fix: close orphaned dev Electron app after Ctrl+C (#498)

src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ vi.mock('electron', () => {
         paths.set(name, value)
       }),
       quit: vi.fn(),
+      exit: vi.fn(),
       commandLine: {
         appendSwitch: vi.fn()
       }
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ describe('installDevParentDisconnectQuit', () => {
     const { app } = await import('electron')
     const { installDevParentDisconnectQuit } = await import('./configure-process')
 
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
     const originalSend = process.send
     const originalOnce = process.once.bind(process)
     const disconnectHandlers: (() => void)[] = []
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ describe('installDevParentDisconnectQuit', () => {
     expect(disconnectHandlers).toHaveLength(1)
     disconnectHandlers[0]()
     expect(app.quit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(app.exit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(3000)
+    expect(app.exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0)
   })
 
   it('does not register the disconnect hook outside dev ipc launches', async () => {
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ describe('installDevParentWatchdog', () => {
 
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     vi.mocked(app.quit).mockClear()
+    vi.mocked(app.exit).mockClear()
 
     let parentExists = true
     vi.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation(((
@@ -132,6 +139,10 @@ describe('installDevParentWatchdog', () => {
       parentExists = false
       await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000)
       expect(app.quit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(app.exit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(3000)
+      expect(app.exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0)
     } finally {
       if (originalPpid) {
         Object.defineProperty(process, 'ppid', originalPpid)

src/main/startup/configure-process.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 import { app } from 'electron'
 import { join } from 'path'
 
+const DEV_PARENT_SHUTDOWN_GRACE_MS = 3000
+
+function requestDevParentShutdown(): void {
+  app.quit()
+
+  const forceExitTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    // Why: in dev, losing the supervising parent means this Electron process is
+    // already orphaned from the terminal session. We try app.quit() first so
+    // normal cleanup still runs, but fall back to app.exit() when macOS quit
+    // handlers or window-close guards stall and would otherwise leave Orca
+    // hanging after Ctrl+C ends `pnpm dev`.
+    app.exit(0)
+  }, DEV_PARENT_SHUTDOWN_GRACE_MS)
+
+  forceExitTimer.unref()
+}
+
 export function installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard(): void {
   process.on('uncaughtException', (error) => {
     if (
@@ -66,7 +83,7 @@ export function installDevParentDisconnectQuit(isDev: boolean): void {
   // without terminating the app window, so in dev we quit explicitly when the
   // supervising IPC channel disconnects instead of leaving a stray Electron app.
   process.once('disconnect', () => {
-    app.quit()
+    requestDevParentShutdown()
   })
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +123,7 @@ export function installDevParentWatchdog(isDev: boolean): void {
       // the dev runner while leaving Orca open. Watching the original parent PID
       // keeps dev shutdown coupled to the terminal session without affecting the
       // packaged app, which is not supervised by electron-vite.
-      app.quit()
+      requestDevParentShutdown()
     }
   }, 1000)