feat: terminal persistence via out-of-process daemon (#729)

config/electron-builder.config.cjs

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ module.exports = {
   // from out/shared/ (e.g. runtime-bootstrap). Both directories must be
   // unpacked so that Node's require() can resolve the cross-directory imports
   // when the CLI runs outside the asar archive.
-  asarUnpack: ['out/cli/**', 'out/shared/**', 'resources/**'],
+  // Why: daemon-entry.js is forked as a separate Node.js process and must be
+  // accessible on disk (not inside the asar archive) for child_process.fork().
+  asarUnpack: ['out/cli/**', 'out/shared/**', 'out/main/daemon-entry.js', 'out/main/chunks/**', 'resources/**'],
   win: {
     executableName: 'Orca',
     extraResources: [

electron.vite.config.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
 import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite'
 
 export default defineConfig({
-  main: {},
+  main: {
+    build: {
+      rollupOptions: {
+        input: {
+          index: resolve('src/main/index.ts'),
+          'daemon-entry': resolve('src/main/daemon/daemon-entry.ts')
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
   preload: {
     build: {
       externalizeDeps: {

package.json

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "@xterm/addon-unicode11": "^0.9.0",
     "@xterm/addon-web-links": "^0.12.0",
     "@xterm/addon-webgl": "^0.19.0",
+    "@xterm/headless": "^6.0.0",
     "@xterm/xterm": "^6.0.0",
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.1",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ importers:
       '@xterm/addon-webgl':
         specifier: ^0.19.0
         version: 0.19.0
+      '@xterm/headless':
+        specifier: ^6.0.0
+        version: 6.0.0
       '@xterm/xterm':
         specifier: ^6.0.0
         version: 6.0.0
@@ -2808,6 +2811,9 @@ packages:
   '@xterm/addon-webgl@0.19.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-b3fMOsyLVuCeNJWxolACEUED0vm7qC0cy4wRvf3oURSzDTYVQiGPhTnhWZwIHdvC48Y+oLhvYXnY4XDXPoJo6A==}
 
+  '@xterm/headless@6.0.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-5Yj1QINYCyzrZtf8OFIHi47iQtI+0qYFPHmouEfG8dHNxbZ9Tb9YGSuLcsEwj9Z+OL75GJqPyJbyoFer80a2Hw==}
+
   '@xterm/xterm@6.0.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-TQwDdQGtwwDt+2cgKDLn0IRaSxYu1tSUjgKarSDkUM0ZNiSRXFpjxEsvc/Zgc5kq5omJ+V0a8/kIM2WD3sMOYg==}
 
@@ -8463,6 +8469,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@xterm/addon-webgl@0.19.0': {}
 
+  '@xterm/headless@6.0.0': {}
+
   '@xterm/xterm@6.0.0': {}
 
   abbrev@3.0.1: {}

src/main/daemon/binary-frame.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { encodeFrame, createFrameParser, FrameType, FRAME_HEADER_SIZE } from './binary-frame'
+
+describe('encodeFrame', () => {
+  it('encodes a data frame with correct header', () => {
+    const payload = Buffer.from('hello')
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, payload)
+
+    expect(frame.length).toBe(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + payload.length)
+    expect(frame[0]).toBe(FrameType.Data)
+    expect(frame.readUInt32BE(1)).toBe(payload.length)
+    expect(frame.subarray(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE).toString()).toBe('hello')
+  })
+
+  it('encodes a resize frame', () => {
+    const payload = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ cols: 120, rows: 40 }))
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Resize, payload)
+
+    expect(frame[0]).toBe(FrameType.Resize)
+    expect(frame.readUInt32BE(1)).toBe(payload.length)
+  })
+
+  it('encodes an exit frame with exit code', () => {
+    const payload = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ code: 0 }))
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Exit, payload)
+
+    expect(frame[0]).toBe(FrameType.Exit)
+    const decoded = JSON.parse(frame.subarray(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE).toString())
+    expect(decoded.code).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('encodes empty payload', () => {
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Kill, Buffer.alloc(0))
+
+    expect(frame.length).toBe(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE)
+    expect(frame[0]).toBe(FrameType.Kill)
+    expect(frame.readUInt32BE(1)).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('throws on payload exceeding max size', () => {
+    const oversized = Buffer.alloc(1024 * 1024 + 1)
+    expect(() => encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, oversized)).toThrow()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('createFrameParser', () => {
+  it('parses a single complete frame', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    const payload = Buffer.from('test data')
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, payload)
+    parser.feed(frame)
+
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(FrameType.Data)
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][1].toString()).toBe('test data')
+  })
+
+  it('parses multiple frames in one chunk', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    const frame1 = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, Buffer.from('one'))
+    const frame2 = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, Buffer.from('two'))
+    parser.feed(Buffer.concat([frame1, frame2]))
+
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][1].toString()).toBe('one')
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[1][1].toString()).toBe('two')
+  })
+
+  it('handles frame split across header boundary', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    const payload = Buffer.from('split test')
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, payload)
+
+    // Split in the middle of the header (3 bytes, then the rest)
+    parser.feed(frame.subarray(0, 3))
+    expect(onFrame).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    parser.feed(frame.subarray(3))
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][1].toString()).toBe('split test')
+  })
+
+  it('handles frame split in the middle of payload', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    const payload = Buffer.from('payload split')
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, payload)
+
+    // Split after header + 3 bytes of payload
+    const splitPoint = FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + 3
+    parser.feed(frame.subarray(0, splitPoint))
+    expect(onFrame).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    parser.feed(frame.subarray(splitPoint))
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][1].toString()).toBe('payload split')
+  })
+
+  it('handles byte-by-byte feeding', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Exit, Buffer.from('{"code":42}'))
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < frame.length; i++) {
+      parser.feed(frame.subarray(i, i + 1))
+    }
+
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(FrameType.Exit)
+    expect(JSON.parse(onFrame.mock.calls[0][1].toString())).toEqual({ code: 42 })
+  })
+
+  it('handles zero-length payload frame', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Kill, Buffer.alloc(0))
+    parser.feed(frame)
+
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(FrameType.Kill)
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][1].length).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('parses different frame types correctly', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    const frames = [
+      encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, Buffer.from('data')),
+      encodeFrame(FrameType.Resize, Buffer.from('resize')),
+      encodeFrame(FrameType.Signal, Buffer.from('signal'))
+    ]
+
+    parser.feed(Buffer.concat(frames))
+
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(FrameType.Data)
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[1][0]).toBe(FrameType.Resize)
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[2][0]).toBe(FrameType.Signal)
+  })
+
+  it('resets buffer state', () => {
+    const onFrame = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createFrameParser(onFrame)
+
+    // Feed partial frame then reset
+    const frame = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, Buffer.from('lost'))
+    parser.feed(frame.subarray(0, 3))
+    parser.reset()
+
+    // Feed a new complete frame
+    const frame2 = encodeFrame(FrameType.Data, Buffer.from('fresh'))
+    parser.feed(frame2)
+
+    expect(onFrame).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onFrame.mock.calls[0][1].toString()).toBe('fresh')
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/binary-frame.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+export { FrameType } from './types'
+import type { FrameType } from './types'
+import { FRAME_HEADER_SIZE, FRAME_MAX_PAYLOAD } from './types'
+
+export { FRAME_HEADER_SIZE }
+
+export function encodeFrame(type: FrameType, payload: Buffer): Buffer {
+  if (payload.length > FRAME_MAX_PAYLOAD) {
+    throw new Error(`Frame payload ${payload.length} exceeds max ${FRAME_MAX_PAYLOAD}`)
+  }
+
+  const frame = Buffer.allocUnsafe(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + payload.length)
+  frame[0] = type
+  frame.writeUInt32BE(payload.length, 1)
+  payload.copy(frame, FRAME_HEADER_SIZE)
+  return frame
+}
+
+export type FrameParser = {
+  feed(chunk: Buffer): void
+  reset(): void
+}
+
+export function createFrameParser(
+  onFrame: (type: FrameType, payload: Buffer) => void
+): FrameParser {
+  let buffer: Buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
+
+  function parse(): void {
+    while (buffer.length >= FRAME_HEADER_SIZE) {
+      const payloadLength = buffer.readUInt32BE(1)
+      const totalLength = FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + payloadLength
+
+      if (buffer.length < totalLength) {
+        break
+      }
+
+      const type = buffer[0] as FrameType
+      const payload = buffer.subarray(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE, totalLength)
+      buffer = buffer.subarray(totalLength)
+
+      onFrame(type, payload)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    feed(chunk: Buffer): void {
+      buffer = buffer.length === 0 ? chunk : Buffer.concat([buffer, chunk])
+      parse()
+    },
+
+    reset(): void {
+      buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/client.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { createServer, type Server, type Socket } from 'net'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from 'fs'
+import { DaemonClient } from './client'
+import { encodeNdjson } from './ndjson'
+import type { HelloMessage, DaemonRequest, DaemonEvent } from './types'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'daemon-client-test-'))
+}
+
+async function waitFor(predicate: () => boolean, timeoutMs = 2000): Promise<void> {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  while (!predicate()) {
+    if (Date.now() - start > timeoutMs) {
+      throw new Error('waitFor timed out')
+    }
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10))
+  }
+}
+
+describe('DaemonClient', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let socketPath: string
+  let tokenPath: string
+  let server: Server
+  let client: DaemonClient
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    socketPath = join(dir, 'test.sock')
+    tokenPath = join(dir, 'test.token')
+    writeFileSync(tokenPath, 'test-token-123')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    client?.disconnect()
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      if (server?.listening) {
+        server.close(() => resolve())
+      } else {
+        resolve()
+      }
+    })
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  function startMockDaemon(opts?: {
+    onControlMessage?: (msg: unknown) => string | null
+    onStreamHello?: (msg: HelloMessage) => void
+    rejectVersion?: boolean
+  }): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      server = createServer((socket) => {
+        let buffer = ''
+        socket.on('data', (chunk) => {
+          buffer += chunk.toString()
+          let newlineIdx: number
+          while ((newlineIdx = buffer.indexOf('\n')) !== -1) {
+            const line = buffer.slice(0, newlineIdx)
+            buffer = buffer.slice(newlineIdx + 1)
+            if (!line) {
+              continue
+            }
+
+            const msg = JSON.parse(line) as HelloMessage | DaemonRequest
+
+            if (msg.type === 'hello') {
+              const hello = msg as HelloMessage
+              if (opts?.rejectVersion) {
+                socket.write(encodeNdjson({ type: 'hello', ok: false, error: 'Version mismatch' }))
+                return
+              }
+              socket.write(encodeNdjson({ type: 'hello', ok: true }))
+              if (hello.role === 'stream') {
+                opts?.onStreamHello?.(hello)
+              }
+            } else if (opts?.onControlMessage) {
+              const response = opts.onControlMessage(msg)
+              if (response) {
+                socket.write(response)
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      })
+
+      server.listen(socketPath, () => resolve())
+    })
+  }
+
+  describe('connect', () => {
+    it('establishes connection with hello handshake', async () => {
+      const hellos: HelloMessage[] = []
+      await startMockDaemon({
+        onStreamHello: (msg) => hellos.push(msg)
+      })
+
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+
+      expect(client.isConnected()).toBe(true)
+      // Both control and stream sockets should have sent hello
+      await waitFor(() => hellos.length > 0)
+    })
+
+    it('rejects on version mismatch', async () => {
+      await startMockDaemon({ rejectVersion: true })
+
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      await expect(client.ensureConnected()).rejects.toThrow()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('RPC', () => {
+    it('sends request and receives response', async () => {
+      await startMockDaemon({
+        onControlMessage: (msg) => {
+          const req = msg as { id: string; type: string }
+          if (req.type === 'listSessions') {
+            return encodeNdjson({
+              id: req.id,
+              ok: true,
+              payload: { sessions: [] }
+            })
+          }
+          return null
+        }
+      })
+
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+
+      const result = await client.request('listSessions', undefined)
+      expect(result).toEqual({ sessions: [] })
+    })
+
+    it('rejects on error response', async () => {
+      await startMockDaemon({
+        onControlMessage: (msg) => {
+          const req = msg as { id: string; type: string }
+          return encodeNdjson({
+            id: req.id,
+            ok: false,
+            error: 'Something went wrong'
+          })
+        }
+      })
+
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+
+      await expect(client.request('listSessions', undefined)).rejects.toThrow(
+        'Something went wrong'
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('events', () => {
+    it('receives stream events', async () => {
+      let streamSocket: Socket | null = null
+      await startMockDaemon({
+        onStreamHello: () => {
+          // We need to capture the stream socket to send events on it
+        }
+      })
+
+      // Capture stream socket from server
+      const origListener = server.listeners('connection')[0] as (s: Socket) => void
+      server.removeAllListeners('connection')
+      let socketCount = 0
+      server.on('connection', (socket) => {
+        socketCount++
+        if (socketCount === 2) {
+          streamSocket = socket
+        }
+        origListener(socket)
+      })
+
+      const events: DaemonEvent[] = []
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      client.onEvent((event) => events.push(event as DaemonEvent))
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+
+      await waitFor(() => streamSocket !== null)
+
+      // Send a data event on the stream socket
+      const event: DaemonEvent = {
+        type: 'event',
+        event: 'data',
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        payload: { data: 'hello from daemon' }
+      }
+      streamSocket!.write(encodeNdjson(event))
+
+      await waitFor(() => events.length > 0)
+      expect(events[0]).toMatchObject({
+        type: 'event',
+        event: 'data',
+        sessionId: 'session-1'
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('disconnect', () => {
+    it('emits disconnected when server destroys sockets', async () => {
+      const serverSockets: Socket[] = []
+      await startMockDaemon()
+      server.on('connection', (socket) => serverSockets.push(socket))
+
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      const disconnected = vi.fn()
+      client.onDisconnected(disconnected)
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+
+      // Wait for both sockets to be tracked
+      await waitFor(() => serverSockets.length >= 2)
+
+      // Destroy all server-side sockets to simulate daemon crash
+      for (const socket of serverSockets) {
+        socket.destroy()
+      }
+
+      await waitFor(() => disconnected.mock.calls.length > 0, 3000)
+      expect(client.isConnected()).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('disconnect() can be called safely when not connected', () => {
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      expect(() => client.disconnect()).not.toThrow()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('notify (fire-and-forget)', () => {
+    it('sends request with notify_ prefix without expecting response', async () => {
+      const received: unknown[] = []
+      await startMockDaemon({
+        onControlMessage: (msg) => {
+          received.push(msg)
+          return null // no response
+        }
+      })
+
+      client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+
+      client.notify('write', { sessionId: 'session-1', data: 'hello' })
+
+      await waitFor(() => received.length > 0)
+      const msg = received[0] as { id: string; type: string }
+      expect(msg.id).toMatch(/^notify_/)
+      expect(msg.type).toBe('write')
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/client.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+import { connect, type Socket } from 'net'
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto'
+import { encodeNdjson, createNdjsonParser } from './ndjson'
+import { PROTOCOL_VERSION, NOTIFY_PREFIX, DaemonProtocolError } from './types'
+import type { HelloMessage, HelloResponse, RpcResponse, DaemonEvent } from './types'
+
+const CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000
+const REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 30000
+
+export type DaemonClientOptions = {
+  socketPath: string
+  tokenPath: string
+}
+
+type PendingRequest = {
+  resolve: (value: unknown) => void
+  reject: (reason: Error) => void
+  timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
+}
+
+export class DaemonClient {
+  private socketPath: string
+  private tokenPath: string
+  private clientId = randomUUID()
+
+  private controlSocket: Socket | null = null
+  private streamSocket: Socket | null = null
+  private connected = false
+  private disconnectArmed = false
+  // Why: multiple concurrent spawn() calls from simultaneous pane mounts
+  // all call ensureConnected(). Without a lock, each starts a separate
+  // connection attempt, overwriting sockets and triggering "Connection lost".
+  private connectingPromise: Promise<void> | null = null
+
+  private pendingRequests = new Map<string, PendingRequest>()
+  private eventListeners: ((event: unknown) => void)[] = []
+  private disconnectedListeners: (() => void)[] = []
+  private requestCounter = 0
+
+  constructor(opts: DaemonClientOptions) {
+    this.socketPath = opts.socketPath
+    this.tokenPath = opts.tokenPath
+  }
+
+  isConnected(): boolean {
+    return this.connected
+  }
+
+  async ensureConnected(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.connected) {
+      return
+    }
+    if (this.connectingPromise) {
+      return this.connectingPromise
+    }
+
+    this.connectingPromise = this.doConnect()
+    try {
+      await this.connectingPromise
+    } finally {
+      this.connectingPromise = null
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async doConnect(): Promise<void> {
+    const token = readFileSync(this.tokenPath, 'utf-8').trim()
+
+    try {
+      // Sequential: control first, then stream
+      this.controlSocket = await this.connectSocket()
+      await this.sendHello(this.controlSocket, token, 'control')
+      this.setupControlParser()
+
+      this.streamSocket = await this.connectSocket()
+      await this.sendHello(this.streamSocket, token, 'stream')
+      this.setupStreamParser()
+
+      this.connected = true
+      this.disconnectArmed = true
+
+      // Handle socket close
+      const handleClose = () => this.handleDisconnect()
+      this.controlSocket.on('close', handleClose)
+      this.controlSocket.on('error', handleClose)
+      this.streamSocket.on('close', handleClose)
+      this.streamSocket.on('error', handleClose)
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.controlSocket?.destroy()
+      this.streamSocket?.destroy()
+      this.controlSocket = null
+      this.streamSocket = null
+      this.connected = false
+      this.disconnectArmed = false
+      throw error
+    }
+  }
+
+  async request<T = unknown>(type: string, payload: unknown): Promise<T> {
+    if (!this.connected || !this.controlSocket) {
+      throw new DaemonProtocolError('Not connected')
+    }
+
+    const id = `req-${++this.requestCounter}`
+    const msg = { id, type, ...(payload !== undefined ? { payload } : {}) }
+
+    return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        this.pendingRequests.delete(id)
+        reject(new DaemonProtocolError(`Request ${type} timed out after ${REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS}ms`))
+      }, REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
+
+      this.pendingRequests.set(id, {
+        resolve: resolve as (value: unknown) => void,
+        reject,
+        timer
+      })
+
+      this.controlSocket!.write(encodeNdjson(msg))
+    })
+  }
+
+  notify(type: string, payload: unknown): void {
+    if (!this.connected || !this.controlSocket) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const id = `${NOTIFY_PREFIX}${++this.requestCounter}`
+    const msg = { id, type, ...(payload !== undefined ? { payload } : {}) }
+    this.controlSocket.write(encodeNdjson(msg))
+  }
+
+  onEvent(listener: (event: unknown) => void): () => void {
+    this.eventListeners.push(listener)
+    return () => {
+      const idx = this.eventListeners.indexOf(listener)
+      if (idx !== -1) {
+        this.eventListeners.splice(idx, 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  onDisconnected(listener: () => void): () => void {
+    this.disconnectedListeners.push(listener)
+    return () => {
+      const idx = this.disconnectedListeners.indexOf(listener)
+      if (idx !== -1) {
+        this.disconnectedListeners.splice(idx, 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  disconnect(): void {
+    this.connected = false
+    this.disconnectArmed = false
+
+    for (const [id, pending] of this.pendingRequests) {
+      clearTimeout(pending.timer)
+      pending.reject(new DaemonProtocolError('Disconnected'))
+      this.pendingRequests.delete(id)
+    }
+
+    this.controlSocket?.destroy()
+    this.streamSocket?.destroy()
+    this.controlSocket = null
+    this.streamSocket = null
+  }
+
+  private connectSocket(): Promise<Socket> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const socket = connect(this.socketPath)
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        socket.destroy()
+        reject(new DaemonProtocolError('Connection timed out'))
+      }, CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS)
+
+      socket.on('connect', () => {
+        clearTimeout(timer)
+        resolve(socket)
+      })
+
+      socket.on('error', (err) => {
+        clearTimeout(timer)
+        reject(err)
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  private sendHello(socket: Socket, token: string, role: 'control' | 'stream'): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const hello: HelloMessage = {
+        type: 'hello',
+        version: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        token,
+        clientId: this.clientId,
+        role
+      }
+
+      let buffer = ''
+      const onData = (chunk: Buffer): void => {
+        buffer += chunk.toString()
+        const newlineIdx = buffer.indexOf('\n')
+        if (newlineIdx === -1) {
+          return
+        }
+
+        socket.removeListener('data', onData)
+        const line = buffer.slice(0, newlineIdx)
+        try {
+          const response = JSON.parse(line) as HelloResponse
+          if (response.ok) {
+            resolve()
+          } else {
+            reject(new DaemonProtocolError(response.error ?? 'Hello rejected'))
+          }
+        } catch {
+          reject(new DaemonProtocolError('Invalid hello response'))
+        }
+      }
+
+      socket.on('data', onData)
+      socket.write(encodeNdjson(hello))
+    })
+  }
+
+  private setupControlParser(): void {
+    if (!this.controlSocket) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(
+      (msg) => {
+        const response = msg as RpcResponse
+        if (response.id) {
+          const pending = this.pendingRequests.get(response.id)
+          if (pending) {
+            this.pendingRequests.delete(response.id)
+            clearTimeout(pending.timer)
+            if (response.ok) {
+              pending.resolve(response.payload)
+            } else {
+              pending.reject(new DaemonProtocolError(response.error))
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      () => {} // Ignore parse errors on control socket
+    )
+
+    this.controlSocket.on('data', (chunk) => parser.feed(chunk.toString()))
+  }
+
+  private setupStreamParser(): void {
+    if (!this.streamSocket) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(
+      (msg) => {
+        const event = msg as DaemonEvent
+        if (event.type === 'event') {
+          for (const listener of this.eventListeners) {
+            listener(event)
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      () => {} // Ignore parse errors on stream socket
+    )
+
+    this.streamSocket.on('data', (chunk) => parser.feed(chunk.toString()))
+  }
+
+  private handleDisconnect(): void {
+    if (!this.disconnectArmed) {
+      return
+    }
+    this.disconnectArmed = false
+    this.connected = false
+
+    for (const [id, pending] of this.pendingRequests) {
+      clearTimeout(pending.timer)
+      pending.reject(new DaemonProtocolError('Connection lost'))
+      this.pendingRequests.delete(id)
+    }
+
+    this.controlSocket?.destroy()
+    this.streamSocket?.destroy()
+    this.controlSocket = null
+    this.streamSocket = null
+
+    for (const listener of this.disconnectedListeners) {
+      listener()
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-entry.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { parseArgs } from './daemon-entry'
+
+describe('daemon-entry parseArgs', () => {
+  it('parses --socket and --token flags', () => {
+    const result = parseArgs(['--socket', '/tmp/test.sock', '--token', '/tmp/test.token'])
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      socketPath: '/tmp/test.sock',
+      tokenPath: '/tmp/test.token'
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('handles flags in any order', () => {
+    const result = parseArgs(['--token', '/tmp/t.token', '--socket', '/tmp/t.sock'])
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      socketPath: '/tmp/t.sock',
+      tokenPath: '/tmp/t.token'
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('throws when --socket is missing', () => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs(['--token', '/tmp/t.token'])).toThrow('Usage:')
+  })
+
+  it('throws when --token is missing', () => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs(['--socket', '/tmp/t.sock'])).toThrow('Usage:')
+  })
+
+  it('throws with no args', () => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs([])).toThrow('Usage:')
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/daemon-entry.ts

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+/**
+ * Daemon entry point — runs as a standalone Node.js process.
+ *
+ * Usage: node daemon-entry.js --socket /path/to/sock --token /path/to/token
+ *
+ * Signals readiness to parent via IPC: { type: 'ready' }
+ * Shuts down cleanly on SIGTERM.
+ */
+import { startDaemon, type DaemonHandle } from './daemon-main'
+import { createPtySubprocess } from './pty-subprocess'
+
+export function parseArgs(argv: string[]): { socketPath: string; tokenPath: string } {
+  let socketPath = ''
+  let tokenPath = ''
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+    if (argv[i] === '--socket' && argv[i + 1]) {
+      socketPath = argv[i + 1]
+      i++
+    } else if (argv[i] === '--token' && argv[i + 1]) {
+      tokenPath = argv[i + 1]
+      i++
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!socketPath || !tokenPath) {
+    throw new Error('Usage: daemon-entry --socket <path> --token <path>')
+  }
+
+  return { socketPath, tokenPath }
+}
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  const { socketPath, tokenPath } = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2))
+
+  let daemon: DaemonHandle | null = null
+
+  const shutdown = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (daemon) {
+      await daemon.shutdown()
+      daemon = null
+    }
+    process.exit(0)
+  }
+
+  process.on('SIGTERM', () => void shutdown())
+  process.on('SIGINT', () => void shutdown())
+
+  daemon = await startDaemon({
+    socketPath,
+    tokenPath,
+    spawnSubprocess: (opts) => createPtySubprocess(opts)
+  })
+
+  // Signal readiness to parent via IPC (if available)
+  if (process.send) {
+    process.send({ type: 'ready' })
+  }
+}
+
+// Only auto-run when executed directly (not imported for testing)
+const isDirectExecution = !process.env.VITEST
+if (isDirectExecution) {
+  main().catch((err) => {
+    console.error('[daemon] Fatal:', err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  })
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-init.ts

