Merge branch 'pr-1491' into integration/validation-batch

# Conflicts:
#	plugin/scripts/mcp-server.cjs
#	plugin/scripts/worker-service.cjs
#	src/shared/hook-constants.ts

src/services/infrastructure/ProcessManager.ts

@@ -453,6 +453,19 @@ export async function aggressiveStartupCleanup(): Promise<void> {
   const pidsToKill: number[] = [];
   const allPatterns = [...AGGRESSIVE_CLEANUP_PATTERNS, ...AGE_GATED_CLEANUP_PATTERNS];
 
+  // Protect parent process (the hook that spawned us) from being killed.
+  // Without this, a new daemon kills its own parent hook process (#1426).
+  //
+  // Note: readPidFile() is not used here because start() writes the new PID
+  // before initializeBackground() calls this function, so readPidFile() would
+  // just return process.pid (already protected). If a pre-existing worker needs
+  // protection, ensureWorkerStarted() handles that by returning early when a
+  // healthy worker is detected — we never reach this code in that case.
+  const protectedPids = new Set<number>([currentPid]);
+  if (process.ppid && process.ppid > 0) {
+    protectedPids.add(process.ppid);
+  }
+
   try {
     if (isWindows) {
       // Use WQL -Filter for server-side filtering (no $_ pipeline syntax).
@@ -475,7 +488,7 @@ export async function aggressiveStartupCleanup(): Promise<void> {
 
       for (const proc of processList) {
         const pid = proc.ProcessId;
-        if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0 || pid === currentPid) continue;
+        if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0 || protectedPids.has(pid)) continue;
 
         const commandLine = proc.CommandLine || '';
         const isAggressive = AGGRESSIVE_CLEANUP_PATTERNS.some(p => commandLine.includes(p));
@@ -518,7 +531,7 @@ export async function aggressiveStartupCleanup(): Promise<void> {
         const etime = match[2];
         const command = match[3];
 
-        if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0 || pid === currentPid) continue;
+        if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0 || protectedPids.has(pid)) continue;
 
         const isAggressive = AGGRESSIVE_CLEANUP_PATTERNS.some(p => command.includes(p));
 

src/services/worker-service.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ import {
   cleanStalePidFile,
   isProcessAlive,
   spawnDaemon,
-  isPidFileRecent,
   touchPidFile
 } from './infrastructure/ProcessManager.js';
 import {
@@ -88,8 +87,7 @@ import {
   waitForHealth,
   waitForReadiness,
   waitForPortFree,
-  httpShutdown,
+  httpShutdown
-  checkVersionMatch
 } from './infrastructure/HealthMonitor.js';
 import { performGracefulShutdown } from './infrastructure/GracefulShutdown.js';
 
@@ -1011,43 +1009,25 @@ async function ensureWorkerStarted(port: number): Promise<boolean> {
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Check if worker is already running and healthy
+  // Check if worker is already running and healthy.
+  // NOTE: Version mismatch auto-restart intentionally removed (#1435).
+  // The marketplace bundle ships with __DEFAULT_PACKAGE_VERSION__ unbaked, causing
+  // BUILT_IN_VERSION to fall back to "development". This creates a 100% reproducible
+  // mismatch on every hook call, killing a healthy worker and often failing to restart
+  // (cold start exceeds POST_SPAWN_WAIT). A working-but-old worker is strictly better
+  // than a dead worker. Users must manually restart after genuine plugin updates.
+  // See also: #566, #665, #667, #669, #689, #1124, #1145 (same pattern across 8+ releases).
   if (await waitForHealth(port, 1000)) {
-    const versionCheck = await checkVersionMatch(port);
+    // Health passed — worker is listening. Also wait for readiness in case
-    if (!versionCheck.matches) {
+    // another hook just spawned it and background init is still running.
-      // Guard: If PID file was written recently, another session is likely already
+    // This mirrors the fresh-spawn path (line ~1025) so concurrent hooks
-      // restarting the worker. Poll health instead of starting a concurrent restart.
+    // don't race past a cold-starting worker's initialization guard.
-      // This prevents the "100 sessions all restart simultaneously" storm (#1145).
+    const ready = await waitForReadiness(port, getPlatformTimeout(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.READINESS_WAIT));
-      const RESTART_COORDINATION_THRESHOLD_MS = 15000;
+    if (!ready) {
-      if (isPidFileRecent(RESTART_COORDINATION_THRESHOLD_MS)) {
+      logger.warn('SYSTEM', 'Worker is alive but readiness timed out — proceeding anyway');
-        logger.info('SYSTEM', 'Version mismatch detected but PID file is recent — another restart likely in progress, polling health', {
-          pluginVersion: versionCheck.pluginVersion,
-          workerVersion: versionCheck.workerVersion
-        });
-        const healthy = await waitForHealth(port, RESTART_COORDINATION_THRESHOLD_MS);
-        if (healthy) {
-          logger.info('SYSTEM', 'Worker became healthy after waiting for concurrent restart');
-          return true;
-        }
-        logger.warn('SYSTEM', 'Worker did not become healthy after waiting — proceeding with own restart');
-      }
-
-      logger.info('SYSTEM', 'Worker version mismatch detected - auto-restarting', {
-        pluginVersion: versionCheck.pluginVersion,
-        workerVersion: versionCheck.workerVersion
-      });
-
-      await httpShutdown(port);
-      const freed = await waitForPortFree(port, getPlatformTimeout(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.PORT_IN_USE_WAIT));
-      if (!freed) {
-        logger.error('SYSTEM', 'Port did not free up after shutdown for version mismatch restart', { port });
-        return false;
-      }
-      removePidFile();
-    } else {
-      logger.info('SYSTEM', 'Worker already running and healthy');
-      return true;
     }
+    logger.info('SYSTEM', 'Worker already running and healthy');
+    return true;
   }
 
