.
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