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+import { join } from 'path'
+import { app } from 'electron'
+import { mkdirSync, existsSync, unlinkSync } from 'fs'
+import { fork } from 'child_process'
+import { connect } from 'net'
+import { DaemonSpawner, type DaemonLauncher } from './daemon-spawner'
+import { DaemonPtyAdapter } from './daemon-pty-adapter'
+import { setLocalPtyProvider } from '../ipc/pty'
+
+let spawner: DaemonSpawner | null = null
+let adapter: DaemonPtyAdapter | null = null
+
+function getRuntimeDir(): string {
+  const dir = join(app.getPath('userData'), 'daemon')
+  mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+  return dir
+}
+
+function getHistoryDir(): string {
+  const dir = join(app.getPath('userData'), 'terminal-history')
+  mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+  return dir
+}
+
+function getDaemonEntryPath(): string {
+  const appPath = app.getAppPath()
+  // Why: electron-builder unpacks daemon-entry.js so child_process.fork() can
+  // execute it from disk. In packaged apps app.getAppPath() points at
+  // app.asar, so redirect to the unpacked sibling before joining the script.
+  const basePath = app.isPackaged ? appPath.replace('app.asar', 'app.asar.unpacked') : appPath
+  return join(basePath, 'out', 'main', 'daemon-entry.js')
+}
+
+// Why: before spawning a new daemon, check if an existing one is alive by
+// attempting a TCP connection to the socket. If it connects, the daemon
+// survived from a previous app session — reuse it instead of spawning.
+function probeSocket(socketPath: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    if (process.platform !== 'win32' && !existsSync(socketPath)) {
+      resolve(false)
+      return
+    }
+    const sock = connect({ path: socketPath })
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      sock.destroy()
+      resolve(false)
+    }, 1000)
+    sock.on('connect', () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer)
+      sock.destroy()
+      resolve(true)
+    })
+    sock.on('error', () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer)
+      resolve(false)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+function createOutOfProcessLauncher(): DaemonLauncher {
+  return async (socketPath, tokenPath) => {
+    const alive = await probeSocket(socketPath)
+    if (alive) {
+      // Why: daemon is already running from a previous app session.
+      // No new process to manage — return a no-op shutdown handle.
+      return { shutdown: async () => {} }
+    }
+
+    // Why: stale socket file from a crashed daemon blocks the new server
+    // from binding. Remove it before spawning.
+    if (process.platform !== 'win32' && existsSync(socketPath)) {
+      unlinkSync(socketPath)
+    }
+
+    const entryPath = getDaemonEntryPath()
+    const child = fork(entryPath, ['--socket', socketPath, '--token', tokenPath], {
+      // Why: detached + unref lets the daemon outlive the Electron process.
+      // stdio 'ignore' prevents the child from holding the parent's stdout
+      // open, which would prevent Electron from exiting cleanly.
+      detached: true,
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore', 'ipc']
+    })
+
+    // Wait for the daemon to signal readiness via IPC
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const fail = (error: Error): void => {
+        clearTimeout(timer)
+        if (child.pid) {
+          try {
+            process.kill(child.pid, 'SIGTERM')
+          } catch {
+            // Already dead
+          }
+        }
+        reject(error)
+      }
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        fail(new Error('Daemon startup timed out'))
+      }, 10000)
+
+      child.on('message', (msg: unknown) => {
+        if (msg && typeof msg === 'object' && (msg as { type?: string }).type === 'ready') {
+          clearTimeout(timer)
+          // Why: disconnect IPC channel and unref so Electron can exit
+          // without waiting for the daemon. The daemon keeps running.
+          child.disconnect()
+          child.unref()
+          resolve()
+        }
+      })
+
+      child.on('error', (err) => {
+        fail(err)
+      })
+
+      child.on('exit', (code) => {
+        fail(new Error(`Daemon exited during startup with code ${code}`))
+      })
+    })
+
+    return {
+      shutdown: async () => {
+        if (child.pid) {
+          try {
+            process.kill(child.pid, 'SIGTERM')
+          } catch {
+            // Already dead
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export async function initDaemonPtyProvider(): Promise<void> {
+  const runtimeDir = getRuntimeDir()
+
+  const newSpawner = new DaemonSpawner({
+    runtimeDir,
+    launcher: createOutOfProcessLauncher()
+  })
+
+  // Why: assign spawner/adapter only after both succeed. If ensureRunning()
+  // throws, a stale spawner would prevent shutdownDaemon() from cleaning up
+  // correctly on retry.
+  const info = await newSpawner.ensureRunning()
+
+  const newAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({
+    socketPath: info.socketPath,
+    tokenPath: info.tokenPath,
+    historyPath: getHistoryDir()
+  })
+
+  spawner = newSpawner
+  adapter = newAdapter
+  setLocalPtyProvider(adapter)
+}
+
+// Why: disconnect from the daemon without killing it. The daemon runs as a
+// separate process and survives app quit — sessions stay alive for warm
+// reattach on next launch. Leave history sessions marked "unclean" here so a
+// later daemon crash while Orca is closed is still recoverable on next launch.
+export function disconnectDaemon(): void {
+  adapter?.disconnectOnly()
+  adapter = null
+}
+
+/** Kill the daemon and all its sessions. Use for full cleanup only. */
+export async function shutdownDaemon(): Promise<void> {
+  adapter?.dispose()
+  adapter = null
+  await spawner?.shutdown()
+  spawner = null
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-main.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { startDaemon, type DaemonHandle } from './daemon-main'
+import { DaemonClient } from './client'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'daemon-main-test-'))
+}
+
+describe('startDaemon', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let socketPath: string
+  let tokenPath: string
+  let daemon: DaemonHandle | null = null
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    socketPath = join(dir, 'test.sock')
+    tokenPath = join(dir, 'test.token')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await daemon?.shutdown()
+    daemon = null
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  it('creates token file and starts listening', async () => {
+    daemon = await startDaemon({
+      socketPath,
+      tokenPath,
+      spawnSubprocess: () => createMockSubprocess()
+    })
+
+    expect(existsSync(tokenPath)).toBe(true)
+    const token = readFileSync(tokenPath, 'utf-8')
+    expect(token.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  })
+
+  it('accepts client connections', async () => {
+    daemon = await startDaemon({
+      socketPath,
+      tokenPath,
+      spawnSubprocess: () => createMockSubprocess()
+    })
+
+    const client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+    await client.ensureConnected()
+    expect(client.isConnected()).toBe(true)
+    client.disconnect()
+  })
+
+  it('handles session creation via connected client', async () => {
+    daemon = await startDaemon({
+      socketPath,
+      tokenPath,
+      spawnSubprocess: () => createMockSubprocess()
+    })
+
+    const client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+    await client.ensureConnected()
+
+    const result = await client.request<{ isNew: boolean; pid: number }>('createOrAttach', {
+      sessionId: 'test-session',
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24
+    })
+
+    expect(result.isNew).toBe(true)
+    expect(result.pid).toBe(99999)
+    client.disconnect()
+  })
+
+  it('shuts down cleanly', async () => {
+    daemon = await startDaemon({
+      socketPath,
+      tokenPath,
+      spawnSubprocess: () => createMockSubprocess()
+    })
+
+    await daemon.shutdown()
+    daemon = null
+
+    // Server should no longer accept connections
+    const client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+    await expect(client.ensureConnected()).rejects.toThrow()
+  })
+})
+
+function createMockSubprocess() {
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 99999,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(_cb: (data: string) => void) {},
+    onExit(cb: (code: number) => void) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-main.ts

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+import { DaemonServer, type DaemonServerOptions } from './daemon-server'
+
+export type DaemonStartOptions = {
+  socketPath: string
+  tokenPath: string
+  spawnSubprocess: DaemonServerOptions['spawnSubprocess']
+}
+
+export type DaemonHandle = {
+  shutdown(): Promise<void>
+}
+
+export async function startDaemon(opts: DaemonStartOptions): Promise<DaemonHandle> {
+  const server = new DaemonServer({
+    socketPath: opts.socketPath,
+    tokenPath: opts.tokenPath,
+    spawnSubprocess: opts.spawnSubprocess
+  })
+
+  await server.start()
+
+  return {
+    shutdown: () => server.shutdown()
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-adapter.test.ts

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+/* oxlint-disable max-lines */
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { DaemonPtyAdapter } from './daemon-pty-adapter'
+import { DaemonServer } from './daemon-server'
+import { getHistorySessionDirName } from './history-paths'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'daemon-adapter-test-'))
+}
+
+function createMockSubprocess(): SubprocessHandle & {
+  _simulateData: (data: string) => void
+  _simulateExit: (code: number) => void
+} {
+  let onDataCb: ((data: string) => void) | null = null
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 66666,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(cb) {
+      onDataCb = cb
+    },
+    onExit(cb) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    },
+    _simulateData(data: string) {
+      onDataCb?.(data)
+    },
+    _simulateExit(code: number) {
+      onExitCb?.(code)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function waitFor(predicate: () => boolean, timeoutMs = 2000): Promise<void> {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  while (!predicate()) {
+    if (Date.now() - start > timeoutMs) {
+      throw new Error('waitFor timed out')
+    }
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10))
+  }
+}
+
+describe('DaemonPtyAdapter (IPtyProvider)', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let socketPath: string
+  let tokenPath: string
+  let server: DaemonServer
+  let adapter: DaemonPtyAdapter
+  let lastSubprocess: ReturnType<typeof createMockSubprocess>
+  let lastSpawnOpts: {
+    sessionId: string
+    cols: number
+    rows: number
+    cwd?: string
+    env?: Record<string, string>
+    command?: string
+  } | null
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    socketPath = join(dir, 'test.sock')
+    tokenPath = join(dir, 'test.token')
+
+    server = new DaemonServer({
+      socketPath,
+      tokenPath,
+      spawnSubprocess: (opts) => {
+        lastSpawnOpts = opts
+        lastSubprocess = createMockSubprocess()
+        return lastSubprocess
+      }
+    })
+    await server.start()
+
+    adapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+    lastSpawnOpts = null
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    adapter?.dispose()
+    await server?.shutdown()
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  describe('spawn', () => {
+    it('returns a result with an id', async () => {
+      const result = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      expect(result.id).toBeDefined()
+      expect(typeof result.id).toBe('string')
+    })
+
+    it('uses worktreeId as session prefix when provided', async () => {
+      const result = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, worktreeId: 'wt-1' })
+      expect(result.id).toContain('wt-1')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('write', () => {
+    it('sends data to the daemon session', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      adapter.write(id, 'ls\n')
+
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+      expect(lastSubprocess.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ls\n')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('resize', () => {
+    it('resizes the daemon session', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      adapter.resize(id, 120, 40)
+
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+      expect(lastSubprocess.resize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(120, 40)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('shutdown', () => {
+    it('kills the session', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await adapter.shutdown(id, false)
+      expect(lastSubprocess.kill).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('sendSignal', () => {
+    it('sends signal to the session', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await adapter.sendSignal(id, 'SIGINT')
+
+      expect(lastSubprocess.signal).toHaveBeenCalledWith('SIGINT')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getCwd', () => {
+    it('returns empty string when no CWD tracked', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      const cwd = await adapter.getCwd(id)
+      expect(cwd).toBe('')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getInitialCwd', () => {
+    it('returns the cwd passed at spawn time', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, cwd: '/home/user' })
+      const cwd = await adapter.getInitialCwd(id)
+      expect(cwd).toBe('/home/user')
+    })
+
+    it('returns empty string when no cwd provided', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      const cwd = await adapter.getInitialCwd(id)
+      expect(cwd).toBe('')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('clearBuffer', () => {
+    it('does not throw', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await expect(adapter.clearBuffer(id)).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('onData', () => {
+    it('routes data events from daemon', async () => {
+      const dataPayloads: { id: string; data: string }[] = []
+      adapter.onData((payload) => dataPayloads.push(payload))
+
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('hello')
+
+      await waitFor(() => dataPayloads.length > 0)
+      expect(dataPayloads[0]).toEqual({ id, data: 'hello' })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('onExit', () => {
+    it('routes exit events from daemon', async () => {
+      const exits: { id: string; code: number }[] = []
+      adapter.onExit((payload) => exits.push(payload))
+
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      lastSubprocess._simulateExit(42)
+
+      await waitFor(() => exits.length > 0)
+      expect(exits[0]).toEqual({ id, code: 42 })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('spawn with sessionId (reattach)', () => {
+    it('returns full snapshot and isReattach when reattaching', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'reattach-test-session'
+      const first = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(first.id).toBe(sessionId)
+      expect(first.isReattach).toBeUndefined()
+
+      // Write data so the headless emulator captures it
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('hello from shell\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      // Spawn again with the same sessionId — should reattach
+      const second = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(second.id).toBe(sessionId)
+      expect(second.isReattach).toBe(true)
+      expect(second.snapshot).toBeDefined()
+      expect(second.snapshot).toContain('hello from shell')
+    })
+
+    it('includes rehydrateSequences in snapshot when terminal modes are active', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'rehydrate-test'
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+
+      // Enable bracketed paste mode, then write visible output
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('\x1b[?2004h')
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('prompt$ ')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(result.isReattach).toBe(true)
+      expect(result.snapshot).toContain('\x1b[?2004h')
+      expect(result.snapshot).toContain('prompt$')
+    })
+
+    it('returns plain result for new sessionId', async () => {
+      const result = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 'brand-new' })
+      expect(result.id).toBe('brand-new')
+      expect(result.isReattach).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(result.snapshot).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('attach', () => {
+    it('reattaches to existing session and receives events', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      // Create a second adapter simulating app restart
+      const adapter2 = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      const dataPayloads: { id: string; data: string }[] = []
+      adapter2.onData((payload) => dataPayloads.push(payload))
+
+      await adapter2.attach(id)
+
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('after-reattach')
+      await waitFor(() => dataPayloads.length > 0)
+      expect(dataPayloads[0]).toEqual({ id, data: 'after-reattach' })
+
+      adapter2.dispose()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('listProcesses', () => {
+    it('returns active sessions', async () => {
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      const procs = await adapter.listProcesses()
+      expect(procs).toHaveLength(2)
+      expect(procs[0]).toHaveProperty('id')
+      expect(procs[0]).toHaveProperty('cwd')
+      expect(procs[0]).toHaveProperty('title')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('hasChildProcesses / getForegroundProcess', () => {
+    it('returns false for hasChildProcesses (stub)', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      expect(await adapter.hasChildProcesses(id)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('returns null for getForegroundProcess (stub)', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      expect(await adapter.getForegroundProcess(id)).toBeNull()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('serialize / revive', () => {
+    it('serialize returns JSON', async () => {
+      const { id } = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      const state = await adapter.serialize([id])
+      expect(() => JSON.parse(state)).not.toThrow()
+    })
+
+    it('revive does not throw', async () => {
+      await expect(adapter.revive('{}')).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getDefaultShell / getProfiles', () => {
+    it('returns a shell path', async () => {
+      const shell = await adapter.getDefaultShell()
+      expect(shell.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    })
+
+    it('returns profiles', async () => {
+      const profiles = await adapter.getProfiles()
+      expect(Array.isArray(profiles)).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('killed-session tombstones', () => {
+    it('prevents spawn after shutdown for same sessionId', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'tombstone-test'
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      await adapter.shutdown(sessionId, true)
+
+      await expect(adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })).rejects.toThrow(
+        'was explicitly killed'
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('allows spawn for different sessionId after shutdown', async () => {
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 'kill-me' })
+      await adapter.shutdown('kill-me', true)
+
+      const result = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 'fresh-one' })
+      expect(result.id).toBe('fresh-one')
+    })
+
+    it('clearTombstone allows re-spawn', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'cleared-tombstone'
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      await adapter.shutdown(sessionId, true)
+
+      adapter.clearTombstone(sessionId)
+
+      const result = await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(result.id).toBe(sessionId)
+    })
+
+    it('evicts oldest tombstone when exceeding limit', async () => {
+      // Why: MAX_TOMBSTONES is 1000, but spawning that many real sessions is
+      // slow. Instead verify the eviction logic by spawning a small batch and
+      // checking the oldest tombstone is gone after crossing the cap. We access
+      // the private map size via the public API: the oldest session should
+      // become spawnable again once evicted.
+      const ids: string[] = []
+      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+        const id = `evict-${i}`
+        ids.push(id)
+        await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: id })
+        await adapter.shutdown(id, true)
+      }
+
+      // All 5 should be tombstoned
+      for (const id of ids) {
+        await expect(adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: id })).rejects.toThrow(
+          'was explicitly killed'
+        )
+      }
+
+      // clearTombstone the first one, then re-kill it — it should still work
+      adapter.clearTombstone(ids[0])
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: ids[0] })
+      await adapter.shutdown(ids[0], true)
+
+      // First tombstone was re-added at the end of the Map, so eviction
+      // order is now [evict-1, evict-2, evict-3, evict-4, evict-0]
+      await expect(adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: ids[0] })).rejects.toThrow(
+        'was explicitly killed'
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('reconcileOnStartup', () => {
+    it('returns alive sessions for valid worktrees', async () => {
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, worktreeId: 'wt-active' })
+
+      const { alive, killed } = await adapter.reconcileOnStartup(new Set(['wt-active']))
+      expect(alive).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(alive[0]).toContain('wt-active')
+      expect(killed).toHaveLength(0)
+    })
+
+    it('kills sessions for removed worktrees', async () => {
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, worktreeId: 'wt-removed' })
+
+      const { alive, killed } = await adapter.reconcileOnStartup(new Set(['wt-other']))
+      expect(alive).toHaveLength(0)
+      expect(killed).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(killed[0]).toContain('wt-removed')
+    })
+
+    it('handles mix of valid and orphaned sessions', async () => {
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, worktreeId: 'wt-keep' })
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, worktreeId: 'wt-delete' })
+
+      const { alive, killed } = await adapter.reconcileOnStartup(new Set(['wt-keep']))
+      expect(alive).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(killed).toHaveLength(1)
+    })
+
+    it('correctly parses hyphenated worktreeIds', async () => {
+      const complexId = 'repo-abc::/Users/dev/my-feature-branch'
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, worktreeId: complexId })
+
+      const { alive, killed } = await adapter.reconcileOnStartup(new Set([complexId]))
+      expect(alive).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(killed).toHaveLength(0)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('dispose', () => {
+    it('disconnects without killing sessions', async () => {
+      await adapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, worktreeId: 'wt-1' })
+      adapter.dispose()
+
+      // Session survives — verify by connecting new adapter
+      const adapter2 = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      const procs = await adapter2.listProcesses()
+      expect(procs).toHaveLength(1)
+      adapter2.dispose()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('history integration', () => {
+    let historyDir: string
+    let historyAdapter: DaemonPtyAdapter
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      historyDir = join(dir, 'history')
+    })
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      historyAdapter?.dispose()
+    })
+
+    it('writes scrollback to disk on data events', async () => {
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const { id } = await historyAdapter.spawn({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        cwd: '/home/user',
+        sessionId: 'hist-test'
+      })
+
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('hello from pty\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const scrollback = readFileSync(
+        join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(id), 'scrollback.bin'),
+        'utf-8'
+      )
+      expect(scrollback).toContain('hello from pty')
+    })
+
+    it('writes meta.json with endedAt on exit', async () => {
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const { id } = await historyAdapter.spawn({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        sessionId: 'exit-hist'
+      })
+
+      lastSubprocess._simulateExit(0)
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const meta = JSON.parse(
+        readFileSync(join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(id), 'meta.json'), 'utf-8')
+      )
+      expect(meta.endedAt).toBeDefined()
+      expect(meta.exitCode).toBe(0)
+    })
+
+    it('removes history on explicit shutdown', async () => {
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const { id } = await historyAdapter.spawn({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        sessionId: 'shutdown-hist'
+      })
+
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('data')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      expect(existsSync(join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(id)))).toBe(true)
+
+      await historyAdapter.shutdown(id, true)
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      expect(existsSync(join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(id)))).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('returns cold restore data when disk history has unclean shutdown', async () => {
+      // Simulate a previous daemon crash: write history files without endedAt
+      const sessionId = 'cold-restore-test'
+      const sessionDir = join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId))
+      mkdirSync(sessionDir, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(sessionDir, 'meta.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          cwd: '/projects/myapp',
+          cols: 120,
+          rows: 40,
+          startedAt: '2026-04-15T10:00:00Z',
+          endedAt: null,
+          exitCode: null
+        })
+      )
+      writeFileSync(join(sessionDir, 'scrollback.bin'), '$ npm run dev\r\nServer running...\r\n')
+
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const result = await historyAdapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(result.id).toBe(sessionId)
+      expect(result.coldRestore).toBeDefined()
+      expect(result.coldRestore!.scrollback).toContain('Server running')
+      expect(result.coldRestore!.cwd).toBe('/projects/myapp')
+      expect(lastSpawnOpts).toMatchObject({
+        sessionId,
+        cwd: '/projects/myapp',
+        cols: 120,
+        rows: 40
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('returns same cold restore on StrictMode double-mount (sticky cache)', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'sticky-cache-test'
+      const sessionDir = join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId))
+      mkdirSync(sessionDir, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(sessionDir, 'meta.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          cwd: '/tmp',
+          cols: 80,
+          rows: 24,
+          startedAt: '2026-04-15T10:00:00Z',
+          endedAt: null,
+          exitCode: null
+        })
+      )
+      writeFileSync(join(sessionDir, 'scrollback.bin'), 'cached output')
+
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const first = await historyAdapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(first.coldRestore).toBeDefined()
+
+      // Second call (StrictMode remount) should get cached data
+      const second = await historyAdapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(second.coldRestore).toBeDefined()
+      expect(second.coldRestore!.scrollback).toBe('cached output')
+
+      // After ack, cold restore should not be returned
+      historyAdapter.ackColdRestore(sessionId)
+      const third = await historyAdapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(third.coldRestore).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('records post-cold-restore data to disk for future restores', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'post-restore-data'
+      const sessionDir = join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId))
+      mkdirSync(sessionDir, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(sessionDir, 'meta.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          cwd: '/tmp',
+          cols: 80,
+          rows: 24,
+          startedAt: '2026-04-15T10:00:00Z',
+          endedAt: null,
+          exitCode: null
+        })
+      )
+      writeFileSync(join(sessionDir, 'scrollback.bin'), 'old output')
+
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const result = await historyAdapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(result.coldRestore).toBeDefined()
+
+      // Restored scrollback is seeded into the new history file immediately
+      const seeded = readFileSync(
+        join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId), 'scrollback.bin'),
+        'utf-8'
+      )
+      expect(seeded).toContain('old output')
+
+      // Simulate new data arriving after cold restore
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('new post-restore output\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      // History should now contain both the seeded and new data
+      const scrollback = readFileSync(
+        join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId), 'scrollback.bin'),
+        'utf-8'
+      )
+      expect(scrollback).toContain('old output')
+      expect(scrollback).toContain('new post-restore output')
+    })
+
+    it('does not cold-restore for clean shutdown (endedAt set)', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'clean-exit'
+      const sessionDir = join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId))
+      mkdirSync(sessionDir, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(sessionDir, 'meta.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          cwd: '/tmp',
+          cols: 80,
+          rows: 24,
+          startedAt: '2026-04-15T10:00:00Z',
+          endedAt: '2026-04-15T12:00:00Z',
+          exitCode: 0
+        })
+      )
+      writeFileSync(join(sessionDir, 'scrollback.bin'), 'old data')
+
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const result = await historyAdapter.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId })
+      expect(result.coldRestore).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('stores history under an encoded directory key for Windows-safe session ids', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'repo1::/path/wt1@@abcd'
+      historyAdapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({ socketPath, tokenPath, historyPath: historyDir })
+
+      const { id } = await historyAdapter.spawn({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        cwd: '/tmp',
+        sessionId
+      })
+
+      expect(id).toBe(sessionId)
+      expect(existsSync(join(historyDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId), 'meta.json'))).toBe(
+        true
+      )
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-adapter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+/* oxlint-disable max-lines -- Why: history error-logging .catch() chains add ~10 lines of
+safety wiring spread across spawn/event-routing; splitting would scatter tightly coupled
+adapter ↔ history lifecycle logic. */
+import { basename } from 'path'
+import { existsSync } from 'fs'
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto'
+import { DaemonClient } from './client'
+import { HistoryManager } from './history-manager'
+import { HistoryReader } from './history-reader'
+import { supportsPtyStartupBarrier } from './shell-ready'
+import type { CreateOrAttachResult, DaemonEvent, ListSessionsResult } from './types'
+import type { IPtyProvider, PtySpawnOptions, PtySpawnResult } from '../providers/types'
+
+export type DaemonPtyAdapterOptions = {
+  socketPath: string
+  tokenPath: string
+  /** Directory for disk-based terminal history. When set, the adapter writes
+   *  raw PTY output to disk for cold restore on daemon crash. */
+  historyPath?: string
+}
+
+const MAX_TOMBSTONES = 1000
+
+export class TerminalKilledError extends Error {
+  constructor(sessionId: string) {
+    super(`Session "${sessionId}" was explicitly killed`)
+    this.name = 'TerminalKilledError'
+  }
+}
+
+export class DaemonPtyAdapter implements IPtyProvider {
+  private client: DaemonClient
+  private historyManager: HistoryManager | null
+  private historyReader: HistoryReader | null
+  private dataListeners: ((payload: { id: string; data: string }) => void)[] = []
+  private exitListeners: ((payload: { id: string; code: number }) => void)[] = []
+  private removeEventListener: (() => void) | null = null
+  private initialCwds = new Map<string, string>()
+  // Why: React re-renders and StrictMode double-mounts can call createOrAttach
+  // for a session the user just killed. Without tombstones, the daemon would
+  // create a fresh session — resurrecting a terminal the user explicitly closed.
+  // Uses a Map<id, timestamp> so eviction removes the oldest by insertion order,
+  // matching terminal-host.ts tombstone semantics.
+  private killedSessionTombstones = new Map<string, number>()
+  // Why: React StrictMode double-mounts: mount → cold restore → unmount →
+  // mount → ??? The sticky cache returns the same cold restore data on the
+  // second mount until the renderer explicitly acknowledges it.
+  private coldRestoreCache = new Map<string, { scrollback: string; cwd: string }>()
+
+  constructor(opts: DaemonPtyAdapterOptions) {
+    this.client = new DaemonClient({
+      socketPath: opts.socketPath,
+      tokenPath: opts.tokenPath
+    })
+    this.historyManager = opts.historyPath ? new HistoryManager(opts.historyPath) : null
+    this.historyReader = opts.historyPath ? new HistoryReader(opts.historyPath) : null
+  }
+
+  getHistoryManager(): HistoryManager | null {
+    return this.historyManager
+  }
+
+  async spawn(opts: PtySpawnOptions): Promise<PtySpawnResult> {
+    await this.ensureConnected()
+
+    const sessionId =
+      opts.sessionId ??
+      (opts.worktreeId ? `${opts.worktreeId}@@${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}` : randomUUID())
+
+    if (this.killedSessionTombstones.has(sessionId)) {
+      throw new TerminalKilledError(sessionId)
+    }
+
+    // Why: detect crash-recovery history before spawning a replacement PTY so
+    // the revived shell inherits the recovered cwd and dimensions instead of
+    // whatever the current renderer happened to request on mount.
+    const restoreInfo = this.historyReader?.detectColdRestore(sessionId) ?? null
+    const effectiveCwd = restoreInfo?.cwd ?? opts.cwd
+    const effectiveCols = restoreInfo?.cols ?? opts.cols
+    const effectiveRows = restoreInfo?.rows ?? opts.rows
+
+    const result = await this.client.request<CreateOrAttachResult>('createOrAttach', {
+      sessionId,
+      cols: effectiveCols,
+      rows: effectiveRows,
+      cwd: effectiveCwd,
+      env: opts.env,
+      command: opts.command,
+      shellReadySupported: opts.command ? supportsPtyStartupBarrier(opts.env ?? {}) : false
+    })
+
+    if (effectiveCwd) {
+      this.initialCwds.set(sessionId, effectiveCwd)
+    }
+
+    // Why: check sticky cache first — StrictMode double-mounts call spawn
+    // twice. The second call finds an existing daemon session (isNew=false)
+    // but should still return the cached cold restore data.
+    const cachedRestore = this.coldRestoreCache.get(sessionId)
+    if (cachedRestore) {
+      return { id: sessionId, coldRestore: cachedRestore }
+    }
+
+    // Cold restore: daemon created a new session but disk history shows
+    // an unclean shutdown → return saved scrollback so the renderer can
+    // display the previous terminal content. Must run BEFORE openSession
+    // which would overwrite the saved history files.
+    if (result.isNew && restoreInfo) {
+      const coldRestore = { scrollback: restoreInfo.scrollback, cwd: restoreInfo.cwd }
+      this.coldRestoreCache.set(sessionId, coldRestore)
+      // Why: seed the reopened history with the recovered metadata, not the
+      // renderer's transient mount-time size, so a second crash restores the
+      // same terminal context the daemon just revived.
+      if (this.historyManager) {
+        void this.historyManager
+          .openSession(sessionId, {
+            cwd: restoreInfo.cwd,
+            cols: restoreInfo.cols,
+            rows: restoreInfo.rows,
+            initialScrollback: restoreInfo.scrollback
+          })
+          .catch((err) => console.warn('[history] openSession failed:', sessionId, err))
+      }
+      return { id: sessionId, coldRestore }
+    }
+
+    if (this.historyManager && result.isNew) {
+      void this.historyManager
+        .openSession(sessionId, {
+          cwd: effectiveCwd ?? '',
+          cols: effectiveCols,
+          rows: effectiveRows,
+          initialScrollback: result.snapshot?.snapshotAnsi
+        })
+        .catch((err) => console.warn('[history] openSession failed:', sessionId, err))
+    }
+
+    const isReattach = !result.isNew
+    if (!isReattach || !result.snapshot) {
+      return { id: sessionId }
+    }
+
+    const isAltScreen = result.snapshot.modes.alternateScreen
+    const snapshotPayload = result.snapshot.rehydrateSequences + result.snapshot.snapshotAnsi
+    return {
+      id: sessionId,
+      snapshot: snapshotPayload,
+      snapshotCols: result.snapshot.cols,
+      snapshotRows: result.snapshot.rows,
+      isReattach: true,
+      isAlternateScreen: isAltScreen
+    }
+  }
+
+  async attach(id: string): Promise<void> {
+    await this.ensureConnected()
+
+    await this.client.request<CreateOrAttachResult>('createOrAttach', {
+      sessionId: id,
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24
+    })
+  }
+
+  write(id: string, data: string): void {
+    this.client.notify('write', { sessionId: id, data })
+  }
+
+  resize(id: string, cols: number, rows: number): void {
+    this.client.notify('resize', { sessionId: id, cols, rows })
+  }
+
+  async shutdown(id: string, _immediate: boolean): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.request('kill', { sessionId: id })
+    this.initialCwds.delete(id)
+    // Why: user explicitly closed this terminal — clean up disk history
+    // so it doesn't trigger a false cold restore on next launch.
+    if (this.historyManager) {
+      void this.historyManager
+        .removeSession(id)
+        .catch((err) => console.warn('[history] removeSession failed:', id, err))
+    }
+
+    // Why: delete-then-set ensures the entry moves to the end of Map iteration
+    // order, so re-killing a session doesn't leave it as the first eviction target.
+    this.killedSessionTombstones.delete(id)
+    this.killedSessionTombstones.set(id, Date.now())
+    if (this.killedSessionTombstones.size > MAX_TOMBSTONES) {
+      const oldest = this.killedSessionTombstones.keys().next().value
+      if (oldest) {
+        this.killedSessionTombstones.delete(oldest)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  ackColdRestore(sessionId: string): void {
+    this.coldRestoreCache.delete(sessionId)
+  }
+
+  clearTombstone(sessionId: string): void {
+    this.killedSessionTombstones.delete(sessionId)
+  }
+
+  async sendSignal(id: string, signal: string): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.request('signal', { sessionId: id, signal })
+  }
+
+  async getCwd(id: string): Promise<string> {
+    try {
+      const result = await this.client.request<{ cwd: string | null }>('getCwd', {
+        sessionId: id
+      })
+      return result.cwd ?? ''
+    } catch {
+      return ''
+    }
+  }
+
+  async getInitialCwd(id: string): Promise<string> {
+    return this.initialCwds.get(id) ?? ''
+  }
+
+  async clearBuffer(id: string): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.request('clearScrollback', { sessionId: id })
+  }
+
+  acknowledgeDataEvent(_id: string, _charCount: number): void {
+    // No flow control for daemon-backed terminals
+  }
+
+  async hasChildProcesses(_id: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  async getForegroundProcess(_id: string): Promise<string | null> {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  async serialize(ids: string[]): Promise<string> {
+    const sessions: Record<string, { initialCwd?: string }> = {}
+    for (const id of ids) {
+      sessions[id] = { initialCwd: this.initialCwds.get(id) }
+    }
+    return JSON.stringify(sessions)
+  }
+
+  async revive(_state: string): Promise<void> {
+    // Sessions already live in the daemon — no revival needed
+  }
+
+  /** Called on app launch. Lists daemon sessions, kills orphans whose
+   *  workspaceId no longer exists, and caches alive session IDs. */
+  async reconcileOnStartup(validWorktreeIds: Set<string>): Promise<{
+    alive: string[]
+    killed: string[]
+  }> {
+    await this.ensureConnected()
+    const result = await this.client.request<ListSessionsResult>('listSessions', undefined)
+
+    const alive: string[] = []
+    const killed: string[] = []
+
+    for (const session of result.sessions) {
+      if (!session.isAlive) {
+        continue
+      }
+      // Why: session IDs use the format `${worktreeId}@@${shortUuid}`. The @@
+      // separator is unambiguous — worktreeIds contain hyphens and colons but
+      // never @@.
+      const separatorIdx = session.sessionId.lastIndexOf('@@')
+      const worktreeId =
+        separatorIdx !== -1 ? session.sessionId.slice(0, separatorIdx) : session.sessionId
+
+      if (!validWorktreeIds.has(worktreeId)) {
+        try {
+          await this.client.request('kill', { sessionId: session.sessionId })
+        } catch {
+          /* already dead */
+        }
+        killed.push(session.sessionId)
+      } else {
+        alive.push(session.sessionId)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return { alive, killed }
+  }
+
+  async listProcesses(): Promise<{ id: string; cwd: string; title: string }[]> {
+    await this.ensureConnected()
+    const result = await this.client.request<ListSessionsResult>('listSessions', undefined)
+    return result.sessions
+      .filter((s) => s.isAlive)
+      .map((s) => ({
+        id: s.sessionId,
+        cwd: s.cwd ?? '',
+        title: 'shell'
+      }))
+  }
+
+  async getDefaultShell(): Promise<string> {
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      return process.env.COMSPEC || 'powershell.exe'
+    }
+    return process.env.SHELL || '/bin/zsh'
+  }
+
+  async getProfiles(): Promise<{ name: string; path: string }[]> {
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      return [
+        { name: 'PowerShell', path: 'powershell.exe' },
+        { name: 'Command Prompt', path: 'cmd.exe' }
+      ]
+    }
+    const shells = ['/bin/zsh', '/bin/bash', '/bin/sh']
+    return shells.filter((s) => existsSync(s)).map((s) => ({ name: basename(s), path: s }))
+  }
+
+  onData(callback: (payload: { id: string; data: string }) => void): () => void {
+    this.dataListeners.push(callback)
+    return () => {
+      const idx = this.dataListeners.indexOf(callback)
+      if (idx !== -1) {
+        this.dataListeners.splice(idx, 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  onReplay(_callback: (payload: { id: string; data: string }) => void): () => void {
+    return () => {}
+  }
+
+  onExit(callback: (payload: { id: string; code: number }) => void): () => void {
+    this.exitListeners.push(callback)
+    return () => {
+      const idx = this.exitListeners.indexOf(callback)
+      if (idx !== -1) {
+        this.exitListeners.splice(idx, 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  dispose(): void {
+    this.removeEventListener?.()
+    this.removeEventListener = null
+    if (this.historyManager) {
+      void this.historyManager
+        .dispose()
+        .catch((err) => console.warn('[history] dispose failed:', err))
+    }
+    this.client.disconnect()
+  }
+
+  // Why: for in-process daemon mode, disconnect without flushing history.
+  // dispose() writes endedAt for all sessions, which would prevent cold
+  // restore. disconnectOnly() leaves history files in unclean state so
+  // the next launch detects them as crash-recoverable.
+  disconnectOnly(): void {
+    this.removeEventListener?.()
+    this.removeEventListener = null
+    this.client.disconnect()
+  }
+
+  private async ensureConnected(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.ensureConnected()
+    this.setupEventRouting()
+  }
+
+  private setupEventRouting(): void {
+    if (this.removeEventListener) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    this.removeEventListener = this.client.onEvent((raw) => {
+      const event = raw as DaemonEvent
+      if (event.type !== 'event') {
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (event.event === 'data') {
+        if (this.historyManager) {
+          void this.historyManager
+            .appendData(event.sessionId, event.payload.data)
+            .catch((err) => console.warn('[history] appendData failed:', event.sessionId, err))
+        }
+        // oxlint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-useless-spread -- copy-safe: listeners may unsubscribe during iteration
+        for (const listener of [...this.dataListeners]) {
+          listener({ id: event.sessionId, data: event.payload.data })
+        }
+      } else if (event.event === 'exit') {
+        if (this.historyManager) {
+          void this.historyManager
+            .closeSession(event.sessionId, event.payload.code)
+            .catch((err) => console.warn('[history] closeSession failed:', event.sessionId, err))
+        }
+        this.initialCwds.delete(event.sessionId)
+        // oxlint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-useless-spread -- copy-safe: listeners may unsubscribe during iteration
+        for (const listener of [...this.exitListeners]) {
+          listener({ id: event.sessionId, code: event.payload.code })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-provider.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'fs'
+import { DaemonPtyProvider } from './daemon-pty-provider'
+import { DaemonServer } from './daemon-server'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'daemon-provider-test-'))
+}
+
+function createMockSubprocess(): SubprocessHandle & {
+  _simulateData: (data: string) => void
+  _simulateExit: (code: number) => void
+} {
+  let onDataCb: ((data: string) => void) | null = null
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 77777,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(cb) {
+      onDataCb = cb
+    },
+    onExit(cb) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    },
+    _simulateData(data: string) {
+      onDataCb?.(data)
+    },
+    _simulateExit(code: number) {
+      onExitCb?.(code)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function waitFor(predicate: () => boolean, timeoutMs = 2000): Promise<void> {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  while (!predicate()) {
+    if (Date.now() - start > timeoutMs) {
+      throw new Error('waitFor timed out')
+    }
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10))
+  }
+}
+
+describe('DaemonPtyProvider', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let socketPath: string
+  let tokenPath: string
+  let server: DaemonServer
+  let provider: DaemonPtyProvider
+  let lastSubprocess: ReturnType<typeof createMockSubprocess>
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    socketPath = join(dir, 'test.sock')
+    tokenPath = join(dir, 'test.token')
+
+    server = new DaemonServer({
+      socketPath,
+      tokenPath,
+      spawnSubprocess: () => {
+        lastSubprocess = createMockSubprocess()
+        return lastSubprocess
+      }
+    })
+    await server.start()
+
+    provider = new DaemonPtyProvider({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await provider?.cleanup()
+    await server?.shutdown()
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  describe('spawn', () => {
+    it('creates a session in the daemon and returns an id', async () => {
+      const result = await provider.spawn({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        sessionId: 'test-session'
+      })
+
+      expect(result.id).toBe('test-session')
+    })
+
+    it('spawns with cwd and env', async () => {
+      const result = await provider.spawn({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        cwd: '/home/user',
+        env: { MY_VAR: 'hello' },
+        sessionId: 'session-with-env'
+      })
+
+      expect(result.id).toBe('session-with-env')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('write', () => {
+    it('sends data to the daemon session', async () => {
+      await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 's1' })
+
+      // Should not throw
+      provider.write('s1', 'ls\n')
+
+      // Give the fire-and-forget notify time to arrive
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+      expect(lastSubprocess.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ls\n')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('resize', () => {
+    it('resizes the daemon session', async () => {
+      await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 's1' })
+      provider.resize('s1', 120, 40)
+
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+      expect(lastSubprocess.resize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(120, 40)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('shutdown (kill session)', () => {
+    it('kills the session in the daemon', async () => {
+      await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 's1' })
+      await provider.shutdown('s1', false)
+
+      expect(lastSubprocess.kill).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('data events', () => {
+    it('delivers data events from the daemon to onData listeners', async () => {
+      const dataPayloads: { id: string; data: string }[] = []
+      provider.onData((payload) => dataPayloads.push(payload))
+
+      await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 's1' })
+
+      // Simulate PTY output from subprocess
+      lastSubprocess._simulateData('hello from shell')
+
+      await waitFor(() => dataPayloads.length > 0)
+      expect(dataPayloads[0]).toEqual({ id: 's1', data: 'hello from shell' })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('exit events', () => {
+    it('delivers exit events from the daemon to onExit listeners', async () => {
+      const exits: { id: string; code: number }[] = []
+      provider.onExit((payload) => exits.push(payload))
+
+      await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 's1' })
+
+      lastSubprocess._simulateExit(42)
+
+      await waitFor(() => exits.length > 0)
+      expect(exits[0]).toEqual({ id: 's1', code: 42 })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('cleanup', () => {
+    it('disconnects from daemon without killing sessions', async () => {
+      await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 's1' })
+      await provider.cleanup()
+
+      // Session should still be alive in the daemon — verify by connecting a new provider
+      const provider2 = new DaemonPtyProvider({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      const result = await provider2.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 's1' })
+
+      // Should reattach (not create new) since the session is alive
+      // The daemon's createOrAttach returns isNew=false for existing sessions
+      expect(result.id).toBe('s1')
+      await provider2.cleanup()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('multiple sessions', () => {
+    it('handles multiple concurrent sessions', async () => {
+      const r1 = await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 'a' })
+      const r2 = await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 'b' })
+      const r3 = await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24, sessionId: 'c' })
+
+      expect(r1.id).toBe('a')
+      expect(r2.id).toBe('b')
+      expect(r3.id).toBe('c')
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-provider.ts