   // Check if port is in use by something else
@@ -1096,8 +1076,7 @@ async function ensureWorkerStarted(port: number): Promise<boolean> {
   }
 
   clearWorkerSpawnAttempted();
-  // Touch PID file to signal other sessions that a restart just completed.
+  // Touch PID file to signal other sessions that a spawn just completed.
-  // Other sessions checking isPidFileRecent() will see this and skip their own restart.
   touchPidFile();
   logger.info('SYSTEM', 'Worker started successfully');
   return true;

src/shared/hook-constants.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 export const HOOK_TIMEOUTS = {
-  DEFAULT: 300000, // Standard HTTP timeout (5 min for slow systems)
+  DEFAULT: 300000,            // Standard HTTP timeout (5 min for slow systems)
-  HEALTH_CHECK: 3000, // Worker health check (3s — healthy worker responds in <100ms)
+  HEALTH_CHECK: 3000,         // Worker health check (3s — healthy worker responds in <100ms)
-  POST_SPAWN_WAIT: 5000, // Wait for daemon to start after spawn (starts in <1s on Linux)
+  POST_SPAWN_WAIT: 15000,     // Wait for daemon to start after spawn (starts in <1s on Linux, 6-8s on macOS with Chroma)
-  READINESS_WAIT: 30000, // Wait for DB + search init after spawn (typically <5s)
+  READINESS_WAIT: 30000,      // Wait for DB + search init after spawn (typically <5s)
-  PORT_IN_USE_WAIT: 3000, // Wait when port occupied but health failing
+  PORT_IN_USE_WAIT: 3000,     // Wait when port occupied but health failing
   WORKER_STARTUP_WAIT: 1000,
-  PRE_RESTART_SETTLE_DELAY: 2000, // Give files time to sync before restart
+  PRE_RESTART_SETTLE_DELAY: 2000,  // Give files time to sync before restart
-  POWERSHELL_COMMAND: 10000, // PowerShell process enumeration (10s - typically completes in <1s)
+  POWERSHELL_COMMAND: 10000,     // PowerShell process enumeration (10s - typically completes in <1s)
-  WINDOWS_MULTIPLIER: 1.5, // Platform-specific adjustment for hook-side operations
+  WINDOWS_MULTIPLIER: 1.5     // Platform-specific adjustment for hook-side operations
 } as const;
 
 /**
@@ -16,21 +16,19 @@ export const HOOK_TIMEOUTS = {
  * Exit code behavior per Claude Code docs:
  * - 0: Success. For SessionStart/UserPromptSubmit, stdout added to context.
  * - 2: Blocking error. For SessionStart, stderr shown to user only.
- * - Other non-zero: treated as hook error (stderr shown in verbose mode only).
+ * - Other non-zero: stderr shown in verbose mode only.
- *
- * IMPORTANT: Only exit codes 0 and 2 are recognized by Claude Code.
- * Any other non-zero exit code (including 1, 3, etc.) is treated as a
- * hook failure and triggers the "hook error" UI message on every session start.
  */
 export const HOOK_EXIT_CODES = {
   SUCCESS: 0,
   FAILURE: 1,
   /** Blocking error - for SessionStart, shows stderr to user only */
   BLOCKING_ERROR: 2,
+  /** Show stderr to user only, don't inject into context. Used by user-message handler (Cursor). */
+  USER_MESSAGE_ONLY: 3,
 } as const;
 
 export function getTimeout(baseTimeout: number): number {
-  return process.platform === "win32"
+  return process.platform === 'win32'
     ? Math.round(baseTimeout * HOOK_TIMEOUTS.WINDOWS_MULTIPLIER)
     : baseTimeout;
 }

tests/hook-constants.test.ts

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('hook-constants', () => {
       expect(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.HEALTH_CHECK).toBe(3000);
     });
 
-    it('should define POST_SPAWN_WAIT as 5s', () => {
+    it('should define POST_SPAWN_WAIT as 15s', () => {
-      expect(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.POST_SPAWN_WAIT).toBe(5000);
+      expect(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.POST_SPAWN_WAIT).toBe(15000);
     });
 
     it('should define PORT_IN_USE_WAIT as 3s', () => {