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+import { DaemonClient } from './client'
+import type { DaemonEvent, CreateOrAttachResult } from './types'
+
+export type DaemonPtyProviderOptions = {
+  socketPath: string
+  tokenPath: string
+}
+
+export type DaemonSpawnOptions = {
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  sessionId: string
+  cwd?: string
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  command?: string
+}
+
+export type DaemonSpawnResult = {
+  id: string
+  isNew: boolean
+  pid: number | null
+}
+
+export class DaemonPtyProvider {
+  private client: DaemonClient
+  private dataListeners: ((payload: { id: string; data: string }) => void)[] = []
+  private exitListeners: ((payload: { id: string; code: number }) => void)[] = []
+  private removeEventListener: (() => void) | null = null
+
+  constructor(opts: DaemonPtyProviderOptions) {
+    this.client = new DaemonClient({
+      socketPath: opts.socketPath,
+      tokenPath: opts.tokenPath
+    })
+  }
+
+  async spawn(opts: DaemonSpawnOptions): Promise<DaemonSpawnResult> {
+    await this.client.ensureConnected()
+    this.setupEventRouting()
+
+    const result = await this.client.request<CreateOrAttachResult>('createOrAttach', {
+      sessionId: opts.sessionId,
+      cols: opts.cols,
+      rows: opts.rows,
+      cwd: opts.cwd,
+      env: opts.env,
+      command: opts.command
+    })
+
+    return {
+      id: opts.sessionId,
+      isNew: result.isNew,
+      pid: result.pid
+    }
+  }
+
+  write(id: string, data: string): void {
+    this.client.notify('write', { sessionId: id, data })
+  }
+
+  resize(id: string, cols: number, rows: number): void {
+    this.client.notify('resize', { sessionId: id, cols, rows })
+  }
+
+  async shutdown(id: string, _immediate: boolean): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.request('kill', { sessionId: id })
+  }
+
+  onData(callback: (payload: { id: string; data: string }) => void): () => void {
+    this.dataListeners.push(callback)
+    return () => {
+      const idx = this.dataListeners.indexOf(callback)
+      if (idx !== -1) {
+        this.dataListeners.splice(idx, 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  onExit(callback: (payload: { id: string; code: number }) => void): () => void {
+    this.exitListeners.push(callback)
+    return () => {
+      const idx = this.exitListeners.indexOf(callback)
+      if (idx !== -1) {
+        this.exitListeners.splice(idx, 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  async cleanup(): Promise<void> {
+    this.removeEventListener?.()
+    this.removeEventListener = null
+    this.client.disconnect()
+  }
+
+  private setupEventRouting(): void {
+    if (this.removeEventListener) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    this.removeEventListener = this.client.onEvent((raw) => {
+      const event = raw as DaemonEvent
+      if (event.type !== 'event') {
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (event.event === 'data') {
+        for (const listener of this.dataListeners) {
+          listener({ id: event.sessionId, data: event.payload.data })
+        }
+      } else if (event.event === 'exit') {
+        for (const listener of this.exitListeners) {
+          listener({ id: event.sessionId, code: event.payload.code })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-server.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { connect } from 'net'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { DaemonServer } from './daemon-server'
+import { DaemonClient } from './client'
+import { encodeNdjson } from './ndjson'
+import { PROTOCOL_VERSION } from './types'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'daemon-server-test-'))
+}
+
+function createMockSubprocess(): SubprocessHandle {
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 55555,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(_cb) {
+      /* stored for future tests */
+    },
+    onExit(cb) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('DaemonServer', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let socketPath: string
+  let tokenPath: string
+  let server: DaemonServer
+  let client: DaemonClient
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    socketPath = join(dir, 'test.sock')
+    tokenPath = join(dir, 'test.token')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    client?.disconnect()
+    await server?.shutdown()
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  async function startServer(): Promise<void> {
+    server = new DaemonServer({
+      socketPath,
+      tokenPath,
+      spawnSubprocess: () => createMockSubprocess()
+    })
+    await server.start()
+  }
+
+  async function connectClient(): Promise<DaemonClient> {
+    client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+    await client.ensureConnected()
+    return client
+  }
+
+  describe('startup', () => {
+    it('creates token file and starts listening', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+
+      const token = readFileSync(tokenPath, 'utf-8')
+      expect(token.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    })
+
+    it('accepts client connections', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      const c = await connectClient()
+      expect(c.isConnected()).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('RPC routing', () => {
+    it('handles createOrAttach and returns result', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      const c = await connectClient()
+
+      const result = await c.request('createOrAttach', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24
+      })
+
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        isNew: true,
+        pid: 55555
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('handles listSessions', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      const c = await connectClient()
+
+      // Create a session first
+      await c.request('createOrAttach', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24
+      })
+
+      const result = await c.request<{ sessions: unknown[] }>('listSessions', undefined)
+      expect(result.sessions).toHaveLength(1)
+    })
+
+    it('handles write (fire-and-forget)', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      const c = await connectClient()
+
+      await c.request('createOrAttach', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24
+      })
+
+      // Should not throw
+      c.notify('write', { sessionId: 'test-session', data: 'ls\n' })
+
+      // Give the server time to process
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+    })
+
+    it('handles resize', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      const c = await connectClient()
+
+      await c.request('createOrAttach', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24
+      })
+
+      const result = await c.request('resize', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        cols: 120,
+        rows: 40
+      })
+
+      expect(result).toBeDefined()
+    })
+
+    it('handles getCwd', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      const c = await connectClient()
+
+      await c.request('createOrAttach', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24
+      })
+
+      const result = await c.request<{ cwd: string | null }>('getCwd', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session'
+      })
+
+      // Mock subprocess doesn't emit OSC-7, so cwd is null
+      expect(result.cwd).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('returns error for unknown session operations', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      const c = await connectClient()
+
+      await expect(c.request('write', { sessionId: 'nonexistent', data: 'hi' })).rejects.toThrow(
+        'Session not found'
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('authentication', () => {
+    it('rejects connections with wrong token', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+
+      // Connect with raw socket and send bad token
+      const socket = connect(socketPath)
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => socket.on('connect', resolve))
+
+      socket.write(
+        encodeNdjson({
+          type: 'hello',
+          version: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+          token: 'wrong-token',
+          clientId: 'bad-client',
+          role: 'control'
+        })
+      )
+
+      const response = await new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+        socket.on('data', (data) => resolve(data.toString()))
+      })
+
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(response.trim())
+      expect(parsed.ok).toBe(false)
+      socket.destroy()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('shutdown', () => {
+    it('stops accepting connections after shutdown', async () => {
+      await startServer()
+      await server.shutdown()
+
+      const c = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+      await expect(c.ensureConnected()).rejects.toThrow()
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/daemon-server.ts

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+import { createServer, type Server, type Socket } from 'net'
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto'
+import { writeFileSync, chmodSync, unlinkSync } from 'fs'
+import { encodeNdjson, createNdjsonParser } from './ndjson'
+import { TerminalHost } from './terminal-host'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+import { PROTOCOL_VERSION, NOTIFY_PREFIX, type HelloMessage, type DaemonRequest } from './types'
+
+export type DaemonServerOptions = {
+  socketPath: string
+  tokenPath: string
+  spawnSubprocess: (opts: {
+    sessionId: string
+    cols: number
+    rows: number
+    cwd?: string
+    env?: Record<string, string>
+    command?: string
+  }) => SubprocessHandle
+}
+
+type ConnectedClient = {
+  clientId: string
+  controlSocket: Socket
+  streamSocket: Socket | null
+}
+
+export class DaemonServer {
+  private server: Server | null = null
+  private token: string
+  private host: TerminalHost
+  private socketPath: string
+  private tokenPath: string
+
+  private clients = new Map<string, ConnectedClient>()
+
+  constructor(opts: DaemonServerOptions) {
+    this.socketPath = opts.socketPath
+    this.tokenPath = opts.tokenPath
+    this.token = randomUUID()
+    this.host = new TerminalHost({ spawnSubprocess: opts.spawnSubprocess })
+  }
+
+  async start(): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.server = createServer((socket) => this.handleConnection(socket))
+
+      this.server.on('error', (err) => {
+        reject(err)
+      })
+
+      this.server.listen(this.socketPath, () => {
+        writeFileSync(this.tokenPath, this.token, { mode: 0o600 })
+        try {
+          chmodSync(this.socketPath, 0o600)
+        } catch {
+          // Best-effort on platforms that support it
+        }
+        resolve()
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  async shutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    this.host.dispose()
+
+    for (const [, client] of this.clients) {
+      client.controlSocket.destroy()
+      client.streamSocket?.destroy()
+    }
+    this.clients.clear()
+
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      if (this.server) {
+        this.server.close(() => {
+          try {
+            unlinkSync(this.socketPath)
+          } catch {}
+          resolve()
+        })
+        this.server = null
+      } else {
+        resolve()
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  private handleConnection(socket: Socket): void {
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(
+      (msg) => this.handleFirstMessage(socket, msg, parser),
+      () => {
+        socket.destroy()
+      }
+    )
+
+    socket.on('data', (chunk) => parser.feed(chunk.toString()))
+    socket.on('error', () => socket.destroy())
+  }
+
+  private handleFirstMessage(
+    socket: Socket,
+    msg: unknown,
+    _parser: ReturnType<typeof createNdjsonParser>
+  ): void {
+    const hello = msg as HelloMessage
+    if (hello.type !== 'hello') {
+      socket.write(encodeNdjson({ type: 'hello', ok: false, error: 'Expected hello' }))
+      socket.destroy()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (hello.version !== PROTOCOL_VERSION) {
+      socket.write(encodeNdjson({ type: 'hello', ok: false, error: 'Protocol version mismatch' }))
+      socket.destroy()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (hello.token !== this.token) {
+      socket.write(encodeNdjson({ type: 'hello', ok: false, error: 'Invalid token' }))
+      socket.destroy()
+      return
+    }
+
+    socket.write(encodeNdjson({ type: 'hello', ok: true }))
+
+    if (hello.role === 'control') {
+      const client: ConnectedClient = {
+        clientId: hello.clientId,
+        controlSocket: socket,
+        streamSocket: null
+      }
+      this.clients.set(hello.clientId, client)
+      this.setupControlSocket(socket, hello.clientId)
+    } else if (hello.role === 'stream') {
+      const client = this.clients.get(hello.clientId)
+      if (client) {
+        client.streamSocket = socket
+      }
+      // Stream socket is receive-only from daemon's perspective (for events)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private setupControlSocket(socket: Socket, clientId: string): void {
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(
+      (msg) => this.handleRequest(socket, clientId, msg as DaemonRequest),
+      () => {} // Ignore parse errors
+    )
+
+    // Remove the initial data listener and replace with the RPC parser
+    socket.removeAllListeners('data')
+    socket.on('data', (chunk) => parser.feed(chunk.toString()))
+
+    socket.on('close', () => {
+      this.clients.delete(clientId)
+    })
+  }
+
+  private async handleRequest(
+    socket: Socket,
+    clientId: string,
+    request: DaemonRequest
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const isNotify = request.id.startsWith(NOTIFY_PREFIX)
+
+    try {
+      const result = await this.routeRequest(clientId, request)
+      if (!isNotify) {
+        socket.write(encodeNdjson({ id: request.id, ok: true, payload: result }))
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (!isNotify) {
+        socket.write(
+          encodeNdjson({
+            id: request.id,
+            ok: false,
+            error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+          })
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async routeRequest(clientId: string, request: DaemonRequest): Promise<unknown> {
+    const client = this.clients.get(clientId)
+
+    switch (request.type) {
+      case 'createOrAttach': {
+        const p = request.payload
+        const result = await this.host.createOrAttach({
+          sessionId: p.sessionId,
+          cols: p.cols,
+          rows: p.rows,
+          cwd: p.cwd,
+          env: p.env,
+          command: p.command,
+          shellReadySupported: p.shellReadySupported,
+          streamClient: {
+            onData: (data) => {
+              if (client?.streamSocket) {
+                client.streamSocket.write(
+                  encodeNdjson({
+                    type: 'event',
+                    event: 'data',
+                    sessionId: p.sessionId,
+                    payload: { data }
+                  })
+                )
+              }
+            },
+            onExit: (code) => {
+              if (client?.streamSocket) {
+                client.streamSocket.write(
+                  encodeNdjson({
+                    type: 'event',
+                    event: 'exit',
+                    sessionId: p.sessionId,
+                    payload: { code }
+                  })
+                )
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        })
+        return {
+          isNew: result.isNew,
+          snapshot: result.snapshot,
+          pid: result.pid,
+          shellState: result.shellState
+        }
+      }
+
+      case 'write':
+        this.host.write(request.payload.sessionId, request.payload.data)
+        return {}
+
+      case 'resize':
+        this.host.resize(request.payload.sessionId, request.payload.cols, request.payload.rows)
+        return {}
+
+      case 'kill':
+        this.host.kill(request.payload.sessionId)
+        return {}
+
+      case 'signal':
+        this.host.signal(request.payload.sessionId, request.payload.signal)
+        return {}
+
+      case 'detach':
+        // Note: detach token handling is simplified here — full implementation
+        // would track tokens per client
+        return {}
+
+      case 'getCwd':
+        return { cwd: this.host.getCwd(request.payload.sessionId) }
+
+      case 'clearScrollback':
+        this.host.clearScrollback(request.payload.sessionId)
+        return {}
+
+      case 'listSessions':
+        return { sessions: this.host.listSessions() }
+
+      case 'shutdown':
+        if (request.payload.killSessions) {
+          this.host.dispose()
+        }
+        process.nextTick(() => this.shutdown())
+        return {}
+
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unknown request type: ${(request as { type: string }).type}`)
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/daemon-spawner.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'fs'
+import { DaemonSpawner, getDaemonSocketPath, getDaemonTokenPath } from './daemon-spawner'
+import { startDaemon, type DaemonHandle } from './daemon-main'
+import { DaemonClient } from './client'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+import { PROTOCOL_VERSION } from './types'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'daemon-spawner-test-'))
+}
+
+function createMockSubprocess(): SubprocessHandle {
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 88888,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(_cb: (data: string) => void) {},
+    onExit(cb: (code: number) => void) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('DaemonSpawner', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let spawner: DaemonSpawner
+  let activeDaemons: DaemonHandle[]
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    activeDaemons = []
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await spawner?.shutdown()
+    for (const d of activeDaemons) {
+      await d.shutdown().catch(() => {})
+    }
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  function createSpawner(): DaemonSpawner {
+    spawner = new DaemonSpawner({
+      runtimeDir: dir,
+      launcher: async (socketPath, tokenPath) => {
+        const handle = await startDaemon({
+          socketPath,
+          tokenPath,
+          spawnSubprocess: () => createMockSubprocess()
+        })
+        activeDaemons.push(handle)
+        return { shutdown: () => handle.shutdown() }
+      }
+    })
+    return spawner
+  }
+
+  describe('ensureRunning', () => {
+    it('uses protocol-scoped socket and token paths', () => {
+      const socketPath = getDaemonSocketPath(dir)
+      const tokenPath = getDaemonTokenPath(dir)
+
+      if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        expect(socketPath).toContain(`orca-terminal-host-v${PROTOCOL_VERSION}`)
+      } else {
+        expect(socketPath).toBe(join(dir, `daemon-v${PROTOCOL_VERSION}.sock`))
+      }
+      expect(tokenPath).toBe(join(dir, `daemon-v${PROTOCOL_VERSION}.token`))
+    })
+
+    it('starts daemon and returns connection info', async () => {
+      const s = createSpawner()
+      const info = await s.ensureRunning()
+
+      expect(info.socketPath).toContain(dir)
+      expect(info.tokenPath).toContain(dir)
+    })
+
+    it('returns same info on subsequent calls', async () => {
+      const s = createSpawner()
+      const info1 = await s.ensureRunning()
+      const info2 = await s.ensureRunning()
+
+      expect(info1.socketPath).toBe(info2.socketPath)
+      expect(info1.tokenPath).toBe(info2.tokenPath)
+    })
+
+    it('daemon is connectable after ensureRunning', async () => {
+      const s = createSpawner()
+      const info = await s.ensureRunning()
+
+      const client = new DaemonClient({
+        socketPath: info.socketPath,
+        tokenPath: info.tokenPath
+      })
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+      expect(client.isConnected()).toBe(true)
+      client.disconnect()
+    })
+
+    it('daemon can create sessions', async () => {
+      const s = createSpawner()
+      const info = await s.ensureRunning()
+
+      const client = new DaemonClient({
+        socketPath: info.socketPath,
+        tokenPath: info.tokenPath
+      })
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+
+      const result = await client.request<{ isNew: boolean }>('createOrAttach', {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24
+      })
+      expect(result.isNew).toBe(true)
+      client.disconnect()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('shutdown', () => {
+    it('stops the daemon', async () => {
+      const s = createSpawner()
+      const info = await s.ensureRunning()
+      await s.shutdown()
+
+      const client = new DaemonClient({
+        socketPath: info.socketPath,
+        tokenPath: info.tokenPath
+      })
+      await expect(client.ensureConnected()).rejects.toThrow()
+    })
+
+    it('can be called when daemon is not running', async () => {
+      const s = createSpawner()
+      await expect(s.shutdown()).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('allows re-start after shutdown', async () => {
+      const s = createSpawner()
+      await s.ensureRunning()
+      await s.shutdown()
+
+      const info = await s.ensureRunning()
+      const client = new DaemonClient({
+        socketPath: info.socketPath,
+        tokenPath: info.tokenPath
+      })
+      await client.ensureConnected()
+      expect(client.isConnected()).toBe(true)
+      client.disconnect()
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/daemon-spawner.ts

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+import { createHash } from 'crypto'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { PROTOCOL_VERSION } from './types'
+
+export type DaemonConnectionInfo = {
+  socketPath: string
+  tokenPath: string
+}
+
+export type DaemonProcessHandle = {
+  shutdown(): Promise<void>
+}
+
+export type DaemonLauncher = (socketPath: string, tokenPath: string) => Promise<DaemonProcessHandle>
+
+export type DaemonSpawnerOptions = {
+  runtimeDir: string
+  launcher: DaemonLauncher
+}
+
+export class DaemonSpawner {
+  private runtimeDir: string
+  private launcher: DaemonLauncher
+  private handle: DaemonProcessHandle | null = null
+  private socketPath: string
+  private tokenPath: string
+
+  constructor(opts: DaemonSpawnerOptions) {
+    this.runtimeDir = opts.runtimeDir
+    this.launcher = opts.launcher
+    this.socketPath = getDaemonSocketPath(this.runtimeDir)
+    this.tokenPath = getDaemonTokenPath(this.runtimeDir)
+  }
+
+  async ensureRunning(): Promise<DaemonConnectionInfo> {
+    if (this.handle) {
+      return { socketPath: this.socketPath, tokenPath: this.tokenPath }
+    }
+
+    this.handle = await this.launcher(this.socketPath, this.tokenPath)
+
+    return { socketPath: this.socketPath, tokenPath: this.tokenPath }
+  }
+
+  async shutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.handle) {
+      return
+    }
+    const handle = this.handle
+    this.handle = null
+    await handle.shutdown()
+  }
+}
+
+export function getDaemonSocketPath(runtimeDir: string): string {
+  // Why: Windows IPC servers use named pipes rather than filesystem socket
+  // files. Include the protocol version in the endpoint name so a daemon from
+  // an older build is never reused after a breaking protocol change.
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    const suffix = createHash('sha256').update(runtimeDir).digest('hex').slice(0, 12)
+    return `\\\\?\\pipe\\orca-terminal-host-v${PROTOCOL_VERSION}-${suffix}`
+  }
+  return join(runtimeDir, `daemon-v${PROTOCOL_VERSION}.sock`)
+}
+
+export function getDaemonTokenPath(runtimeDir: string): string {
+  return join(runtimeDir, `daemon-v${PROTOCOL_VERSION}.token`)
+}

src/main/daemon/fixtures/ratatui-tui.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Simulates a ratatui alt-screen TUI (like Codex) for reattach testing.
+
+Behavior mimicked:
+- Enters alternate screen buffer
+- Enables bracketed paste mode
+- Renders content with absolute cursor positioning (like ratatui cell-diffing)
+- On SIGWINCH: reads terminal size, clears viewport, full repaint
+- Emits OSC marker after each render so tests can synchronize
+"""
+import sys
+import os
+import signal
+import time
+
+
+def get_size():
+    try:
+        cols, rows = os.get_terminal_size()
+        return cols, rows
+    except Exception:
+        return 80, 24
+
+
+render_count = 0
+
+
+def render(cols, rows):
+    global render_count
+    render_count += 1
+    label = "initial" if render_count == 1 else f"render-{render_count}"
+
+    # Synchronized update mode (crossterm uses this)
+    sys.stdout.write("\x1b[?2026h")
+
+    # ratatui terminal.clear(): MoveTo(viewport_origin) + Clear(FromCursorDown)
+    # For fullscreen alt-screen, viewport origin is (0, 0)
+    sys.stdout.write("\x1b[1;1H\x1b[J")
+
+    # ratatui flush() with cell-diffing — absolute positioning per line
+    sys.stdout.write(f"\x1b[1;1Hgpt-5.4 default \xc2\xb7 ~/test-workspace")
+    sys.stdout.write(f"\x1b[2;1H")
+    sys.stdout.write(f"\x1b[3;1Htest123 ({label})")
+    sys.stdout.write(f"\x1b[4;1H")
+    sys.stdout.write(f"\x1b[5;1H> {cols}x{rows}")
+
+    # End synchronized update
+    sys.stdout.write("\x1b[?2026l")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    # Marker so the test can detect render completion
+    sys.stdout.write(f"\x1b]777;render-done-{render_count}\x07")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+def main():
+    # Enter alternate screen (like crossterm enable_raw_mode + EnterAlternateScreen)
+    sys.stdout.write("\x1b[?1049h")
+    # Enable bracketed paste
+    sys.stdout.write("\x1b[?2004h")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    cols, rows = get_size()
+    render(cols, rows)
+
+    def handle_sigwinch(_signum, _frame):
+        c, r = get_size()
+        render(c, r)
+
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, handle_sigwinch)
+
+    # Keep alive
+    try:
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(10)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+    finally:
+        # Exit alternate screen
+        sys.stdout.write("\x1b[?1049l")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

src/main/daemon/headless-emulator.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { HeadlessEmulator } from './headless-emulator'
+
+describe('HeadlessEmulator', () => {
+  let emulator: HeadlessEmulator
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    emulator?.dispose()
+  })
+
+  describe('construction', () => {
+    it('creates with specified dimensions', () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 120, rows: 40 })
+      const snapshot = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(snapshot.cols).toBe(120)
+      expect(snapshot.rows).toBe(40)
+    })
+
+    it('defaults cwd to null', () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBeNull()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('write and snapshot', () => {
+    it('captures written text in snapshot', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('hello world')
+
+      const snapshot = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('hello world')
+    })
+
+    it('captures colored text', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[31mred text\x1b[0m')
+
+      const snapshot = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('red text')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('OSC-7 CWD tracking', () => {
+    it('parses OSC-7 file URI to extract CWD', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file://localhost/Users/test/project\x07')
+
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('/Users/test/project')
+    })
+
+    it('handles OSC-7 with empty host', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file:///home/user/work\x07')
+
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('/home/user/work')
+    })
+
+    it('updates CWD when new OSC-7 arrives', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file:///first\x07')
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('/first')
+
+      await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file:///second\x07')
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('/second')
+    })
+
+    it('decodes percent-encoded paths', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file:///Users/test/my%20project\x07')
+
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('/Users/test/my project')
+    })
+
+    it('normalizes Windows drive-letter OSC-7 paths', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      const platform = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process, 'platform')
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: 'win32' })
+
+      try {
+        await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file:///C:/Users/test/project\x07')
+      } finally {
+        if (platform) {
+          Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', platform)
+        }
+      }
+
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('C:/Users/test/project')
+    })
+
+    it('preserves Windows UNC OSC-7 paths', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      const platform = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process, 'platform')
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: 'win32' })
+
+      try {
+        await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file://server/share/project\x07')
+      } finally {
+        if (platform) {
+          Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', platform)
+        }
+      }
+
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('\\\\server\\share\\project')
+    })
+
+    it('handles OSC-7 with ST terminator', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('\x1b]7;file:///path/here\x1b\\')
+
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().cwd).toBe('/path/here')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('resize', () => {
+    it('updates dimensions', () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      emulator.resize(120, 40)
+
+      const snapshot = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(snapshot.cols).toBe(120)
+      expect(snapshot.rows).toBe(40)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('clear scrollback (CSI 3J)', () => {
+    it('detects CSI 3J and clears scrollback', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      // Write enough lines to push into scrollback
+      const lines = Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => `line ${i}\r\n`).join('')
+      await emulator.write(lines)
+
+      const before = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(before.scrollbackLines).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[3J')
+      const after = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(after.scrollbackLines).toBe(0)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('onData callback', () => {
+    it('fires onData for terminal query responses', async () => {
+      const responses: string[] = []
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        onData: (data) => responses.push(data)
+      })
+
+      // DA1 query — xterm.js will respond with a device attributes string
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[c')
+
+      expect(responses.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('terminal modes', () => {
+    it('tracks bracketed paste mode', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().modes.bracketedPaste).toBe(false)
+
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[?2004h')
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().modes.bracketedPaste).toBe(true)
+
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[?2004l')
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().modes.bracketedPaste).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('tracks alternate screen mode', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().modes.alternateScreen).toBe(false)
+
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[?1049h')
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().modes.alternateScreen).toBe(true)
+
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[?1049l')
+      expect(emulator.getSnapshot().modes.alternateScreen).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('rehydration sequences', () => {
+    it('generates rehydration for non-default modes', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('\x1b[?2004h')
+
+      const snapshot = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(snapshot.rehydrateSequences).toContain('\x1b[?2004h')
+    })
+
+    it('generates empty rehydration when all modes are default', async () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await emulator.write('just plain text')
+
+      const snapshot = emulator.getSnapshot()
+      expect(snapshot.rehydrateSequences).toBe('')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('dispose', () => {
+    it('can be disposed without error', () => {
+      emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      expect(() => emulator.dispose()).not.toThrow()
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/headless-emulator.ts

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+import './xterm-env-polyfill'
+import { Terminal } from '@xterm/headless'
+import { SerializeAddon } from '@xterm/addon-serialize'
+import type { TerminalSnapshot, TerminalModes } from './types'
+
+export type HeadlessEmulatorOptions = {
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  scrollback?: number
+  onData?: (data: string) => void
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_SCROLLBACK = 5000
+
+function parseFileUriPath(uri: string): string | null {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(uri)
+    if (url.protocol !== 'file:') {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    const decodedPath = decodeURIComponent(url.pathname)
+    if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+      return decodedPath
+    }
+
+    // Why: Windows OSC-7 cwd updates can describe both drive-letter paths
+    // (`file:///C:/repo`) and UNC shares (`file://server/share/repo`). Use the
+    // hostname when present so live cwd tracking, snapshots, and restore all
+    // round-trip to a native Windows path instead of dropping the server name.
+    if (url.hostname) {
+      return `\\\\${url.hostname}${decodedPath.replace(/\//g, '\\')}`
+    }
+    if (/^\/[A-Za-z]:/.test(decodedPath)) {
+      return decodedPath.slice(1)
+    }
+    return decodedPath.replace(/\//g, '\\')
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+export class HeadlessEmulator {
+  private terminal: Terminal
+  private serializer: SerializeAddon
+  private cwd: string | null = null
+  private disposed = false
+
+  constructor(opts: HeadlessEmulatorOptions) {
+    this.terminal = new Terminal({
+      cols: opts.cols,
+      rows: opts.rows,
+      scrollback: opts.scrollback ?? DEFAULT_SCROLLBACK,
+      allowProposedApi: true
+    })
+
+    this.serializer = new SerializeAddon()
+    this.terminal.loadAddon(this.serializer)
+
+    if (opts.onData) {
+      this.terminal.onData(opts.onData)
+    }
+  }
+
+  write(data: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.disposed) {
+      return Promise.resolve()
+    }
+
+    this.scanOsc7(data)
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      this.terminal.write(data, resolve)
+    })
+  }
+
+  resize(cols: number, rows: number): void {
+    if (this.disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+    this.terminal.resize(cols, rows)
+  }
+
+  getSnapshot(): TerminalSnapshot {
+    const modes = this.getModes()
+    return {
+      snapshotAnsi: this.serializer.serialize(),
+      scrollbackAnsi: '',
+      rehydrateSequences: this.buildRehydrateSequences(modes),
+      cwd: this.cwd,
+      modes,
+      cols: this.terminal.cols,
+      rows: this.terminal.rows,
+      scrollbackLines: this.terminal.buffer.normal.length - this.terminal.rows
+    }
+  }
+
+  get isAlternateScreen(): boolean {
+    return this.terminal.buffer.active.type === 'alternate'
+  }
+
+  getCwd(): string | null {
+    return this.cwd
+  }
+
+  clearScrollback(): void {
+    this.terminal.clear()
+  }
+
+  dispose(): void {
+    this.disposed = true
+    this.terminal.dispose()
+  }
+
+  private scanOsc7(data: string): void {
+    // OSC-7 format: ESC ] 7 ; <uri> BEL  or  ESC ] 7 ; <uri> ST
+    // BEL = \x07, ST = ESC \
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line no-control-regex -- terminal escape sequences require control chars
+    const osc7Re = /\x1b\]7;([^\x07\x1b]*?)(?:\x07|\x1b\\)/g
+    let match: RegExpExecArray | null
+    while ((match = osc7Re.exec(data)) !== null) {
+      this.parseOsc7Uri(match[1])
+    }
+  }
+
+  private parseOsc7Uri(uri: string): void {
+    const parsed = parseFileUriPath(uri)
+    if (parsed) {
+      this.cwd = parsed
+    }
+  }
+
+  private getModes(): TerminalModes {
+    const buffer = this.terminal.buffer.active
+    return {
+      bracketedPaste: this.terminal.modes.bracketedPasteMode,
+      mouseTracking: this.terminal.modes.mouseTrackingMode !== 'none',
+      applicationCursor:
+        buffer.type === 'normal' ? this.terminal.modes.applicationCursorKeysMode : false,
+      alternateScreen: buffer.type === 'alternate'
+    }
+  }
+
+  private buildRehydrateSequences(modes: TerminalModes): string {
+    const seqs: string[] = []
+    if (modes.bracketedPaste) {
+      seqs.push('\x1b[?2004h')
+    }
+    if (modes.applicationCursor) {
+      seqs.push('\x1b[?1h')
+    }
+    if (modes.alternateScreen) {
+      seqs.push('\x1b[?1049h')
+    }
+    return seqs.join('')
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/history-manager.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, readFileSync, existsSync, chmodSync } from 'fs'
+import { HistoryManager } from './history-manager'
+import { getHistorySessionDirName } from './history-paths'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'history-mgr-test-'))
+}
+
+function sessionPath(baseDir: string, sessionId: string, file: string): string {
+  return join(baseDir, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId), file)
+}
+
+describe('HistoryManager', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let mgr: HistoryManager
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    mgr = new HistoryManager(dir)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await mgr.dispose()
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  describe('openSession', () => {
+    it('creates meta.json with session metadata', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/home/user', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      const metaPath = sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'meta.json')
+      expect(existsSync(metaPath)).toBe(true)
+
+      const meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(metaPath, 'utf-8'))
+      expect(meta.cwd).toBe('/home/user')
+      expect(meta.cols).toBe(80)
+      expect(meta.rows).toBe(24)
+      expect(meta.startedAt).toBeDefined()
+      expect(meta.endedAt).toBeNull()
+      expect(meta.exitCode).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('creates scrollback.bin file', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 120, rows: 40 })
+
+      const scrollbackPath = sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin')
+      expect(existsSync(scrollbackPath)).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('seeds scrollback with initial snapshot', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', {
+        cwd: '/tmp',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        initialScrollback: 'previous output\r\n'
+      })
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).toBe('previous output\r\n')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('appendData', () => {
+    it('appends PTY output to scrollback.bin', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'hello ')
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'world\r\n')
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).toBe('hello world\r\n')
+    })
+
+    it('ignores data for unknown sessions', async () => {
+      // Should not throw
+      await mgr.appendData('nonexistent', 'data')
+    })
+
+    it('persists the latest cwd from OSC-7 updates', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp/original', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', '\x1b]7;file:///tmp/updated%20cwd\x07prompt$ ')
+
+      const meta = mgr.readMeta('sess-1')
+      expect(meta?.cwd).toBe('/tmp/updated cwd')
+    })
+
+    it('persists Windows UNC cwd updates from OSC-7', async () => {
+      const platform = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process, 'platform')
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: 'win32' })
+
+      try {
+        await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: 'C:\\start', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+        await mgr.appendData('sess-1', '\x1b]7;file://server/share/project\x07')
+      } finally {
+        if (platform) {
+          Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', platform)
+        }
+      }
+
+      const meta = mgr.readMeta('sess-1')
+      expect(meta?.cwd).toBe('\\\\server\\share\\project')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('closeSession', () => {
+    it('writes endedAt and exitCode to meta.json', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.closeSession('sess-1', 0)
+
+      const meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'meta.json'), 'utf-8'))
+      expect(meta.endedAt).toBeDefined()
+      expect(meta.exitCode).toBe(0)
+    })
+
+    it('flushes pending data before closing', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'final output')
+      await mgr.closeSession('sess-1', 1)
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).toBe('final output')
+    })
+
+    it('flushes buffered partial escape on close', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      // Send data ending with a partial CSI 3J prefix — gets held in buffer
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'prompt$ \x1b[')
+      await mgr.closeSession('sess-1', 0)
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).toBe('prompt$ \x1b[')
+    })
+
+    it('ignores close for unknown sessions', async () => {
+      // Should not throw
+      await mgr.closeSession('nonexistent', 0)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('clear-scrollback detection (CSI 3J)', () => {
+    it('resets scrollback.bin when CSI 3J is detected', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'old output\r\n')
+      // CSI 3J = \x1b[3J (erase scrollback)
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', '\x1b[3J')
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'new output\r\n')
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).not.toContain('old output')
+      expect(data).toContain('new output')
+    })
+
+    it('handles multiple CSI 3J in one chunk — resets to content after the last', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'old\x1b[3Jmiddle\x1b[3Jfresh\r\n')
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).not.toContain('old')
+      expect(data).not.toContain('middle')
+      expect(data).toBe('fresh\r\n')
+    })
+
+    it('handles CSI 3J split across chunks', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'old stuff\r\n')
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', '\x1b[3')
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'J')
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'fresh\r\n')
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).not.toContain('old stuff')
+      expect(data).toContain('fresh')
+    })
+
+    it('buffers trailing partial CSI 3J in afterClear content', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      // CSI 3J followed by content that ends with a partial CSI 3J prefix
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'old\x1b[3Jnew-data\x1b[')
+      // Complete the sequence — should trigger a second reset
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', '3Jfinal')
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).not.toContain('old')
+      expect(data).not.toContain('new-data')
+      expect(data).toBe('final')
+    })
+
+    it('resets scrollback on CSI 3J even after 5MB cap is hit', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      const fiveMB = 'x'.repeat(5 * 1024 * 1024)
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', fiveMB)
+      // Cap is hit — normal writes are blocked
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'blocked')
+      let data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).not.toContain('blocked')
+
+      // CSI 3J should still reset, allowing new writes
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', '\x1b[3Jafter-clear')
+      data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).toBe('after-clear')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('5MB size cap', () => {
+    it('stops appending after 5MB', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      // Write 5MB + some extra
+      const chunk = 'x'.repeat(1024 * 1024) // 1MB
+      for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+        await mgr.appendData('sess-1', chunk)
+      }
+
+      const stats = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'))
+      expect(stats.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(5 * 1024 * 1024 + 1024) // some tolerance
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('multiple sessions', () => {
+    it('manages independent sessions', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('a', { cwd: '/a', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.openSession('b', { cwd: '/b', cols: 120, rows: 40 })
+
+      await mgr.appendData('a', 'session-a')
+      await mgr.appendData('b', 'session-b')
+
+      const dataA = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'a', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      const dataB = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'b', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+
+      expect(dataA).toBe('session-a')
+      expect(dataB).toBe('session-b')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('dispose', () => {
+    it('writes endedAt for open sessions to prevent false cold-restore', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'data')
+      await mgr.dispose()
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).toBe('data')
+
+      const meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'sess-1', 'meta.json'), 'utf-8'))
+      expect(meta.endedAt).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(meta.exitCode).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('flushes buffered partial escape sequences', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('partial', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      // Send data ending with a partial CSI 3J prefix
+      await mgr.appendData('partial', 'hello\x1b')
+      await mgr.dispose()
+
+      const data = readFileSync(sessionPath(dir, 'partial', 'scrollback.bin'), 'utf-8')
+      expect(data).toBe('hello\x1b')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('removeSession', () => {
+    it('deletes session directory from disk', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.appendData('sess-1', 'data')
+      await mgr.closeSession('sess-1', 0)
+
+      await mgr.removeSession('sess-1')
+      expect(existsSync(join(dir, getHistorySessionDirName('sess-1')))).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('hasHistory', () => {
+    it('returns true for sessions with meta.json on disk', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.closeSession('sess-1', 0)
+
+      expect(mgr.hasHistory('sess-1')).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('returns false for unknown sessions', () => {
+      expect(mgr.hasHistory('nonexistent')).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('readMeta', () => {
+    it('reads meta.json for a session', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('sess-1', { cwd: '/projects', cols: 100, rows: 30 })
+      await mgr.closeSession('sess-1', 42)
+
+      const meta = mgr.readMeta('sess-1')
+      expect(meta).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(meta!.cwd).toBe('/projects')
+      expect(meta!.exitCode).toBe(42)
+    })
+
+    it('returns null for missing sessions', () => {
+      expect(mgr.readMeta('nonexistent')).toBeNull()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('disk-full handling', () => {
+    it('disables writes after fs error and does not throw', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('disk-full', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.appendData('disk-full', 'before-error')
+
+      // Make scrollback file read-only to trigger write error
+      const scrollbackPath = sessionPath(dir, 'disk-full', 'scrollback.bin')
+      chmodSync(scrollbackPath, 0o444)
+
+      // Should not throw — error is caught and session is disabled
+      await mgr.appendData('disk-full', 'failing-write')
+
+      // Restore permissions so we can read and clean up
+      chmodSync(scrollbackPath, 0o644)
+
+      // Subsequent writes were skipped because session was disabled
+      const content = readFileSync(scrollbackPath, 'utf-8')
+      expect(content).toBe('before-error')
+    })
+
+    it('disables writes after fs error on openSession', async () => {
+      // Make base dir read-only so mkdirSync fails
+      chmodSync(dir, 0o555)
+
+      // Should not throw
+      await mgr.openSession('disk-full-open', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      // Restore permissions for cleanup
+      chmodSync(dir, 0o755)
+
+      // Session writer was never registered, so appendData is a no-op
+      await mgr.appendData('disk-full-open', 'data-after-failed-open')
+    })
+
+    it('does not throw on closeSession disk error (prevents false cold-restore)', async () => {
+      await mgr.openSession('close-err', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+      // Make meta.json read-only so updateMeta's writeFileSync fails
+      const metaPath = sessionPath(dir, 'close-err', 'meta.json')
+      chmodSync(metaPath, 0o444)
+
+      // Should not throw
+      await mgr.closeSession('close-err', 0)
+
+      chmodSync(metaPath, 0o644)
+    })
+
+    it('reports write errors via onWriteError callback', async () => {
+      const errors: { sessionId: string; error: Error }[] = []
+      mgr = new HistoryManager(dir, {
+        onWriteError: (sessionId, error) => errors.push({ sessionId, error })
+      })
+
+      await mgr.openSession('err-cb', { cwd: '/tmp', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      await mgr.appendData('err-cb', 'before')
+
+      const scrollbackPath = sessionPath(dir, 'err-cb', 'scrollback.bin')
+      chmodSync(scrollbackPath, 0o444)
+
+      await mgr.appendData('err-cb', 'trigger-error')
+
+      chmodSync(scrollbackPath, 0o644)
+
+      expect(errors).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(errors[0].sessionId).toBe('err-cb')
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/history-manager.ts

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+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync, appendFileSync, readFileSync, existsSync, rmSync } from 'fs'
+import { getHistorySessionDirName } from './history-paths'
+
+export type SessionMeta = {
+  cwd: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  startedAt: string
+  endedAt: string | null
+  exitCode: number | null
+}
+
+export type OpenSessionOptions = {
+  cwd: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  initialScrollback?: string
+}
+
+const MAX_SCROLLBACK_BYTES = 5 * 1024 * 1024
+
+function parseFileUriPath(uri: string): string | null {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(uri)
+    if (url.protocol !== 'file:') {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    const decodedPath = decodeURIComponent(url.pathname)
+    if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+      return decodedPath
+    }
+
+    // Why: daemon-side cwd persistence must preserve the full Windows target
+    // path from OSC-7, including UNC hosts, or cold restore can reopen in a
+    // different directory than the live shell had reached before the crash.
+    if (url.hostname) {
+      return `\\\\${url.hostname}${decodedPath.replace(/\//g, '\\')}`
+    }
+    if (/^\/[A-Za-z]:/.test(decodedPath)) {
+      return decodedPath.slice(1)
+    }
+    return decodedPath.replace(/\//g, '\\')
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+type SessionWriter = {
+  dir: string
+  scrollbackPath: string
+  bytesWritten: number
+  cwd: string
+  // Why: CSI 3J (erase scrollback) can arrive split across data chunks.
+  // Buffer the trailing bytes that look like a partial CSI 3J prefix
+  // so the next chunk can complete the match.
+  partialEscape: string
+}
+
+export type HistoryManagerOptions = {
+  onWriteError?: (sessionId: string, error: Error) => void
+}
+
+export class HistoryManager {
+  private basePath: string
+  private writers = new Map<string, SessionWriter>()
+  private disabledSessions = new Set<string>()
+  private onWriteError?: (sessionId: string, error: Error) => void
+
+  constructor(basePath: string, opts?: HistoryManagerOptions) {
+    this.basePath = basePath
+    this.onWriteError = opts?.onWriteError
+  }
+
+  async openSession(sessionId: string, opts: OpenSessionOptions): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      this.disabledSessions.delete(sessionId)
+      const dir = join(this.basePath, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId))
+      mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+
+      const meta: SessionMeta = {
+        cwd: opts.cwd,
+        cols: opts.cols,
+        rows: opts.rows,
+        startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+        endedAt: null,
+        exitCode: null
+      }
+      writeFileSync(join(dir, 'meta.json'), JSON.stringify(meta, null, 2))
+
+      const scrollbackPath = join(dir, 'scrollback.bin')
+      let bytesWritten = 0
+
+      if (opts.initialScrollback) {
+        writeFileSync(scrollbackPath, opts.initialScrollback)
+        bytesWritten = Buffer.byteLength(opts.initialScrollback)
+      } else {
+        writeFileSync(scrollbackPath, '')
+      }
+
+      this.writers.set(sessionId, {
+        dir,
+        scrollbackPath,
+        bytesWritten,
+        cwd: opts.cwd,
+        partialEscape: ''
+      })
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.handleWriteError(sessionId, err)
+    }
+  }
+
+  async appendData(sessionId: string, data: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.disabledSessions.has(sessionId)) {
+      return
+    }
+    const writer = this.writers.get(sessionId)
+    if (!writer) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const combined = writer.partialEscape + data
+      writer.partialEscape = ''
+      const nextCwd = this.extractLatestCwd(combined)
+      if (nextCwd && nextCwd !== writer.cwd) {
+        writer.cwd = nextCwd
+        this.updateMeta(writer.dir, { cwd: nextCwd })
+      }
+
+      // Why: use lastIndexOf so that multiple CSI 3J sequences in one chunk
+      // reset to the content after the *last* clear, not the first.
+      const clearIdx = combined.lastIndexOf('\x1b[3J')
+      if (clearIdx !== -1) {
+        const afterClear = combined.slice(clearIdx + 4)
+        // Why: CSI 3J resets the byte counter — a clear after the 5MB cap
+        // must still take effect, otherwise the on-disk history is stale.
+        this.resetScrollback(writer)
+        // Why: afterClear may itself end with a partial CSI 3J prefix
+        // (e.g., the chunk was `...\x1b[3Jdata\x1b[`). Buffer it the
+        // same way the main path does, otherwise the next chunk's
+        // completion of the sequence won't be detected as a clear.
+        const partial = this.trailingPartialCsi3J(afterClear)
+        if (partial) {
+          writer.partialEscape = partial
+          const safe = afterClear.slice(0, afterClear.length - partial.length)
+          if (safe.length > 0) {
+            this.writeChunk(writer, safe)
+          }
+        } else if (afterClear.length > 0) {
+          this.writeChunk(writer, afterClear)
+        }
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Why: CSI 3J detection (above) must run even when the cap is hit,
+      // because a clear resets the byte counter. All other writes are
+      // blocked once the cap is reached.
+      if (writer.bytesWritten >= MAX_SCROLLBACK_BYTES) {
+        return
+      }
+
+      const partial = this.trailingPartialCsi3J(combined)
+      if (partial) {
+        writer.partialEscape = partial
+        const safe = combined.slice(0, combined.length - partial.length)
+        if (safe.length > 0) {
+          this.writeChunk(writer, safe)
+        }
+        return
+      }
+
+      this.writeChunk(writer, combined)
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.handleWriteError(sessionId, err)
+    }
+  }
+
+  async closeSession(sessionId: string, exitCode: number): Promise<void> {
+    const writer = this.writers.get(sessionId)
+    if (!writer) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    this.writers.delete(sessionId)
+    // Why: partialEscape may hold buffered bytes from a chunk boundary that
+    // looked like a CSI 3J prefix. Flush them before closing so they aren't
+    // silently dropped. (dispose() does the same flush.)
+    if (writer.partialEscape) {
+      try {
+        this.writeChunk(writer, writer.partialEscape)
+      } catch {
+        // Best-effort flush — don't block session close
+      }
+      writer.partialEscape = ''
+    }
+    try {
+      this.updateMeta(writer.dir, { endedAt: new Date().toISOString(), exitCode })
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Why: if endedAt can't be written, the session looks like an unclean
+      // shutdown and triggers a false cold restore on next launch. Disable
+      // further writes and report, but don't crash the app.
+      this.handleWriteError(sessionId, err)
+    }
+  }
+
+  async removeSession(sessionId: string): Promise<void> {
+    this.writers.delete(sessionId)
+    this.disabledSessions.delete(sessionId)
+    rmSync(join(this.basePath, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId)), {
+      recursive: true,
+      force: true
+    })
+  }
+
+  hasHistory(sessionId: string): boolean {
+    return existsSync(join(this.basePath, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId), 'meta.json'))
+  }
+
+  readMeta(sessionId: string): SessionMeta | null {
+    const metaPath = join(this.basePath, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId), 'meta.json')
+    if (!existsSync(metaPath)) {
+      return null
+    }
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(readFileSync(metaPath, 'utf-8'))
+    } catch {
+      return null
+    }
+  }
+
+  async dispose(): Promise<void> {
+    // Why: mark all open sessions as cleanly ended so they don't trigger
+    // false cold-restores on next launch. Flush any buffered partial escape
+    // data before closing.
+    for (const [sessionId, writer] of this.writers) {
+      if (writer.partialEscape) {
+        try {
+          this.writeChunk(writer, writer.partialEscape)
+        } catch {
+          // Best-effort flush — don't block shutdown
+        }
+        writer.partialEscape = ''
+      }
+      try {
+        this.updateMeta(writer.dir, { endedAt: new Date().toISOString(), exitCode: null })
+      } catch {
+        // Best-effort — don't block shutdown
+        this.disabledSessions.add(sessionId)
+      }
+    }
+    this.writers.clear()
+  }
+
+  private writeChunk(writer: SessionWriter, data: string): void {
+    const buf = Buffer.from(data)
+    const remaining = MAX_SCROLLBACK_BYTES - writer.bytesWritten
+    if (remaining <= 0) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (buf.length > remaining) {
+      appendFileSync(writer.scrollbackPath, buf.subarray(0, remaining))
+      writer.bytesWritten = MAX_SCROLLBACK_BYTES
+    } else {
+      appendFileSync(writer.scrollbackPath, buf)
+      writer.bytesWritten += buf.length
+    }
+  }
+
+  private resetScrollback(writer: SessionWriter): void {
+    writeFileSync(writer.scrollbackPath, '')
+    writer.bytesWritten = 0
+  }
+
+  // Why: CSI 3J is 4 bytes (\x1b [ 3 J). If the chunk ends with a prefix
+  // of this sequence, we must buffer it and check the next chunk.
+  private trailingPartialCsi3J(data: string): string | null {
+    const suffixes = ['\x1b[3', '\x1b[', '\x1b']
+    for (const suffix of suffixes) {
+      if (data.endsWith(suffix)) {
+        return suffix
+      }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  private extractLatestCwd(data: string): string | null {
+    // OSC-7 format: ESC ] 7 ; <uri> BEL  or  ESC ] 7 ; <uri> ST
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line no-control-regex -- terminal escape sequences require control chars
+    const osc7Re = /\x1b\]7;([^\x07\x1b]*?)(?:\x07|\x1b\\)/g
+    let match: RegExpExecArray | null
+    let latest: string | null = null
+    while ((match = osc7Re.exec(data)) !== null) {
+      latest = this.parseOsc7Uri(match[1])
+    }
+    return latest
+  }
+
+  private parseOsc7Uri(uri: string): string | null {
+    return parseFileUriPath(uri)
+  }
+
+  // Why: history is best-effort — any error should disable the session
+  // rather than crash the app. Callers use fire-and-forget `void` promises,
+  // so a re-thrown error would become an unhandled rejection.
+  private handleWriteError(sessionId: string, err: unknown): void {
+    this.disabledSessions.add(sessionId)
+    this.onWriteError?.(sessionId, err as Error)
+  }
+
+  private updateMeta(dir: string, updates: Partial<SessionMeta>): void {
+    const metaPath = join(dir, 'meta.json')
+    let meta: SessionMeta
+    try {
+      meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(metaPath, 'utf-8'))
+    } catch {
+      // meta.json missing or corrupt — nothing to update
+      return
+    }
+    Object.assign(meta, updates)
+    writeFileSync(metaPath, JSON.stringify(meta, null, 2))
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/history-paths.ts

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+export function getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId: string): string {
+  // Why: real session IDs embed worktree identity and can contain characters
+  // such as `:` and `/` that are invalid in a Windows path segment. Persist
+  // history under an encoded directory name so crash recovery works cross-
+  // platform without changing the user-visible session ID.
+  return encodeURIComponent(sessionId)
+}

src/main/daemon/history-reader.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from 'fs'
+import { HistoryReader } from './history-reader'
+import { getHistorySessionDirName } from './history-paths'
+import type { SessionMeta } from './history-manager'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'history-reader-test-'))
+}
+
+function writeSessionFiles(
+  basePath: string,
+  sessionId: string,
+  meta: SessionMeta,
+  scrollback: string
+): void {
+  const dir = join(basePath, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId))
+  mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+  writeFileSync(join(dir, 'meta.json'), JSON.stringify(meta))
+  writeFileSync(join(dir, 'scrollback.bin'), scrollback)
+}
+
+function makeMeta(overrides: Partial<SessionMeta> = {}): SessionMeta {
+  return {
+    cwd: '/home/user/project',
+    cols: 80,
+    rows: 24,
+    startedAt: '2026-04-15T10:00:00Z',
+    endedAt: null,
+    exitCode: null,
+    ...overrides
+  }
+}
+
+describe('HistoryReader', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let reader: HistoryReader
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    reader = new HistoryReader(dir)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  describe('detectColdRestore', () => {
+    it('returns restore info for unclean shutdown (endedAt is null)', () => {
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'sess-1', makeMeta(), 'hello world\r\n$ ls\r\n')
+
+      const info = reader.detectColdRestore('sess-1')
+      expect(info).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(info!.cwd).toBe('/home/user/project')
+      expect(info!.cols).toBe(80)
+      expect(info!.rows).toBe(24)
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toContain('hello world')
+    })
+
+    it('returns null for clean shutdown (endedAt is set)', () => {
+      writeSessionFiles(
+        dir,
+        'sess-1',
+        makeMeta({ endedAt: '2026-04-15T12:00:00Z', exitCode: 0 }),
+        'old output'
+      )
+
+      expect(reader.detectColdRestore('sess-1')).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('returns null for nonexistent session', () => {
+      expect(reader.detectColdRestore('nonexistent')).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('returns null for corrupt meta.json', () => {
+      const sessionDir = join(dir, getHistorySessionDirName('corrupt'))
+      mkdirSync(sessionDir, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(join(sessionDir, 'meta.json'), 'not json')
+      writeFileSync(join(sessionDir, 'scrollback.bin'), 'data')
+
+      expect(reader.detectColdRestore('corrupt')).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('returns empty scrollback when scrollback.bin is missing', () => {
+      const sessionDir = join(dir, getHistorySessionDirName('no-scrollback'))
+      mkdirSync(sessionDir, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(join(sessionDir, 'meta.json'), JSON.stringify(makeMeta()))
+
+      const info = reader.detectColdRestore('no-scrollback')
+      expect(info).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toBe('')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('TUI truncation', () => {
+    it('truncates before last unmatched alternate-screen-on', () => {
+      const scrollback = [
+        'normal output\r\n',
+        '\x1b[?1049h', // alt screen on (vim started)
+        'vim content here'
+        // No matching \x1b[?1049l — vim was running when daemon died
+      ].join('')
+
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'tui-sess', makeMeta(), scrollback)
+
+      const info = reader.detectColdRestore('tui-sess')
+      expect(info).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toContain('normal output')
+      expect(info!.scrollback).not.toContain('vim content')
+    })
+
+    it('preserves content when alt-screen is properly closed', () => {
+      const scrollback = [
+        'before vim\r\n',
+        '\x1b[?1049h', // alt screen on
+        'vim stuff',
+        '\x1b[?1049l', // alt screen off
+        'after vim\r\n'
+      ].join('')
+
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'closed-tui', makeMeta(), scrollback)
+
+      const info = reader.detectColdRestore('closed-tui')
+      expect(info).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toContain('before vim')
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toContain('after vim')
+    })
+
+    it('handles multiple alt-screen cycles with last one unclosed', () => {
+      const scrollback = [
+        'line1\r\n',
+        '\x1b[?1049h',
+        'vim1',
+        '\x1b[?1049l',
+        'line2\r\n',
+        '\x1b[?1049h',
+        'vim2-still-running'
+        // No close — daemon crashed while vim2 was open
+      ].join('')
+
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'multi-tui', makeMeta(), scrollback)
+
+      const info = reader.detectColdRestore('multi-tui')
+      expect(info).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toContain('line1')
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toContain('line2')
+      expect(info!.scrollback).not.toContain('vim2-still-running')
+    })
+
+    it('truncates at outermost unmatched alt-screen-on for nested sessions', () => {
+      const scrollback = [
+        'normal output\r\n',
+        '\x1b[?1049h', // outer alt screen (e.g., tmux)
+        'tmux content',
+        '\x1b[?1049h', // inner alt screen (e.g., vim inside tmux)
+        'vim inside tmux'
+        // Neither closed — daemon crashed
+      ].join('')
+
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'nested-tui', makeMeta(), scrollback)
+
+      const info = reader.detectColdRestore('nested-tui')
+      expect(info).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toContain('normal output')
+      expect(info!.scrollback).not.toContain('tmux content')
+      expect(info!.scrollback).not.toContain('vim inside tmux')
+    })
+
+    it('returns full content when no alt-screen sequences', () => {
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'plain', makeMeta(), 'just normal shell output\r\n')
+
+      const info = reader.detectColdRestore('plain')
+      expect(info!.scrollback).toBe('just normal shell output\r\n')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('listRestorable', () => {
+    it('lists sessions with unclean shutdown', () => {
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'alive', makeMeta(), 'data')
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, 'dead', makeMeta({ endedAt: '2026-04-15T12:00:00Z' }), 'data')
+
+      const restorable = reader.listRestorable()
+      expect(restorable).toEqual(['alive'])
+    })
+
+    it('returns empty array when no sessions exist', () => {
+      expect(reader.listRestorable()).toEqual([])
+    })
+
+    it('returns decoded session ids for encoded on-disk directories', () => {
+      const sessionId = 'repo-1::C:/Users/dev/feature'
+      writeSessionFiles(dir, sessionId, makeMeta(), 'data')
+
+      expect(reader.listRestorable()).toEqual([sessionId])
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/history-reader.ts

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+import { join } from 'path'
+import { readFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync } from 'fs'
+import type { SessionMeta } from './history-manager'
+import { getHistorySessionDirName } from './history-paths'
+
+export type ColdRestoreInfo = {
+  scrollback: string
+  cwd: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+}
+
+const ALT_SCREEN_ON = '\x1b[?1049h'
+const ALT_SCREEN_OFF = '\x1b[?1049l'
+
+export class HistoryReader {
+  private basePath: string
+
+  constructor(basePath: string) {
+    this.basePath = basePath
+  }
+
+  detectColdRestore(sessionId: string): ColdRestoreInfo | null {
+    const meta = this.readMeta(sessionId)
+    if (!meta) {
+      return null
+    }
+    if (meta.endedAt !== null) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    const scrollback = this.readScrollback(sessionId)
+    return {
+      scrollback: this.truncateAltScreen(scrollback),
+      cwd: meta.cwd,
+      cols: meta.cols,
+      rows: meta.rows
+    }
+  }
+
+  listRestorable(): string[] {
+    if (!existsSync(this.basePath)) {
+      return []
+    }
+
+    let entries: { isDirectory(): boolean; name: string }[]
+    try {
+      entries = readdirSync(this.basePath, { withFileTypes: true })
+    } catch {
+      return []
+    }
+    const restorable: string[] = []
+
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
+        continue
+      }
+      const sessionId = decodeURIComponent(entry.name)
+      const meta = this.readMeta(sessionId)
+      if (meta && meta.endedAt === null) {
+        restorable.push(sessionId)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return restorable
+  }
+
+  private readMeta(sessionId: string): SessionMeta | null {
+    const metaPath = join(this.basePath, getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId), 'meta.json')
+    if (!existsSync(metaPath)) {
+      return null
+    }
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(readFileSync(metaPath, 'utf-8'))
+    } catch {
+      return null
+    }
+  }
+
+  private readScrollback(sessionId: string): string {
+    const scrollbackPath = join(
+      this.basePath,
+      getHistorySessionDirName(sessionId),
+      'scrollback.bin'
+    )
+    if (!existsSync(scrollbackPath)) {
+      return ''
+    }
+    try {
+      return readFileSync(scrollbackPath, 'utf-8')
+    } catch {
+      return ''
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Why: raw scrollback from TUI sessions (vim, less, htop) contains
+  // alternate-screen switches that produce garbled output when replayed.
+  // Truncate before the outermost unmatched alt-screen-on so only normal
+  // terminal output is restored.
+  private truncateAltScreen(data: string): string {
+    let depth = 0
+    let outermostUnmatchedOnIdx = -1
+
+    let searchFrom = 0
+    while (searchFrom < data.length) {
+      const onIdx = data.indexOf(ALT_SCREEN_ON, searchFrom)
+      const offIdx = data.indexOf(ALT_SCREEN_OFF, searchFrom)
+
+      if (onIdx === -1 && offIdx === -1) {
+        break
+      }
+
+      if (onIdx !== -1 && (offIdx === -1 || onIdx < offIdx)) {
+        // Why: track where depth first goes above 0 — that's the outermost
+        // unmatched ON. Nested ONs (depth > 1) are inside the same alt-screen
+        // block, so we truncate at the outermost boundary.
+        if (depth === 0) {
+          outermostUnmatchedOnIdx = onIdx
+        }
+        depth++
+        searchFrom = onIdx + ALT_SCREEN_ON.length
+      } else {
+        if (depth > 0) {
+          depth--
+        }
+        searchFrom = offIdx + ALT_SCREEN_OFF.length
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (depth > 0 && outermostUnmatchedOnIdx !== -1) {
+      return data.slice(0, outermostUnmatchedOnIdx)
+    }
+
+    return data
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/ndjson.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { encodeNdjson, createNdjsonParser } from './ndjson'
+
+describe('encodeNdjson', () => {
+  it('encodes an object as a JSON line ending with newline', () => {
+    const result = encodeNdjson({ type: 'hello', version: 1 })
+    expect(result).toBe('{"type":"hello","version":1}\n')
+  })
+
+  it('encodes nested objects', () => {
+    const msg = { id: 'req-1', type: 'write', payload: { sessionId: 'abc', data: 'ls\n' } }
+    const result = encodeNdjson(msg)
+    expect(result.endsWith('\n')).toBe(true)
+    expect(JSON.parse(result.trim())).toEqual(msg)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('createNdjsonParser', () => {
+  it('parses a single complete message', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const onError = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage, onError)
+
+    parser.feed('{"type":"hello"}\n')
+
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ type: 'hello' })
+    expect(onError).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('parses multiple messages in a single chunk', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage)
+
+    parser.feed('{"a":1}\n{"b":2}\n{"c":3}\n')
+
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, { a: 1 })
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, { b: 2 })
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, { c: 3 })
+  })
+
+  it('handles messages split across multiple chunks', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage)
+
+    parser.feed('{"type":"hel')
+    expect(onMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    parser.feed('lo","version":1}\n')
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ type: 'hello', version: 1 })
+  })
+
+  it('handles a chunk that ends mid-line followed by more data', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage)
+
+    parser.feed('{"id":"1"}\n{"id":')
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    parser.feed('"2"}\n')
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, { id: '2' })
+  })
+
+  it('ignores empty lines', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage)
+
+    parser.feed('\n\n{"ok":true}\n\n')
+
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ok: true })
+  })
+
+  it('calls onError for malformed JSON', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const onError = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage, onError)
+
+    parser.feed('not json\n')
+
+    expect(onMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(onError).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onError.mock.calls[0][0]).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+  })
+
+  it('recovers after malformed JSON and parses next line', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const onError = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage, onError)
+
+    parser.feed('bad\n{"good":true}\n')
+
+    expect(onError).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ good: true })
+  })
+
+  it('handles messages with embedded newlines in strings', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage)
+
+    // JSON.stringify escapes newlines as \n (two chars), so the actual
+    // newline delimiter is still unambiguous.
+    const msg = { data: 'line1\nline2' }
+    parser.feed(`${JSON.stringify(msg)}\n`)
+
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(msg)
+  })
+
+  it('resets buffer state on reset()', () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn()
+    const parser = createNdjsonParser(onMessage)
+
+    parser.feed('{"partial":')
+    parser.reset()
+    parser.feed('{"fresh":true}\n')
+
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ fresh: true })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/ndjson.ts

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+export function encodeNdjson(msg: unknown): string {
+  return `${JSON.stringify(msg)}\n`
+}
+
+export type NdjsonParser = {
+  feed(chunk: string): void
+  reset(): void
+}
+
+export function createNdjsonParser(
+  onMessage: (msg: unknown) => void,
+  onError?: (err: Error) => void
+): NdjsonParser {
+  let buffer = ''
+
+  return {
+    feed(chunk: string): void {
+      buffer += chunk
+
+      let newlineIndex: number
+      while ((newlineIndex = buffer.indexOf('\n')) !== -1) {
+        const line = buffer.slice(0, newlineIndex)
+        buffer = buffer.slice(newlineIndex + 1)
+
+        if (line.length === 0) {
+          continue
+        }
+
+        try {
+          onMessage(JSON.parse(line))
+        } catch (err) {
+          onError?.(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)))
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
+    reset(): void {
+      buffer = ''
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/priority-semaphore.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { PrioritySemaphore } from './priority-semaphore'
+
+describe('PrioritySemaphore', () => {
+  it('allows up to N concurrent acquires', async () => {
+    const sem = new PrioritySemaphore(2)
+    const r1 = await sem.acquire(0)
+    const r2 = await sem.acquire(0)
+
+    // Both acquired immediately
+    expect(typeof r1).toBe('function')
+    expect(typeof r2).toBe('function')
+
+    r1()
+    r2()
+  })
+
+  it('blocks when concurrency limit is reached', async () => {
+    const sem = new PrioritySemaphore(1)
+    const r1 = await sem.acquire(0)
+
+    let acquired = false
+    const p2 = sem.acquire(0).then((r) => {
+      acquired = true
+      return r
+    })
+
+    // Give microtasks a chance to flush
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10))
+    expect(acquired).toBe(false)
+
+    r1()
+    const r2 = await p2
+    expect(acquired).toBe(true)
+    r2()
+  })
+
+  it('serves higher priority (lower number) first', async () => {
+    const sem = new PrioritySemaphore(1)
+    const r1 = await sem.acquire(0)
+
+    const order: string[] = []
+
+    // Queue a low-priority and then a high-priority waiter
+    const pLow = sem.acquire(1).then((r) => {
+      order.push('low')
+      return r
+    })
+    const pHigh = sem.acquire(0).then((r) => {
+      order.push('high')
+      return r
+    })
+
+    // Release — high priority should go first
+    r1()
+
+    const rHigh = await pHigh
+    rHigh()
+
+    const rLow = await pLow
+    rLow()
+
+    expect(order).toEqual(['high', 'low'])
+  })
+
+  it('handles FIFO within same priority', async () => {
+    const sem = new PrioritySemaphore(1)
+    const r1 = await sem.acquire(0)
+
+    const order: number[] = []
+
+    const p1 = sem.acquire(1).then((r) => {
+      order.push(1)
+      return r
+    })
+    const p2 = sem.acquire(1).then((r) => {
+      order.push(2)
+      return r
+    })
+    const p3 = sem.acquire(1).then((r) => {
+      order.push(3)
+      return r
+    })
+
+    r1()
+
+    const r2 = await p1
+    r2()
+    const r3 = await p2
+    r3()
+    const r4 = await p3
+    r4()
+
+    expect(order).toEqual([1, 2, 3])
+  })
+
+  it('supports concurrency > 1 with priority ordering', async () => {
+    const sem = new PrioritySemaphore(2)
+    const r1 = await sem.acquire(0)
+    const r2 = await sem.acquire(0)
+
+    const order: string[] = []
+
+    const pA = sem.acquire(1).then((r) => {
+      order.push('A-low')
+      return r
+    })
+    const pB = sem.acquire(0).then((r) => {
+      order.push('B-high')
+      return r
+    })
+    const pC = sem.acquire(1).then((r) => {
+      order.push('C-low')
+      return r
+    })
+
+    // Release both slots
+    r1()
+    r2()
+
+    // High priority B should get a slot before low-priority A and C
+    const rB = await pB
+    rB()
+    const rA = await pA
+    rA()
+    const rC = await pC
+    rC()
+
+    expect(order[0]).toBe('B-high')
+  })
+
+  it('works with zero waiters', async () => {
+    const sem = new PrioritySemaphore(3)
+    const r1 = await sem.acquire(0)
+    r1()
+    // No crash, no hanging
+  })
+
+  it('release is idempotent', async () => {
+    const sem = new PrioritySemaphore(1)
+    const r1 = await sem.acquire(0)
+    r1()
+    r1() // double release should not throw or corrupt state
+
+    const r2 = await sem.acquire(0)
+    r2()
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/priority-semaphore.ts

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+type Waiter = {
+  priority: number
+  resolve: (release: () => void) => void
+}
+
+export class PrioritySemaphore {
+  private available: number
+  private waiters: Waiter[] = []
+
+  constructor(concurrency: number) {
+    this.available = concurrency
+  }
+
+  acquire(priority: number): Promise<() => void> {
+    if (this.available > 0) {
+      this.available--
+      let released = false
+      return Promise.resolve(() => {
+        if (released) {
+          return
+        }
+        released = true
+        this.release()
+      })
+    }
+
+    return new Promise<() => void>((resolve) => {
+      this.waiters.push({ priority, resolve })
+    })
+  }
+
+  private release(): void {
+    if (this.waiters.length === 0) {
+      this.available++
+      return
+    }
+
+    // Find the highest-priority (lowest number) waiter.
+    // Among equal priorities, take the first (FIFO).
+    let bestIdx = 0
+    for (let i = 1; i < this.waiters.length; i++) {
+      if (this.waiters[i].priority < this.waiters[bestIdx].priority) {
+        bestIdx = i
+      }
+    }
+
+    const waiter = this.waiters.splice(bestIdx, 1)[0]
+    let released = false
+    waiter.resolve(() => {
+      if (released) {
+        return
+      }
+      released = true
+      this.release()
+    })
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/production-launcher.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'fs'
+import { createProductionLauncher } from './production-launcher'
+import { startDaemon, type DaemonHandle } from './daemon-main'
+import { DaemonClient } from './client'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+
+function createTestDir(): string {
+  return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'prod-launcher-test-'))
+}
+
+function createMockSubprocess(): SubprocessHandle {
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 44444,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(_cb: (data: string) => void) {},
+    onExit(cb: (code: number) => void) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('createProductionLauncher', () => {
+  let dir: string
+  let handles: DaemonHandle[]
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = createTestDir()
+    handles = []
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    for (const h of handles) {
+      await h.shutdown().catch(() => {})
+    }
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  it('returns a launcher function', () => {
+    const launcher = createProductionLauncher({
+      getDaemonEntryPath: () => '/fake/path.js'
+    })
+    expect(typeof launcher).toBe('function')
+  })
+
+  it('can be used with DaemonSpawner (in-process fallback)', async () => {
+    // Use in-process launcher for testing (same as DaemonSpawner tests)
+    const launcher = async (socketPath: string, tokenPath: string) => {
+      const handle = await startDaemon({
+        socketPath,
+        tokenPath,
+        spawnSubprocess: () => createMockSubprocess()
+      })
+      handles.push(handle)
+      return { shutdown: () => handle.shutdown() }
+    }
+
+    const socketPath = join(dir, 'test.sock')
+    const tokenPath = join(dir, 'test.token')
+    const handle = await launcher(socketPath, tokenPath)
+
+    const client = new DaemonClient({ socketPath, tokenPath })
+    await client.ensureConnected()
+    expect(client.isConnected()).toBe(true)
+    client.disconnect()
+
+    await handle.shutdown()
+    handles.pop()
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/production-launcher.ts

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+import { fork, type ChildProcess } from 'child_process'
+import type { DaemonLauncher, DaemonProcessHandle } from './daemon-spawner'
+
+const READY_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000
+
+export type ProductionLauncherOptions = {
+  getDaemonEntryPath: () => string
+}
+
+export function createProductionLauncher(opts: ProductionLauncherOptions): DaemonLauncher {
+  return async (socketPath: string, tokenPath: string): Promise<DaemonProcessHandle> => {
+    const entryPath = opts.getDaemonEntryPath()
+
+    const child = fork(entryPath, ['--socket', socketPath, '--token', tokenPath], {
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'],
+      detached: true,
+      env: { ...process.env },
+      ...(process.platform === 'win32' ? { windowsHide: true } : {})
+    })
+
+    await waitForReady(child)
+
+    // Unref so the Electron process can exit without waiting for the daemon
+    child.unref()
+    child.disconnect()
+
+    return {
+      shutdown: () => shutdownChild(child)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function waitForReady(child: ChildProcess): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      child.kill('SIGTERM')
+      reject(new Error('Daemon failed to signal readiness within timeout'))
+    }, READY_TIMEOUT_MS)
+
+    child.on('message', (msg: unknown) => {
+      if (msg && typeof msg === 'object' && (msg as Record<string, unknown>).type === 'ready') {
+        clearTimeout(timeout)
+        resolve()
+      }
+    })
+
+    child.on('error', (err) => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout)
+      reject(new Error(`Daemon process error: ${err.message}`))
+    })
+
+    child.on('exit', (code) => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout)
+      reject(new Error(`Daemon process exited prematurely with code ${code}`))
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+function shutdownChild(child: ChildProcess): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    if (child.killed) {
+      resolve()
+      return
+    }
+
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      child.kill('SIGKILL')
+      resolve()
+    }, 5000)
+
+    child.once('exit', () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout)
+      resolve()
+    })
+
+    child.kill('SIGTERM')
+  })
+}

src/main/daemon/pty-subprocess.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+const { spawnMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  spawnMock: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+vi.mock('node-pty', () => ({
+  spawn: spawnMock
+}))
+
+import { createPtySubprocess } from './pty-subprocess'
+
+function mockPtyProcess(pid = 12345) {
+  const onDataListeners: ((data: string) => void)[] = []
+  const onExitListeners: ((e: { exitCode: number }) => void)[] = []
+  return {
+    pid,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(),
+    process: 'zsh',
+    onData: vi.fn((cb: (data: string) => void) => {
+      onDataListeners.push(cb)
+      return { dispose: vi.fn() }
+    }),
+    onExit: vi.fn((cb: (e: { exitCode: number }) => void) => {
+      onExitListeners.push(cb)
+      return { dispose: vi.fn() }
+    }),
+    _simulateData: (data: string) => onDataListeners.forEach((cb) => cb(data)),
+    _simulateExit: (code: number) => onExitListeners.forEach((cb) => cb({ exitCode: code }))
+  }
+}
+
+describe('createPtySubprocess', () => {
+  it('spawns node-pty with correct options', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    createPtySubprocess({
+      sessionId: 'test',
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24,
+      cwd: '/home/user',
+      env: { SHELL: '/bin/bash', FOO: 'bar' }
+    })
+
+    expect(spawnMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      '/bin/bash',
+      expect.any(Array),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        cwd: '/home/user',
+        name: 'xterm-256color'
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('returns a SubprocessHandle with correct pid', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess(42)
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({
+      sessionId: 'test',
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24
+    })
+
+    expect(handle.pid).toBe(42)
+  })
+
+  it('forwards write calls', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    handle.write('ls\n')
+
+    expect(proc.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ls\n')
+  })
+
+  it('forwards resize calls', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    handle.resize(120, 40)
+
+    expect(proc.resize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(120, 40)
+  })
+
+  it('forwards kill calls', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    handle.kill()
+
+    expect(proc.kill).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('forceKill sends SIGKILL to the child pid', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess(77)
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+    const killSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation(() => true)
+
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    handle.forceKill()
+
+    expect(killSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(77, 'SIGKILL')
+    killSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
+
+  it('routes onData events', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    const data: string[] = []
+    handle.onData((d) => data.push(d))
+
+    proc._simulateData('hello')
+    expect(data).toEqual(['hello'])
+  })
+
+  it('routes onExit events', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    const codes: number[] = []
+    handle.onExit((code) => codes.push(code))
+
+    proc._simulateExit(42)
+    expect(codes).toEqual([42])
+  })
+
+  it('sends signal via process.kill', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess(99)
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    const killSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation(() => true)
+    const handle = createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    handle.signal('SIGINT')
+
+    expect(killSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(99, 'SIGINT')
+    killSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
+
+  it('uses SHELL env or defaults to /bin/zsh on non-Windows', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+
+    const shellArg = spawnMock.mock.calls[0][0]
+    expect(typeof shellArg).toBe('string')
+    expect(shellArg.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  })
+
+  it('passes custom env to spawned process', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+
+    createPtySubprocess({
+      sessionId: 'test',
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24,
+      env: { MY_VAR: 'test-value' }
+    })
+
+    const lastCall = spawnMock.mock.calls.at(-1)!
+    const spawnEnv = lastCall[2].env
+    expect(spawnEnv.MY_VAR).toBe('test-value')
+  })
+
+  it('combines HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH for Windows default cwd', () => {
+    const proc = mockPtyProcess()
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue(proc)
+    const platform = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process, 'platform')
+    const originalUserProfile = process.env.USERPROFILE
+    const originalHomeDrive = process.env.HOMEDRIVE
+    const originalHomePath = process.env.HOMEPATH
+
+    Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: 'win32' })
+    delete process.env.USERPROFILE
+    process.env.HOMEDRIVE = 'D:'
+    process.env.HOMEPATH = '\\Users\\orca'
+
+    try {
+      createPtySubprocess({ sessionId: 'test', cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    } finally {
+      if (platform) {
+        Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', platform)
+      }
+      if (originalUserProfile === undefined) {
+        delete process.env.USERPROFILE
+      } else {
+        process.env.USERPROFILE = originalUserProfile
+      }
+      if (originalHomeDrive === undefined) {
+        delete process.env.HOMEDRIVE
+      } else {
+        process.env.HOMEDRIVE = originalHomeDrive
+      }
+      if (originalHomePath === undefined) {
+        delete process.env.HOMEPATH
+      } else {
+        process.env.HOMEPATH = originalHomePath
+      }
+    }
+
+    expect(spawnMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(String),
+      expect.any(Array),
+      expect.objectContaining({ cwd: 'D:\\Users\\orca' })
+    )
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/pty-subprocess.ts

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+import * as pty from 'node-pty'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+import { getShellReadyLaunchConfig, resolvePtyShellPath } from './shell-ready'
+
+export type PtySubprocessOptions = {
+  sessionId: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  cwd?: string
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  command?: string
+}
+
+function getDefaultCwd(): string {
+  if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+    return process.env.HOME || '/'
+  }
+
+  // Why: HOMEPATH alone is drive-relative (`\\Users\\name`). Pair it with
+  // HOMEDRIVE when USERPROFILE is unavailable so daemon-spawned Windows PTYs
+  // still start in a valid absolute home directory.
+  if (process.env.USERPROFILE) {
+    return process.env.USERPROFILE
+  }
+  if (process.env.HOMEDRIVE && process.env.HOMEPATH) {
+    return `${process.env.HOMEDRIVE}${process.env.HOMEPATH}`
+  }
+  return 'C:\\'
+}
+
+export function createPtySubprocess(opts: PtySubprocessOptions): SubprocessHandle {
+  const env: Record<string, string> = {
+    ...process.env,
+    ...opts.env,
+    TERM: 'xterm-256color',
+    COLORTERM: 'truecolor',
+    TERM_PROGRAM: 'Orca'
+  } as Record<string, string>
+
+  env.LANG ??= 'en_US.UTF-8'
+
+  const shellPath = resolvePtyShellPath(env)
+  let shellArgs: string[]
+
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    shellArgs = []
+  } else {
+    const shellReadyLaunch = opts.command ? getShellReadyLaunchConfig(shellPath) : null
+    if (shellReadyLaunch) {
+      Object.assign(env, shellReadyLaunch.env)
+    }
+    shellArgs = shellReadyLaunch?.args ?? ['-l']
+  }
+
+  const proc = pty.spawn(shellPath, shellArgs, {
+    name: 'xterm-256color',
+    cols: opts.cols,
+    rows: opts.rows,
+    cwd: opts.cwd || getDefaultCwd(),
+    env
+  })
+
+  let onDataCb: ((data: string) => void) | null = null
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+
+  proc.onData((data) => onDataCb?.(data))
+  proc.onExit(({ exitCode }) => onExitCb?.(exitCode))
+
+  return {
+    pid: proc.pid,
+    write: (data) => proc.write(data),
+    resize: (cols, rows) => proc.resize(cols, rows),
+    kill: () => proc.kill(),
+    forceKill: () => {
+      try {
+        process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGKILL')
+      } catch {
+        try {
+          proc.kill()
+        } catch {
+          // Process may already be dead
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    signal: (sig) => {
+      try {
+        process.kill(proc.pid, sig)
+      } catch {
+        // Process may already be dead
+      }
+    },
+    onData: (cb) => {
+      onDataCb = cb
+    },
+    onExit: (cb) => {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/reattach-snapshot.test.ts

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+/* oxlint-disable max-lines */
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { TerminalHost } from './terminal-host'
+import { HeadlessEmulator } from './headless-emulator'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+
+function createMockSubprocess(): SubprocessHandle & {
+  simulateData: (data: string) => void
+  simulateExit: (code: number) => void
+} {
+  let onDataCb: ((data: string) => void) | null = null
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 42,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(cb) {
+      onDataCb = cb
+    },
+    onExit(cb) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    },
+    simulateData(data: string) {
+      onDataCb?.(data)
+    },
+    simulateExit(code: number) {
+      onExitCb?.(code)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Why: simulates what daemon-pty-adapter.ts does when building the PtySpawnResult
+// for a reattach. Alt-screen sessions include the full ANSI snapshot because
+function buildReattachPayload(snapshot: ReturnType<HeadlessEmulator['getSnapshot']>) {
+  const isAltScreen = snapshot.modes.alternateScreen
+  const fullPayload = snapshot.rehydrateSequences + snapshot.snapshotAnsi
+  return {
+    rehydrateSequences: snapshot.rehydrateSequences,
+    snapshotAnsi: snapshot.snapshotAnsi,
+    fullPayload,
+    isAlternateScreen: isAltScreen,
+    cols: snapshot.cols,
+    rows: snapshot.rows
+  }
+}
+
+// Why: replays the reattach payload into a fresh headless emulator (simulating
+// what pty-connection.ts does when writing snapshot data to xterm.js) and then
+// feeds the SIGWINCH repaint output to verify the final state is clean.
+async function simulateReattachToFreshTerminal(
+  reattachPayload: string,
+  sigwinchRepaintData: string,
+  cols: number,
+  rows: number
+): Promise<{ content: string; cols: number; rows: number }> {
+  const fresh = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols, rows })
+  try {
+    // Step 1: write reattach payload (what pty-connection writes to xterm.js)
+    await fresh.write(reattachPayload)
+    // Step 2: write SIGWINCH repaint data (what the TUI sends after receiving SIGWINCH)
+    await fresh.write(sigwinchRepaintData)
+    const result = fresh.getSnapshot()
+    return { content: result.snapshotAnsi, cols: result.cols, rows: result.rows }
+  } finally {
+    fresh.dispose()
+  }
+}
+
+describe('reattach snapshot flow', () => {
+  let host: TerminalHost
+  let lastSub: ReturnType<typeof createMockSubprocess>
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    host?.dispose()
+  })
+
+  function createHost() {
+    host = new TerminalHost({
+      spawnSubprocess: () => {
+        lastSub = createMockSubprocess()
+        return lastSub
+      }
+    })
+    return host
+  }
+
+  describe('normal-screen TUI (Claude Code style)', () => {
+    it('snapshot captures normal screen content and modes', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      const onData = vi.fn()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData, onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      // Simulate Claude Code TUI: bracketed paste + normal screen content
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?2004h') // enable bracketed paste
+      lastSub.simulateData('Claude Code > hello world\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('Response text here\r\n')
+
+      // Wait for headless emulator to process
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      // Reattach — get snapshot
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(result.isNew).toBe(false)
+      expect(result.snapshot).toBeDefined()
+      expect(result.snapshot!.modes.alternateScreen).toBe(false)
+      expect(result.snapshot!.modes.bracketedPaste).toBe(true)
+      expect(result.snapshot!.snapshotAnsi).toContain('hello world')
+      expect(result.snapshot!.cols).toBe(80)
+      expect(result.snapshot!.rows).toBe(24)
+    })
+
+    it('reattach payload includes snapshotAnsi for normal screen', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?2004h')
+      lastSub.simulateData('prompt> ')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const payload = buildReattachPayload(result.snapshot!)
+      expect(payload.rehydrateSequences).toContain('\x1b[?2004h')
+      expect(payload.snapshotAnsi).toContain('prompt>')
+      expect(payload.fullPayload).toContain('prompt>')
+      expect(payload.isAlternateScreen).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('normal-screen payload restores modes and content', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?2004h')
+      lastSub.simulateData('line 1\r\nline 2\r\nline 3\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const payload = buildReattachPayload(result.snapshot!)
+      const fresh = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 10 })
+      await fresh.write(payload.fullPayload)
+      const freshSnapshot = fresh.getSnapshot()
+      fresh.dispose()
+
+      expect(freshSnapshot.modes.bracketedPaste).toBe(true)
+      expect(freshSnapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('line 1')
+    })
+
+    it('SIGWINCH repaint after snapshot produces clean state', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('original content\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const payload = buildReattachPayload(result.snapshot!)
+      // Simulate SIGWINCH repaint: clear screen + redraw
+      const repaintData = '\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[Hrepainted content\r\n'
+      const { content } = await simulateReattachToFreshTerminal(
+        payload.fullPayload,
+        repaintData,
+        80,
+        10
+      )
+
+      expect(content).toContain('repainted content')
+      // Original content should be cleared by the repaint
+      expect(content).not.toContain('original content')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('alternate-screen TUI (Codex style)', () => {
+    it('snapshot detects alternate screen mode', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      // Simulate Codex entering alternate screen
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?1049h')
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?2004h')
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[H\x1b[2JCodex TUI content\r\n> input prompt')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(result.snapshot!.modes.alternateScreen).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('reattach payload includes snapshotAnsi for alternate screen', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?1049h')
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?2004h')
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[H\x1b[2JCodex TUI content')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const payload = buildReattachPayload(result.snapshot!)
+      // Why: alt-screen sessions include the full content snapshot because
+      // POSIX signal coalescing may prevent the SIGWINCH repaint from arriving.
+      // The snapshot keeps the TUI visible; any repaint overwrites it via
+      // absolute cursor positioning.
+      expect(payload.rehydrateSequences).toContain('\x1b[?1049h')
+      expect(payload.rehydrateSequences).toContain('\x1b[?2004h')
+      expect(payload.snapshotAnsi).toContain('Codex TUI content')
+      expect(payload.fullPayload).toContain('Codex TUI content')
+    })
+
+    it('SIGWINCH repaint after rehydrate produces clean single render', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[?1049h\x1b[?2004h')
+      lastSub.simulateData('\x1b[H\x1b[2Jold TUI content\r\n> old prompt')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const payload = buildReattachPayload(result.snapshot!)
+      // Simulate single SIGWINCH repaint (what Codex sends)
+      const repaintData = '\x1b[H\x1b[2Jnew TUI content\r\n> new prompt'
+      const { content } = await simulateReattachToFreshTerminal(
+        payload.fullPayload,
+        repaintData,
+        80,
+        10
+      )
+
+      expect(content).toContain('new TUI content')
+      expect(content).toContain('new prompt')
+      // Old content should not appear
+      expect(content).not.toContain('old TUI content')
+      expect(content).not.toContain('old prompt')
+    })
+
+    it('double SIGWINCH repaint at same dims does not duplicate content', async () => {
+      const repaint = '\x1b[H\x1b[2Jcodex content\r\n> prompt'
+      // Simulate receiving two identical repaints (e.g. from resize + explicit SIGWINCH)
+      const fresh = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 10 })
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[?1049h') // enter alternate screen
+      await fresh.write(repaint)
+      await fresh.write(repaint) // second identical repaint
+
+      const snapshot = fresh.getSnapshot()
+      fresh.dispose()
+
+      // Content should appear exactly once, not duplicated
+      const matches = snapshot.snapshotAnsi.match(/codex content/g)
+      expect(matches).toHaveLength(1)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('Ink-style cursor-relative repaint (Codex)', () => {
+    it('snapshot + Ink-style repaint overwrites correctly without clear', async () => {
+      // Simulates the reattach flow for an Ink-based TUI (Codex).
+      // Ink repaints by: cursor-up-N → erase-to-end → write new content.
+      // The snapshot positions xterm.js cursor where Ink expects it,
+      // so the repaint overwrites the snapshot correctly.
+      const cols = 80
+      const rows = 10
+      const fresh = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols, rows })
+
+      // Step 1: write snapshot (simulating pty-connection)
+      // Ink rendered 3 lines, cursor ends at the end of line 3
+      await fresh.write('old TUI header\r\n> old input\r\nstatus bar')
+
+      // Step 2: NO clear — cursor stays where snapshot left it (end of line 3)
+
+      // Step 3: Ink-style SIGWINCH repaint: move cursor up 3 lines,
+      // clear to end, write new content
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[3A\x1b[J')
+      await fresh.write('new TUI header\r\n> new input\r\nnew status')
+
+      const snapshot = fresh.getSnapshot()
+      fresh.dispose()
+
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('new TUI header')
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('new input')
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).not.toContain('old TUI header')
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).not.toContain('old input')
+    })
+
+    it('clear before Ink repaint breaks cursor positioning', async () => {
+      // Proves the problem: clearing resets cursor to (1,1), but Ink's
+      // cursor-up-N expects cursor at end of previous render. The mismatch
+      // causes content to render at wrong positions.
+      const cols = 80
+      const rows = 10
+      const fresh = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols, rows })
+
+      // Step 1: write snapshot (3 lines, cursor at end of line 3)
+      await fresh.write('old TUI header\r\n> old input\r\nstatus bar')
+
+      // Step 2: clear — cursor moves to (1,1)
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H')
+
+      // Step 3: Ink-style repaint: cursor-up-3 from (1,1) → clamped to (1,1)
+      // Ink clears and writes from row 1 — happens to work in this case
+      // because cursor-up is clamped, but the cursor column is wrong
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[3A\x1b[J')
+      await fresh.write('new TUI header\r\n> new input\r\nnew status')
+
+      const snapshot = fresh.getSnapshot()
+      fresh.dispose()
+
+      // In this simple case it still works because cursor-up clamping
+      // happens to land at the right row. But for more complex TUI
+      // layouts (e.g., cursor not at column 1 of last line), the clear
+      // would cause column misalignment.
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('new TUI header')
+    })
+
+    it('Ink repaint with absolute row positioning breaks after clear', async () => {
+      // Some Ink versions use absolute cursor positioning.
+      // Without clear: cursor is where snapshot left it, absolute pos works.
+      // With clear: absolute pos still works (not affected by cursor).
+      // But: if Ink uses CSR (scroll regions) or relative moves based on
+      // stored line count, the clear creates a mismatch.
+      const cols = 80
+      const rows = 10
+      const fresh = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols, rows })
+
+      // Snapshot places content starting at row 3 (2 blank rows above)
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[3;1Hheader line\r\n> prompt\r\nfooter')
+
+      // No clear — Ink rewrites from row 3
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[3;1H\x1b[Jnew header\r\n> new prompt\r\nnew footer')
+
+      const snapshot = fresh.getSnapshot()
+      fresh.dispose()
+
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('new header')
+      expect(snapshot.snapshotAnsi).not.toContain('header line')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('dimension handling', () => {
+    it('snapshot dimensions match daemon session dimensions', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 120,
+        rows: 30,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('content\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      // Reattach with different dims (simulating eager spawn at 80x24)
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      // Snapshot should be at the SESSION's dimensions, not the request's
+      expect(result.snapshot!.cols).toBe(120)
+      expect(result.snapshot!.rows).toBe(30)
+    })
+
+    it('resize before reattach updates snapshot dimensions', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      // Resize session (simulating a previous resize before app quit)
+      h.resize('s1', 120, 30)
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('content\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(result.snapshot!.cols).toBe(120)
+      expect(result.snapshot!.rows).toBe(30)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('inline-viewport (Codex/ratatui) reattach', () => {
+    it('fullPayload includes inline-viewport content for normal screen', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('task output line 1\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('task output line 2\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('task output line 3\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('╭─ Codex ──────────╮\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('│ Working...       │\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('╰──────────────────╯\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(result.snapshot!.modes.alternateScreen).toBe(false)
+      const payload = buildReattachPayload(result.snapshot!)
+
+      expect(payload.snapshotAnsi).toContain('task output line 1')
+      expect(payload.snapshotAnsi).toContain('Codex')
+      expect(payload.fullPayload).toContain('Codex')
+      expect(payload.isAlternateScreen).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('full payload + SIGWINCH repaint produces clean viewport', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSub.simulateData('history line 1\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('history line 2\r\n')
+      lastSub.simulateData('viewport content\r\n')
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50))
+
+      const result = await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 10,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const payload = buildReattachPayload(result.snapshot!)
+
+      // Simulate what the renderer does: clear screen, write full
+      // snapshot, then the TUI repaints its viewport on SIGWINCH.
+      const fresh = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 80, rows: 10 })
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H')
+      await fresh.write(payload.fullPayload)
+      // SIGWINCH repaint — TUI redraws its viewport area
+      await fresh.write('\x1b[4;1H\x1b[Jnew viewport content\r\n')
+
+      const finalSnapshot = fresh.getSnapshot()
+      fresh.dispose()
+
+      expect(finalSnapshot.snapshotAnsi).toContain('new viewport content')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('signal support', () => {
+    it('host.signal sends signal to subprocess', async () => {
+      const h = createHost()
+      await h.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 's1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      h.signal('s1', 'SIGWINCH')
+      expect(lastSub.signal).toHaveBeenCalledWith('SIGWINCH')
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/session.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { Session } from './session'
+import type { SessionState, ShellReadyState } from './types'
+
+// Stub the subprocess — Session talks to it via an interface, not child_process directly.
+function createMockSubprocess() {
+  const written: string[] = []
+  const signals: string[] = []
+  let onData: ((data: string) => void) | null = null
+  let onExit: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  let killed = false
+  let pid = 12345
+
+  return {
+    written,
+    signals,
+    get killed() {
+      return killed
+    },
+    get pid() {
+      return pid
+    },
+    write(data: string) {
+      written.push(data)
+    },
+    resize(_cols: number, _rows: number) {},
+    kill() {
+      killed = true
+      // Simulate async exit
+      setTimeout(() => onExit?.(0), 5)
+    },
+    forceKill() {
+      killed = true
+    },
+    signal(sig: string) {
+      signals.push(sig)
+    },
+    onData(cb: (data: string) => void) {
+      onData = cb
+    },
+    onExit(cb: (code: number) => void) {
+      onExit = cb
+    },
+    // Helpers for tests to simulate subprocess events
+    simulateData(data: string) {
+      onData?.(data)
+    },
+    simulateExit(code: number) {
+      onExit?.(code)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+type MockSubprocess = ReturnType<typeof createMockSubprocess>
+
+describe('Session', () => {
+  let session: Session
+  let subprocess: MockSubprocess
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    subprocess = createMockSubprocess()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    session?.dispose()
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  function createSession(opts?: {
+    shellReadySupported?: boolean
+    cols?: number
+    rows?: number
+  }): Session {
+    session = new Session({
+      sessionId: 'test-session',
+      cols: opts?.cols ?? 80,
+      rows: opts?.rows ?? 24,
+      subprocess,
+      shellReadySupported: opts?.shellReadySupported ?? false
+    })
+    return session
+  }
+
+  describe('state machine', () => {
+    it('starts in running state when shell readiness is not supported', () => {
+      createSession({ shellReadySupported: false })
+      expect(session.state).toBe('running' satisfies SessionState)
+      expect(session.shellState).toBe('unsupported' satisfies ShellReadyState)
+    })
+
+    it('starts in running state with pending shell when readiness is supported', () => {
+      createSession({ shellReadySupported: true })
+      expect(session.state).toBe('running')
+      expect(session.shellState).toBe('pending' satisfies ShellReadyState)
+    })
+
+    it('transitions to exited when subprocess exits', () => {
+      createSession()
+      subprocess.simulateExit(0)
+      expect(session.state).toBe('exited' satisfies SessionState)
+      expect(session.isAlive).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('tracks exit code', () => {
+      createSession()
+      subprocess.simulateExit(42)
+      expect(session.exitCode).toBe(42)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('data flow', () => {
+    it('forwards subprocess data to attached clients', () => {
+      createSession()
+      const received: string[] = []
+      session.attachClient({
+        onData: (data) => received.push(data),
+        onExit: () => {}
+      })
+
+      subprocess.simulateData('hello')
+      expect(received).toEqual(['hello'])
+    })
+
+    it('does not deliver data to detached clients', () => {
+      createSession()
+      const received: string[] = []
+      const token = session.attachClient({
+        onData: (data) => received.push(data),
+        onExit: () => {}
+      })
+
+      session.detachClient(token)
+      subprocess.simulateData('should not arrive')
+      expect(received).toEqual([])
+    })
+
+    it('supports multiple attached clients', () => {
+      createSession()
+      const received1: string[] = []
+      const received2: string[] = []
+      session.attachClient({ onData: (d) => received1.push(d), onExit: () => {} })
+      session.attachClient({ onData: (d) => received2.push(d), onExit: () => {} })
+
+      subprocess.simulateData('broadcast')
+      expect(received1).toEqual(['broadcast'])
+      expect(received2).toEqual(['broadcast'])
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('write', () => {
+    it('forwards writes to subprocess when running', () => {
+      createSession({ shellReadySupported: false })
+      session.write('ls\n')
+      expect(subprocess.written).toEqual(['ls\n'])
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('shell readiness gating', () => {
+    it('buffers writes during pending state', () => {
+      createSession({ shellReadySupported: true })
+      expect(session.shellState).toBe('pending')
+
+      session.write('buffered input')
+      expect(subprocess.written).toEqual([])
+    })
+
+    it('flushes buffered writes when shell marker is detected', () => {
+      createSession({ shellReadySupported: true })
+
+      session.write('pre-ready input')
+      expect(subprocess.written).toEqual([])
+
+      // Simulate the shell marker arriving in PTY output
+      subprocess.simulateData('\x1b]777;orca-shell-ready\x07')
+      expect(session.shellState).toBe('ready' satisfies ShellReadyState)
+      expect(subprocess.written).toEqual(['pre-ready input'])
+    })
+
+    it('transitions to timed_out after 15 seconds', () => {
+      createSession({ shellReadySupported: true })
+      session.write('waiting input')
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(15_000)
+
+      expect(session.shellState).toBe('timed_out' satisfies ShellReadyState)
+      expect(subprocess.written).toEqual(['waiting input'])
+    })
+
+    it('detects marker split across data chunks', () => {
+      createSession({ shellReadySupported: true })
+
+      subprocess.simulateData('\x1b]777;orca-sh')
+      expect(session.shellState).toBe('pending')
+
+      subprocess.simulateData('ell-ready\x07')
+      expect(session.shellState).toBe('ready')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('kill', () => {
+    it('kills the subprocess', () => {
+      createSession()
+      session.kill()
+      expect(subprocess.killed).toBe(true)
+      expect(session.isTerminating).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('notifies attached clients on exit after kill', async () => {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+      createSession()
+      const exitCodes: number[] = []
+      session.attachClient({
+        onData: () => {},
+        onExit: (code) => exitCodes.push(code)
+      })
+
+      session.kill()
+
+      // Wait for the simulated async exit
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
+      expect(exitCodes).toEqual([0])
+    })
+
+    it('force-disposes after 5s if subprocess does not exit', () => {
+      createSession()
+      // Override kill to NOT trigger exit
+      subprocess.kill = () => {}
+      const forceKillSpy = vi.spyOn(subprocess, 'forceKill')
+
+      session.kill()
+      expect(session.state).not.toBe('exited')
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(5_000)
+      expect(session.state).toBe('exited')
+      expect(forceKillSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    it('ignores late data and exit after force-dispose', () => {
+      createSession()
+      subprocess.kill = () => {}
+      const onData = vi.fn()
+      const onExit = vi.fn()
+      session.attachClient({ onData, onExit })
+
+      session.kill()
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(5_000)
+
+      subprocess.simulateData('late output')
+      subprocess.simulateExit(23)
+
+      expect(onData).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(onExit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(onExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(-1)
+      expect(session.exitCode).toBe(-1)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('signal', () => {
+    it('forwards signal to subprocess without entering terminating state', () => {
+      createSession()
+      session.signal('SIGINT')
+      expect(subprocess.signals).toEqual(['SIGINT'])
+      expect(session.isTerminating).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('snapshot', () => {
+    it('returns a terminal snapshot', async () => {
+      createSession()
+      subprocess.simulateData('$ hello\r\n')
+      // Give emulator time to process
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10)
+
+      const snapshot = session.getSnapshot()
+      expect(snapshot).toBeDefined()
+      expect(snapshot!.cols).toBe(80)
+      expect(snapshot!.rows).toBe(24)
+    })
+
+    it('returns null after session is disposed', () => {
+      createSession()
+      session.dispose()
+      expect(session.getSnapshot()).toBeNull()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('resize', () => {
+    it('resizes the emulator and subprocess', () => {
+      createSession()
+      const resizeSpy = vi.spyOn(subprocess, 'resize')
+      session.resize(120, 40)
+      expect(resizeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(120, 40)
+    })
+
+    it('same-dim resize passes through without tricks', () => {
+      createSession({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      const resizeSpy = vi.spyOn(subprocess, 'resize')
+      session.resize(80, 24)
+      expect(resizeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(resizeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(80, 24)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('detach token guard', () => {
+    it('ignores stale detach with wrong token', () => {
+      createSession()
+      const received: string[] = []
+      const token1 = session.attachClient({
+        onData: (d) => received.push(d),
+        onExit: () => {}
+      })
+
+      // Attach a second client (same conceptual slot but new token)
+      session.attachClient({
+        onData: (d) => received.push(d),
+        onExit: () => {}
+      })
+
+      // Try detaching with the old token — should only remove token1's client
+      session.detachClient(token1)
+      received.length = 0
+
+      subprocess.simulateData('after detach')
+      // token2's client should still receive data
+      expect(received).toEqual(['after detach'])
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('dispose', () => {
+    it('cleans up without throwing', () => {
+      createSession()
+      expect(() => session.dispose()).not.toThrow()
+    })
+
+    it('marks session as exited', () => {
+      createSession()
+      session.dispose()
+      expect(session.state).toBe('exited')
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/session.ts

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+import { HeadlessEmulator } from './headless-emulator'
+import type { SessionState, ShellReadyState, TerminalSnapshot } from './types'
+
+const SHELL_READY_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000
+const KILL_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000
+const SHELL_READY_MARKER = '\x1b]777;orca-shell-ready\x07'
+
+export type SubprocessHandle = {
+  pid: number
+  write(data: string): void
+  resize(cols: number, rows: number): void
+  kill(): void
+  forceKill(): void
+  signal(sig: string): void
+  onData(cb: (data: string) => void): void
+  onExit(cb: (code: number) => void): void
+}
+
+export type SessionOptions = {
+  sessionId: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  subprocess: SubprocessHandle
+  shellReadySupported: boolean
+  scrollback?: number
+}
+
+type AttachedClient = {
+  token: symbol
+  onData: (data: string) => void
+  onExit: (code: number) => void
+}
+
+export class Session {
+  readonly sessionId: string
+  private _state: SessionState = 'running'
+  private _shellState: ShellReadyState
+  private _exitCode: number | null = null
+  private _isTerminating = false
+  private _disposed = false
+  private emulator: HeadlessEmulator
+  private subprocess: SubprocessHandle
+  private attachedClients: AttachedClient[] = []
+  private preReadyStdinQueue: string[] = []
+  private markerBuffer = ''
+  private shellReadyTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+  private killTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+
+  constructor(opts: SessionOptions) {
+    this.sessionId = opts.sessionId
+    this.subprocess = opts.subprocess
+    this.emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({
+      cols: opts.cols,
+      rows: opts.rows,
+      scrollback: opts.scrollback,
+      onData: (data) => {
+        // Forward xterm.js query responses (DA1 etc.) to subprocess
+        opts.subprocess.write(data)
+      }
+    })
+
+    if (opts.shellReadySupported) {
+      this._shellState = 'pending'
+      this.shellReadyTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        this.onShellReadyTimeout()
+      }, SHELL_READY_TIMEOUT_MS)
+    } else {
+      this._shellState = 'unsupported'
+    }
+
+    this.subprocess.onData((data) => this.handleSubprocessData(data))
+    this.subprocess.onExit((code) => this.handleSubprocessExit(code))
+  }
+
+  get state(): SessionState {
+    return this._state
+  }
+
+  get shellState(): ShellReadyState {
+    return this._shellState
+  }
+
+  get exitCode(): number | null {
+    return this._exitCode
+  }
+
+  get isAlive(): boolean {
+    return this._state !== 'exited'
+  }
+
+  get isTerminating(): boolean {
+    return this._isTerminating
+  }
+
+  get pid(): number {
+    return this.subprocess.pid
+  }
+
+  write(data: string): void {
+    if (this._state === 'exited' || this._disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (this._shellState === 'pending') {
+      this.preReadyStdinQueue.push(data)
+      return
+    }
+
+    this.subprocess.write(data)
+  }
+
+  resize(cols: number, rows: number): void {
+    if (this._state === 'exited' || this._disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+    this.emulator.resize(cols, rows)
+    this.subprocess.resize(cols, rows)
+  }
+
+  kill(): void {
+    if (this._state === 'exited' || this._isTerminating) {
+      return
+    }
+    this._isTerminating = true
+
+    this.subprocess.kill()
+
+    this.killTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      if (this._state !== 'exited') {
+        this.forceDispose()
+      }
+    }, KILL_TIMEOUT_MS)
+  }
+
+  signal(sig: string): void {
+    if (this._state === 'exited') {
+      return
+    }
+    this.subprocess.signal(sig)
+  }
+
+  attachClient(client: { onData: (data: string) => void; onExit: (code: number) => void }): symbol {
+    const token = Symbol('attach')
+    this.attachedClients.push({ token, ...client })
+    return token
+  }
+
+  detachClient(token: symbol): void {
+    const idx = this.attachedClients.findIndex((c) => c.token === token)
+    if (idx !== -1) {
+      this.attachedClients.splice(idx, 1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  detachAllClients(): void {
+    this.attachedClients.length = 0
+  }
+
+  getSnapshot(): TerminalSnapshot | null {
+    if (this._disposed) {
+      return null
+    }
+    return this.emulator.getSnapshot()
+  }
+
+  getCwd(): string | null {
+    return this.emulator.getCwd()
+  }
+
+  clearScrollback(): void {
+    if (this._disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+    this.emulator.clearScrollback()
+  }
+
+  dispose(): void {
+    if (this._disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+    this._disposed = true
+    this._state = 'exited'
+
+    if (this.shellReadyTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.shellReadyTimer)
+      this.shellReadyTimer = null
+    }
+    if (this.killTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.killTimer)
+      this.killTimer = null
+    }
+
+    this.attachedClients = []
+    this.preReadyStdinQueue = []
+    this.emulator.dispose()
+  }
+
+  private handleSubprocessData(data: string): void {
+    if (this._disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    // Feed data to headless emulator for state tracking
+    this.emulator.write(data)
+
+    if (this._shellState === 'pending') {
+      this.scanForShellMarker(data)
+    }
+
+    // Broadcast to attached clients
+    for (const client of this.attachedClients) {
+      client.onData(data)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private handleSubprocessExit(code: number): void {
+    if (this._disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    this._exitCode = code
+    this._state = 'exited'
+
+    if (this.killTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.killTimer)
+      this.killTimer = null
+    }
+    if (this.shellReadyTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.shellReadyTimer)
+      this.shellReadyTimer = null
+    }
+
+    for (const client of this.attachedClients) {
+      client.onExit(code)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private scanForShellMarker(data: string): void {
+    this.markerBuffer += data
+
+    const markerIdx = this.markerBuffer.indexOf(SHELL_READY_MARKER)
+    if (markerIdx !== -1) {
+      this.markerBuffer = ''
+      this.transitionToReady()
+      return
+    }
+
+    // Keep only the tail that could be the start of a partial marker match
+    const maxPartial = SHELL_READY_MARKER.length - 1
+    if (this.markerBuffer.length > maxPartial) {
+      this.markerBuffer = this.markerBuffer.slice(-maxPartial)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private transitionToReady(): void {
+    this._shellState = 'ready'
+    if (this.shellReadyTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.shellReadyTimer)
+      this.shellReadyTimer = null
+    }
+    this.flushPreReadyQueue()
+  }
+
+  private onShellReadyTimeout(): void {
+    this.shellReadyTimer = null
+    if (this._shellState !== 'pending') {
+      return
+    }
+    this._shellState = 'timed_out'
+    this.flushPreReadyQueue()
+  }
+
+  private flushPreReadyQueue(): void {
+    const queued = this.preReadyStdinQueue
+    this.preReadyStdinQueue = []
+    for (const data of queued) {
+      this.subprocess.write(data)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private forceDispose(): void {
+    if (this._state === 'exited') {
+      return
+    }
+    this.subprocess.forceKill()
+    this._disposed = true
+    this._exitCode = -1
+    this._state = 'exited'
+    this._isTerminating = false
+
+    if (this.shellReadyTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.shellReadyTimer)
+      this.shellReadyTimer = null
+    }
+    if (this.killTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.killTimer)
+      this.killTimer = null
+    }
+
+    const clients = this.attachedClients
+    this.attachedClients = []
+    this.preReadyStdinQueue = []
+    this.emulator.dispose()
+
+    for (const client of clients) {
+      client.onExit(-1)
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/shell-ready.ts

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+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import { basename, join } from 'path'
+import { chmodSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
+
+const SHELL_READY_WRAPPER_ROOT = join(tmpdir(), 'orca-shell-ready')
+const SHELL_READY_MARKER = '\\033]777;orca-shell-ready\\007'
+
+let didEnsureShellReadyWrappers = false
+
+function quotePosixSingle(value: string): string {
+  return `'${value.replace(/'/g, `'\\''`)}'`
+}
+
+function ensureShellReadyWrappers(): void {
+  if (didEnsureShellReadyWrappers || process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return
+  }
+  didEnsureShellReadyWrappers = true
+
+  const zshDir = join(SHELL_READY_WRAPPER_ROOT, 'zsh')
+  const bashDir = join(SHELL_READY_WRAPPER_ROOT, 'bash')
+
+  const zshEnv = `# Orca daemon zsh shell-ready wrapper
+export ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR="\${ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"
+[[ -f "$ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR/.zshenv" ]] && source "$ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR/.zshenv"
+export ZDOTDIR=${quotePosixSingle(zshDir)}
+`
+  const zshProfile = `# Orca daemon zsh shell-ready wrapper
+_orca_home="\${ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"
+[[ -f "$_orca_home/.zprofile" ]] && source "$_orca_home/.zprofile"
+`
+  const zshRc = `# Orca daemon zsh shell-ready wrapper
+_orca_home="\${ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"
+if [[ -o interactive && -f "$_orca_home/.zshrc" ]]; then
+  source "$_orca_home/.zshrc"
+fi
+`
+  const zshLogin = `# Orca daemon zsh shell-ready wrapper
+_orca_home="\${ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"
+if [[ -o interactive && -f "$_orca_home/.zlogin" ]]; then
+  source "$_orca_home/.zlogin"
+fi
+__orca_prompt_mark() {
+  printf "${SHELL_READY_MARKER}"
+}
+precmd_functions=(\${precmd_functions[@]} __orca_prompt_mark)
+`
+  const bashRc = `# Orca daemon bash shell-ready wrapper
+[[ -f /etc/profile ]] && source /etc/profile
+if [[ -f "$HOME/.bash_profile" ]]; then
+  source "$HOME/.bash_profile"
+elif [[ -f "$HOME/.bash_login" ]]; then
+  source "$HOME/.bash_login"
+elif [[ -f "$HOME/.profile" ]]; then
+  source "$HOME/.profile"
+fi
+__orca_prompt_mark() {
+  printf "${SHELL_READY_MARKER}"
+}
+if [[ "$(declare -p PROMPT_COMMAND 2>/dev/null)" == "declare -a"* ]]; then
+  PROMPT_COMMAND=("\${PROMPT_COMMAND[@]}" "__orca_prompt_mark")
+else
+  _orca_prev_prompt_command="\${PROMPT_COMMAND}"
+  if [[ -n "\${_orca_prev_prompt_command}" ]]; then
+    PROMPT_COMMAND="\${_orca_prev_prompt_command};__orca_prompt_mark"
+  else
+    PROMPT_COMMAND="__orca_prompt_mark"
+  fi
+fi
+`
+
+  const files = [
+    [join(zshDir, '.zshenv'), zshEnv],
+    [join(zshDir, '.zprofile'), zshProfile],
+    [join(zshDir, '.zshrc'), zshRc],
+    [join(zshDir, '.zlogin'), zshLogin],
+    [join(bashDir, 'rcfile'), bashRc]
+  ] as const
+
+  for (const [path, content] of files) {
+    mkdirSync(path.slice(0, path.lastIndexOf('/')), { recursive: true })
+    writeFileSync(path, content, 'utf8')
+    chmodSync(path, 0o644)
+  }
+}
+
+export function resolvePtyShellPath(env: Record<string, string>): string {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return env.COMSPEC || 'powershell.exe'
+  }
+  return env.SHELL || process.env.SHELL || '/bin/zsh'
+}
+
+export function supportsPtyStartupBarrier(env: Record<string, string>): boolean {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return false
+  }
+  const shellName = basename(resolvePtyShellPath(env)).toLowerCase()
+  return shellName === 'zsh' || shellName === 'bash'
+}
+
+export function getShellReadyLaunchConfig(shellPath: string): {
+  args: string[] | null
+  env: Record<string, string>
+  supportsReadyMarker: boolean
+} {
+  const shellName = basename(shellPath).toLowerCase()
+
+  if (shellName === 'zsh') {
+    ensureShellReadyWrappers()
+    return {
+      args: ['-l'],
+      env: {
+        ORCA_ORIG_ZDOTDIR: process.env.ZDOTDIR || process.env.HOME || '',
+        ZDOTDIR: join(SHELL_READY_WRAPPER_ROOT, 'zsh')
+      },
+      supportsReadyMarker: true
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (shellName === 'bash') {
+    ensureShellReadyWrappers()
+    return {
+      args: ['--rcfile', join(SHELL_READY_WRAPPER_ROOT, 'bash', 'rcfile')],
+      env: {},
+      supportsReadyMarker: true
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    args: null,
+    env: {},
+    supportsReadyMarker: false
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/terminal-host.test.ts

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+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { TerminalHost } from './terminal-host'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+
+function createMockSubprocess(): SubprocessHandle {
+  let onDataCb: ((data: string) => void) | null = null
+  let onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null = null
+  return {
+    pid: 99999,
+    write: vi.fn(),
+    resize: vi.fn(),
+    kill: vi.fn(() => {
+      setTimeout(() => onExitCb?.(0), 5)
+    }),
+    forceKill: vi.fn(),
+    signal: vi.fn(),
+    onData(cb) {
+      onDataCb = cb
+    },
+    onExit(cb) {
+      onExitCb = cb
+    },
+    // Test helpers
+    get _onDataCb() {
+      return onDataCb
+    },
+    get _onExitCb() {
+      return onExitCb
+    }
+  } as SubprocessHandle & { _onDataCb: typeof onDataCb; _onExitCb: typeof onExitCb }
+}
+
+type MockSpawnFn = (opts: {
+  sessionId: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  cwd?: string
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  command?: string
+}) => SubprocessHandle
+
+describe('TerminalHost', () => {
+  let host: TerminalHost
+  let spawnFn: MockSpawnFn
+  let lastSubprocess: ReturnType<typeof createMockSubprocess> & {
+    _onDataCb: ((data: string) => void) | null
+    _onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    spawnFn = vi.fn(() => {
+      const sub = createMockSubprocess() as ReturnType<typeof createMockSubprocess> & {
+        _onDataCb: ((data: string) => void) | null
+        _onExitCb: ((code: number) => void) | null
+      }
+      lastSubprocess = sub
+      return sub
+    })
+    host = new TerminalHost({ spawnSubprocess: spawnFn as MockSpawnFn })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    host.dispose()
+  })
+
+  describe('createOrAttach', () => {
+    it('creates a new session when none exists', async () => {
+      const result = await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(result.isNew).toBe(true)
+      expect(result.pid).toBe(99999)
+      expect(spawnFn).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    })
+
+    it('attaches to existing session', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const result = await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(result.isNew).toBe(false)
+      // Should not spawn a second subprocess
+      expect(spawnFn).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    })
+
+    it('returns snapshot when attaching to existing session', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const result = await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(result.snapshot).toBeDefined()
+      expect(result.snapshot?.cols).toBe(80)
+    })
+
+    it('passes cwd and env to spawn', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        cwd: '/home/user',
+        env: { FOO: 'bar' },
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(spawnFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          sessionId: 'session-1',
+          cwd: '/home/user',
+          env: { FOO: 'bar' }
+        })
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('queues startup commands through the session shell-ready barrier', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        command: 'echo hello',
+        shellReadySupported: true,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      expect(lastSubprocess.write).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+      lastSubprocess._onDataCb?.('\x1b]777;orca-shell-ready\x07')
+      expect(lastSubprocess.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('echo hello\n')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('write', () => {
+    it('forwards write to the session', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      host.write('session-1', 'hello')
+      expect(lastSubprocess.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('hello')
+    })
+
+    it('throws for non-existent session', () => {
+      expect(() => host.write('missing', 'data')).toThrow('Session not found')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('resize', () => {
+    it('forwards resize to the session', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      host.resize('session-1', 120, 40)
+      expect(lastSubprocess.resize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(120, 40)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('kill', () => {
+    it('kills the session and tombstones it', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      host.kill('session-1')
+      expect(lastSubprocess.kill).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(host.isKilled('session-1')).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('throws for non-existent session', () => {
+      expect(() => host.kill('missing')).toThrow('Session not found')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('signal', () => {
+    it('sends signal without entering kill state', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      host.signal('session-1', 'SIGINT')
+      expect(lastSubprocess.signal).toHaveBeenCalledWith('SIGINT')
+      expect(host.isKilled('session-1')).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('listSessions', () => {
+    it('returns empty list initially', () => {
+      expect(host.listSessions()).toEqual([])
+    })
+
+    it('lists created sessions', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-2',
+        cols: 120,
+        rows: 40,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      const sessions = host.listSessions()
+      expect(sessions).toHaveLength(2)
+      expect(sessions.map((s) => s.sessionId).sort()).toEqual(['session-1', 'session-2'])
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('detach', () => {
+    it('detaches a client from a session', async () => {
+      const onData = vi.fn()
+      const result = await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData, onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      host.detach('session-1', result.attachToken)
+
+      // Data after detach should not be received
+      lastSubprocess._onDataCb?.('after detach')
+      expect(onData).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('tombstones', () => {
+    it('caps tombstones at limit', async () => {
+      for (let i = 0; i < 1005; i++) {
+        await host.createOrAttach({
+          sessionId: `session-${i}`,
+          cols: 80,
+          rows: 24,
+          streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+        })
+        host.kill(`session-${i}`)
+      }
+
+      // Oldest tombstones should be evicted
+      expect(host.isKilled('session-0')).toBe(false)
+      expect(host.isKilled('session-1004')).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('dispose', () => {
+    it('kills live subprocesses before disposing sessions', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      host.dispose()
+      expect(lastSubprocess.kill).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    it('does not list exited sessions', async () => {
+      await host.createOrAttach({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        cols: 80,
+        rows: 24,
+        streamClient: { onData: vi.fn(), onExit: vi.fn() }
+      })
+
+      lastSubprocess._onExitCb?.(0)
+      expect(host.listSessions()).toEqual([])
+    })
+  })
+})

src/main/daemon/terminal-host.ts

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+import { Session, type SubprocessHandle } from './session'
+import type { SessionInfo, TerminalSnapshot, ShellReadyState } from './types'
+import { SessionNotFoundError } from './types'
+
+const MAX_TOMBSTONES = 1000
+
+export type CreateOrAttachOptions = {
+  sessionId: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  cwd?: string
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  command?: string
+  shellReadySupported?: boolean
+  streamClient: { onData: (data: string) => void; onExit: (code: number) => void }
+}
+
+export type CreateOrAttachResult = {
+  isNew: boolean
+  snapshot: TerminalSnapshot | null
+  pid: number | null
+  shellState: ShellReadyState
+  attachToken: symbol
+}
+
+export type TerminalHostOptions = {
+  spawnSubprocess: (opts: {
+    sessionId: string
+    cols: number
+    rows: number
+    cwd?: string
+    env?: Record<string, string>
+    command?: string
+  }) => SubprocessHandle
+}
+
+export class TerminalHost {
+  private sessions = new Map<string, Session>()
+  private killedTombstones = new Map<string, number>()
+  private spawnSubprocess: TerminalHostOptions['spawnSubprocess']
+
+  constructor(opts: TerminalHostOptions) {
+    this.spawnSubprocess = opts.spawnSubprocess
+  }
+
+  async createOrAttach(opts: CreateOrAttachOptions): Promise<CreateOrAttachResult> {
+    const existing = this.sessions.get(opts.sessionId)
+
+    if (existing && existing.isAlive) {
+      const snapshot = existing.getSnapshot()
+      existing.detachAllClients()
+      const token = existing.attachClient(opts.streamClient)
+      return {
+        isNew: false,
+        snapshot,
+        pid: existing.pid,
+        shellState: existing.shellState,
+        attachToken: token
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Clean up dead session if present
+    if (existing) {
+      existing.dispose()
+      this.sessions.delete(opts.sessionId)
+    }
+
+    // Clear tombstone if re-creating a killed session
+    this.killedTombstones.delete(opts.sessionId)
+
+    const subprocess = this.spawnSubprocess({
+      sessionId: opts.sessionId,
+      cols: opts.cols,
+      rows: opts.rows,
+      cwd: opts.cwd,
+      env: opts.env,
+      command: opts.command
+    })
+
+    const session = new Session({
+      sessionId: opts.sessionId,
+      cols: opts.cols,
+      rows: opts.rows,
+      subprocess,
+      shellReadySupported: opts.shellReadySupported ?? false
+    })
+
+    this.sessions.set(opts.sessionId, session)
+
+    const token = session.attachClient(opts.streamClient)
+
+    if (opts.command) {
+      // Why: startup commands must run inside the long-lived interactive shell
+      // the daemon keeps for the pane. Session.write() handles the shell-ready
+      // barrier for supported shells and falls back to an immediate write for
+      // unsupported ones.
+      session.write(opts.command.endsWith('\n') ? opts.command : `${opts.command}\n`)
+    }
+
+    return {
+      isNew: true,
+      snapshot: null,
+      pid: subprocess.pid,
+      shellState: session.shellState,
+      attachToken: token
+    }
+  }
+
+  write(sessionId: string, data: string): void {
+    this.getAliveSession(sessionId).write(data)
+  }
+
+  resize(sessionId: string, cols: number, rows: number): void {
+    this.getAliveSession(sessionId).resize(cols, rows)
+  }
+
+  kill(sessionId: string): void {
+    const session = this.getAliveSession(sessionId)
+    this.recordTombstone(sessionId)
+    session.kill()
+  }
+
+  signal(sessionId: string, sig: string): void {
+    this.getAliveSession(sessionId).signal(sig)
+  }
+
+  detach(sessionId: string, token: symbol): void {
+    const session = this.sessions.get(sessionId)
+    session?.detachClient(token)
+  }
+
+  getCwd(sessionId: string): string | null {
+    return this.getAliveSession(sessionId).getCwd()
+  }
+
+  clearScrollback(sessionId: string): void {
+    this.getAliveSession(sessionId).clearScrollback()
+  }
+
+  isKilled(sessionId: string): boolean {
+    return this.killedTombstones.has(sessionId)
+  }
+
+  listSessions(): SessionInfo[] {
+    const result: SessionInfo[] = []
+    for (const [, session] of this.sessions) {
+      if (!session.isAlive) {
+        continue
+      }
+      const snapshot = session.getSnapshot()
+      result.push({
+        sessionId: session.sessionId,
+        state: session.state,
+        shellState: session.shellState,
+        isAlive: true,
+        pid: session.pid,
+        cwd: session.getCwd(),
+        cols: snapshot?.cols ?? 0,
+        rows: snapshot?.rows ?? 0,
+        createdAt: 0
+      })
+    }
+    return result
+  }
+
+  dispose(): void {
+    for (const [, session] of this.sessions) {
+      session.detachAllClients()
+      session.kill()
+    }
+    this.sessions.clear()
+    this.killedTombstones.clear()
+  }
+
+  private getAliveSession(sessionId: string): Session {
+    const session = this.sessions.get(sessionId)
+    if (!session || !session.isAlive) {
+      throw new SessionNotFoundError(sessionId)
+    }
+    return session
+  }
+
+  private recordTombstone(sessionId: string): void {
+    this.killedTombstones.delete(sessionId)
+    this.killedTombstones.set(sessionId, Date.now())
+
+    if (this.killedTombstones.size > MAX_TOMBSTONES) {
+      const oldest = this.killedTombstones.keys().next().value
+      if (oldest) {
+        this.killedTombstones.delete(oldest)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/types.ts

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+// ─── Protocol Version ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+export const PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1
+
+// ─── Session State Machine ──────────────────────────────────────────
+export type SessionState = 'created' | 'spawning' | 'running' | 'exiting' | 'exited'
+
+export type ShellReadyState = 'pending' | 'ready' | 'timed_out' | 'unsupported'
+
+// ─── Terminal Snapshot ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+export type TerminalSnapshot = {
+  snapshotAnsi: string
+  /** Scrollback portion only (rows above the visible viewport). Write this
+   *  to preserve history without interfering with TUI repaints. */
+  scrollbackAnsi: string
+  rehydrateSequences: string
+  cwd: string | null
+  modes: TerminalModes
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  scrollbackLines: number
+}
+
+export type TerminalModes = {
+  bracketedPaste: boolean
+  mouseTracking: boolean
+  applicationCursor: boolean
+  alternateScreen: boolean
+}
+
+// ─── NDJSON Protocol Messages ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Hello handshake (first message on each socket)
+export type HelloMessage = {
+  type: 'hello'
+  version: number
+  token: string
+  clientId: string
+  role: 'control' | 'stream'
+}
+
+export type HelloResponse = {
+  type: 'hello'
+  ok: boolean
+  error?: string
+}
+
+// ─── RPC Requests (Client → Daemon, on control socket) ─────────────
+
+export type CreateOrAttachRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'createOrAttach'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+    cols: number
+    rows: number
+    cwd?: string
+    env?: Record<string, string>
+    command?: string
+    shellReadySupported?: boolean
+  }
+}
+
+export type CancelCreateOrAttachRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'cancelCreateOrAttach'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type WriteRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'write'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+    data: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type ResizeRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'resize'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+    cols: number
+    rows: number
+  }
+}
+
+export type KillRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'kill'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type SignalRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'signal'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+    signal: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type ListSessionsRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'listSessions'
+}
+
+export type DetachRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'detach'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type GetCwdRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'getCwd'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type ClearScrollbackRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'clearScrollback'
+  payload: {
+    sessionId: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type ShutdownRequest = {
+  id: string
+  type: 'shutdown'
+  payload: {
+    killSessions: boolean
+  }
+}
+
+export type DaemonRequest =
+  | CreateOrAttachRequest
+  | CancelCreateOrAttachRequest
+  | WriteRequest
+  | ResizeRequest
+  | KillRequest
+  | SignalRequest
+  | ListSessionsRequest
+  | DetachRequest
+  | GetCwdRequest
+  | ClearScrollbackRequest
+  | ShutdownRequest
+
+// ─── RPC Responses (Daemon → Client, on control socket) ────────────
+
+export type RpcResponseOk<T = unknown> = {
+  id: string
+  ok: true
+  payload: T
+}
+
+export type RpcResponseError = {
+  id: string
+  ok: false
+  error: string
+}
+
+export type RpcResponse<T = unknown> = RpcResponseOk<T> | RpcResponseError
+
+export type CreateOrAttachResult = {
+  isNew: boolean
+  snapshot: TerminalSnapshot | null
+  pid: number | null
+  shellState: ShellReadyState
+}
+
+export type ListSessionsResult = {
+  sessions: SessionInfo[]
+}
+
+export type SessionInfo = {
+  sessionId: string
+  state: SessionState
+  shellState: ShellReadyState
+  isAlive: boolean
+  pid: number | null
+  cwd: string | null
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+  createdAt: number
+}
+
+// ─── Events (Daemon → Client, on stream socket) ────────────────────
+
+export type DataEvent = {
+  type: 'event'
+  event: 'data'
+  sessionId: string
+  payload: { data: string }
+}
+
+export type ExitEvent = {
+  type: 'event'
+  event: 'exit'
+  sessionId: string
+  payload: { code: number }
+}
+
+export type TerminalErrorEvent = {
+  type: 'event'
+  event: 'terminalError'
+  sessionId: string
+  payload: { message: string }
+}
+
+export type DaemonEvent = DataEvent | ExitEvent | TerminalErrorEvent
+
+// ─── Binary Frame Protocol (Daemon ↔ PTY Subprocess) ────────────────
+//
+// 5-byte header: [type:1][length:4 big-endian]
+// Followed by `length` bytes of payload.
+
+export const enum FrameType {
+  Data = 0x01,
+  Resize = 0x02,
+  Exit = 0x03,
+  Error = 0x04,
+  Kill = 0x05,
+  Signal = 0x06
+}
+
+export const FRAME_HEADER_SIZE = 5
+export const FRAME_MAX_PAYLOAD = 1024 * 1024 // 1MB
+
+// ─── Notify prefix ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Requests with IDs starting with this prefix are fire-and-forget:
+// the daemon processes them but does not send a response.
+export const NOTIFY_PREFIX = 'notify_'
+
+// ─── Error types ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+export class TerminalAttachCanceledError extends Error {
+  constructor(sessionId: string) {
+    super(`Attach canceled for session ${sessionId}`)
+    this.name = 'TerminalAttachCanceledError'
+  }
+}
+
+export class DaemonProtocolError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = 'DaemonProtocolError'
+  }
+}
+
+export class SessionNotFoundError extends Error {
+  constructor(sessionId: string) {
+    super(`Session not found: ${sessionId}`)
+    this.name = 'SessionNotFoundError'
+  }
+}

src/main/daemon/xterm-env-polyfill.ts

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+// @xterm/headless checks for `window` to detect browser vs node environment.
+// In ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE mode, `window` is undefined. This polyfill must be
+// imported before any @xterm/headless import.
+if (typeof globalThis.window === 'undefined') {
+  ;(globalThis as Record<string, unknown>).window = globalThis
+}

src/main/index.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { StatsCollector, initStatsPath } from './stats/collector'
 import { ClaudeUsageStore, initClaudeUsagePath } from './claude-usage/store'
 import { CodexUsageStore, initCodexUsagePath } from './codex-usage/store'
 import { killAllPty } from './ipc/pty'
+import { initDaemonPtyProvider, disconnectDaemon } from './daemon/daemon-init'
 import { closeAllWatchers } from './ipc/filesystem-watcher'
 import { registerCoreHandlers } from './ipc/register-core-handlers'
 import { triggerStartupNotificationRegistration } from './ipc/notifications'
@@ -151,6 +152,11 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
     userDataPath: app.getPath('userData')
   })
 
+  // Why: daemon must start before openMainWindow because registerPtyHandlers
+  // (called inside) relies on the provider already being set. Starting it
+  // alongside the other parallel servers keeps cold-start latency flat.
+  await initDaemonPtyProvider()
+
   // Why: both server binds are independent and neither blocks window creation.
   // Parallelizing them with the window open shaves ~100-200ms off cold start.
   const [win] = await Promise.all([
@@ -200,6 +206,12 @@ app.on('will-quit', () => {
   openCodeHookService.stop()
   stats?.flush()
   killAllPty()
+  // Why: in daemon mode, killAllPty is a no-op (daemon sessions survive app
+  // quit) but the client connection must be closed so sockets are released.
+  // disconnectDaemon only tears down the client transport — it does NOT kill
+  // the daemon process or mark its history as cleanly ended, preserving both
+  // warm reattach and crash recovery on next launch.
+  disconnectDaemon()
   void closeAllWatchers()
   if (runtimeRpc) {
     void runtimeRpc.stop().catch((error) => {

src/main/ipc/pty.test.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ vi.mock('../pi/titlebar-extension-service', () => ({
     clearPty: piClearPtyMock
   }
 }))
-import { registerPtyHandlers } from './pty'
+import { registerPtyHandlers, registerSshPtyProvider, unregisterSshPtyProvider } from './pty'
 
 function makeDisposable() {
   return { dispose: vi.fn() }
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ describe('registerPtyHandlers', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  afterEach(() => {
+    unregisterSshPtyProvider('ssh-1')
+  })
+
   function createMockProc() {
     let dataHandler: ((data: string) => void) | null = null
     let exitHandler: ((event: { exitCode: number }) => void) | null = null
@@ -288,6 +292,50 @@ describe('registerPtyHandlers', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('lists sessions from both local and SSH providers', async () => {
+    registerPtyHandlers(mainWindow as never)
+    const sshListProcesses = vi.fn(async () => [
+      { id: 'remote-pty', cwd: '/remote', title: 'ssh-shell' }
+    ])
+    const sshShutdown = vi.fn(async () => undefined)
+    registerSshPtyProvider('ssh-1', {
+      spawn: vi.fn(),
+      write: vi.fn(),
+      resize: vi.fn(),
+      shutdown: sshShutdown,
+      sendSignal: vi.fn(),
+      getCwd: vi.fn(),
+      getInitialCwd: vi.fn(),
+      clearBuffer: vi.fn(),
+      onData: vi.fn(() => () => {}),
+      onExit: vi.fn(() => () => {}),
+      listProcesses: sshListProcesses,
+      hasChildProcesses: vi.fn(),
+      getForegroundProcess: vi.fn(),
+      serialize: vi.fn(),
+      revive: vi.fn(),
+      getDefaultShell: vi.fn(),
+      getProfiles: vi.fn()
+    } as never)
+
+    await handlers.get('pty:spawn')!(null, { cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+    const sessions = (await handlers.get('pty:listSessions')!(null, undefined)) as {
+      id: string
+      cwd: string
+      title: string
+    }[]
+
+    expect(sshListProcesses).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(sessions).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ cwd: '/remote', id: 'remote-pty', title: 'ssh-shell' })
+      ])
+    )
+
+    await handlers.get('pty:kill')!(null, { id: 'remote-pty' })
+    expect(sshShutdown).toHaveBeenCalledWith('remote-pty', true)
+  })
+
   describe('Windows UTF-8 code page', () => {
     let originalPlatform: string
     let originalComspec: string | undefined

src/main/ipc/pty.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import type { IPtyProvider } from '../providers/types'
 // Routes PTY operations by connectionId. null = local provider.
 // SSH providers will be registered here in Phase 1.
 
-const localProvider = new LocalPtyProvider()
+let localProvider: IPtyProvider = new LocalPtyProvider()
 const sshProviders = new Map<string, IPtyProvider>()
 // Why: PTY IDs are assigned at spawn time with a connectionId, but subsequent
 // write/resize/kill calls only carry the PTY ID. This map lets us route
@@ -60,7 +60,17 @@ export function getSshPtyProvider(connectionId: string): IPtyProvider | undefine
 
 /** Get the local PTY provider (for direct access in tests/runtime). */
 export function getLocalPtyProvider(): LocalPtyProvider {
-  return localProvider
+  // Why: callers that need LocalPtyProvider-specific methods (killOrphanedPtys,
+  // advanceGeneration, getPtyProcess) can only work with the local provider.
+  // When daemon mode is active, this returns the underlying LocalPtyProvider
+  // would not be available — callers should check for null or use getProvider().
+  return localProvider as LocalPtyProvider
+}
+
+/** Replace the local PTY provider with a daemon-backed one.
+ *  Call before registerPtyHandlers so the IPC layer routes through the daemon. */
+export function setLocalPtyProvider(provider: IPtyProvider): void {
+  localProvider = provider
 }
 
 /** Get all PTY IDs owned by a given connectionId (for reconnection reattach). */
@@ -122,51 +132,59 @@ export function registerPtyHandlers(
   // (e.g. when macOS re-activates the app and creates a new window).
   ipcMain.removeHandler('pty:spawn')
   ipcMain.removeHandler('pty:kill')
+  ipcMain.removeHandler('pty:listSessions')
   ipcMain.removeHandler('pty:hasChildProcesses')
   ipcMain.removeHandler('pty:getForegroundProcess')
   ipcMain.removeAllListeners('pty:write')
+  ipcMain.removeAllListeners('pty:ackColdRestore')
 
-  // Configure the local provider with app-specific hooks
-  localProvider.configure({
-    isHistoryEnabled: () => getSettings?.()?.terminalScopeHistoryByWorktree ?? true,
-    buildSpawnEnv: (id, baseEnv) => {
-      const selectedCodexHomePath = getSelectedCodexHomePath?.() ?? null
+  // Configure the local provider with app-specific hooks.
+  // Why: only LocalPtyProvider has the configure() method — daemon-backed
+  // providers handle subprocess spawning internally and don't need main-process
+  // hook injection. The hooks (buildSpawnEnv, onSpawned, etc.) only make sense
+  // when the PTY lives in the Electron main process.
+  if (localProvider instanceof LocalPtyProvider) {
+    localProvider.configure({
+      isHistoryEnabled: () => getSettings?.()?.terminalScopeHistoryByWorktree ?? true,
+      buildSpawnEnv: (id, baseEnv) => {
+        const selectedCodexHomePath = getSelectedCodexHomePath?.() ?? null
 
-      const openCodeHookEnv = openCodeHookService.buildPtyEnv(id)
-      if (baseEnv.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR) {
-        // Why: OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR is a singular extra config root. Replacing a
-        // user-provided directory would silently hide their custom OpenCode
-        // config, so preserve it and fall back to title-only detection there.
-        delete openCodeHookEnv.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR
-      }
-      Object.assign(baseEnv, openCodeHookEnv)
-      // Why: PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR owns Pi's full config/session root. Build a
-      // PTY-scoped overlay from the caller's chosen root so Pi sessions keep
-      // their user state without sharing a mutable overlay across terminals.
-      Object.assign(
-        baseEnv,
-        piTitlebarExtensionService.buildPtyEnv(id, baseEnv.PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR)
-      )
+        const openCodeHookEnv = openCodeHookService.buildPtyEnv(id)
+        if (baseEnv.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR) {
+          // Why: OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR is a singular extra config root. Replacing a
+          // user-provided directory would silently hide their custom OpenCode
+          // config, so preserve it and fall back to title-only detection there.
+          delete openCodeHookEnv.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR
+        }
+        Object.assign(baseEnv, openCodeHookEnv)
+        // Why: PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR owns Pi's full config/session root. Build a
+        // PTY-scoped overlay from the caller's chosen root so Pi sessions keep
+        // their user state without sharing a mutable overlay across terminals.
+        Object.assign(
+          baseEnv,
+          piTitlebarExtensionService.buildPtyEnv(id, baseEnv.PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR)
+        )
 
-      // Why: the selected Codex account should affect Codex launched inside
-      // Orca terminals too, not just Orca's background quota fetches. Inject
-      // the managed CODEX_HOME only into this PTY environment so the override
-      // stays scoped to Orca terminals instead of mutating the app process or
-      // the user's external shells.
-      if (selectedCodexHomePath) {
-        baseEnv.CODEX_HOME = selectedCodexHomePath
-      }
+        // Why: the selected Codex account should affect Codex launched inside
+        // Orca terminals too, not just Orca's background quota fetches. Inject
+        // the managed CODEX_HOME only into this PTY environment so the override
+        // stays scoped to Orca terminals instead of mutating the app process or
+        // the user's external shells.
+        if (selectedCodexHomePath) {
+          baseEnv.CODEX_HOME = selectedCodexHomePath
+        }
 
-      return baseEnv
-    },
-    onSpawned: (id) => runtime?.onPtySpawned(id),
-    onExit: (id, code) => {
-      clearProviderPtyState(id)
-      ptyOwnership.delete(id)
-      runtime?.onPtyExit(id, code)
-    },
-    onData: (id, data, timestamp) => runtime?.onPtyData(id, data, timestamp)
-  })
+        return baseEnv
+      },
+      onSpawned: (id) => runtime?.onPtySpawned(id),
+      onExit: (id, code) => {
+        clearProviderPtyState(id)
+        ptyOwnership.delete(id)
+        runtime?.onPtyExit(id, code)
+      },
+      onData: (id, data, timestamp) => runtime?.onPtyData(id, data, timestamp)
+    })
+  }
 
   // Wire up provider events → renderer IPC
   localDataUnsub?.()
@@ -193,6 +211,14 @@ export function registerPtyHandlers(
 
   localDataUnsub = localProvider.onData((payload) => {
     if (mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
+      // Why: clear the pending flush timer so it doesn't fire after the window
+      // is gone. Without this, macOS app re-activation leaks orphaned timers
+      // from the previous window's registration.
+      if (flushTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(flushTimer)
+        flushTimer = null
+      }
+      pendingData.clear()
       return
     }
     const existing = pendingData.get(payload.id)
@@ -216,20 +242,24 @@ export function registerPtyHandlers(
   })
 
   // Kill orphaned PTY processes from previous page loads when the renderer reloads.
-  // Why: store the handler reference so we can remove it on re-registration,
-  // preventing duplicate handlers after macOS app re-activation.
-  if (didFinishLoadHandler) {
-    mainWindow.webContents.removeListener('did-finish-load', didFinishLoadHandler)
-  }
-  didFinishLoadHandler = () => {
-    const killed = localProvider.killOrphanedPtys(localProvider.advanceGeneration() - 1)
-    for (const { id } of killed) {
-      clearProviderPtyState(id)
-      ptyOwnership.delete(id)
-      runtime?.onPtyExit(id, -1)
+  // Why: only applies to LocalPtyProvider where PTYs live in the Electron main
+  // process and can become orphaned on page reload. Daemon-backed sessions
+  // survive renderer restarts by design — orphan cleanup would kill them.
+  if (localProvider instanceof LocalPtyProvider) {
+    const lp = localProvider
+    if (didFinishLoadHandler) {
+      mainWindow.webContents.removeListener('did-finish-load', didFinishLoadHandler)
     }
+    didFinishLoadHandler = () => {
+      const killed = lp.killOrphanedPtys(lp.advanceGeneration() - 1)
+      for (const { id } of killed) {
+        clearProviderPtyState(id)
+        ptyOwnership.delete(id)
+        runtime?.onPtyExit(id, -1)
+      }
+    }
+    mainWindow.webContents.on('did-finish-load', didFinishLoadHandler)
   }
-  mainWindow.webContents.on('did-finish-load', didFinishLoadHandler)
 
   // Why: the runtime controller must route through getProviderForPty() so that
   // CLI commands (terminal.send, terminal.stop) work for both local and remote PTYs.
@@ -270,6 +300,7 @@ export function registerPtyHandlers(
         command?: string
         connectionId?: string | null
         worktreeId?: string
+        sessionId?: string
       }
     ) => {
       const provider = getProvider(args.connectionId)
@@ -279,7 +310,8 @@ export function registerPtyHandlers(
         cwd: args.cwd,
         env: args.env,
         command: args.command,
-        worktreeId: args.worktreeId
+        worktreeId: args.worktreeId,
+        sessionId: args.sessionId
       })
       ptyOwnership.set(result.id, args.connectionId ?? null)
       return result
@@ -298,17 +330,63 @@ export function registerPtyHandlers(
     getProviderForPty(args.id).resize(args.id, args.cols, args.rows)
   })
 
+  // Why: fire-and-forget — clears the DaemonPtyAdapter's sticky cold restore
+  // cache after the renderer has consumed the data. No-op for non-daemon providers.
+  ipcMain.on('pty:ackColdRestore', (_event, args: { id: string }) => {
+    const provider = getProviderForPty(args.id)
+    if ('ackColdRestore' in provider && typeof provider.ackColdRestore === 'function') {
+      provider.ackColdRestore(args.id)
+    }
+  })
+
+  ipcMain.removeAllListeners('pty:signal')
+  ipcMain.on('pty:signal', (_event, args: { id: string; signal: string }) => {
+    getProviderForPty(args.id)
+      .sendSignal(args.id, args.signal)
+      .catch(() => {})
+  })
+
   ipcMain.handle('pty:kill', async (_event, args: { id: string }) => {
     // Why: try/finally ensures ptyOwnership is cleaned up even if shutdown
-    // throws (e.g. SSH connection already gone). Without this, the stale
-    // entry routes future lookups to a dead provider.
+    // throws (e.g. SSH connection already gone or daemon session already
+    // reaped). Swallowing the error prevents noisy renderer-side rejections
+    // when killing orphaned sessions that the daemon has already discarded.
     try {
       await getProviderForPty(args.id).shutdown(args.id, true)
+    } catch {
+      /* session already dead — cleanup below handles the rest */
     } finally {
       ptyOwnership.delete(args.id)
     }
   })
 
+  ipcMain.handle(
+    'pty:listSessions',
+    async (): Promise<{ id: string; cwd: string; title: string }[]> => {
+      const providerSessions = await Promise.all([
+        Promise.resolve({
+          connectionId: null as string | null,
+          sessions: await localProvider.listProcesses()
+        }),
+        ...Array.from(sshProviders.entries(), async ([connectionId, provider]) => ({
+          connectionId,
+          sessions: await provider.listProcesses().catch(() => [])
+        }))
+      ])
+      const deduped = new Map<string, { id: string; cwd: string; title: string }>()
+      for (const { connectionId, sessions } of providerSessions) {
+        for (const session of sessions) {
+          // Why: SessionsStatusSegment kill actions only send the PTY id back
+          // through IPC. Rebuild ownership while listing so remote sessions
+          // discovered after reconnect still route to their original provider.
+          ptyOwnership.set(session.id, connectionId)
+          deduped.set(session.id, session)
+        }
+      }
+      return Array.from(deduped.values())
+    }
+  )
+
   ipcMain.handle(
     'pty:hasChildProcesses',
     async (_event, args: { id: string }): Promise<boolean> => {
@@ -328,5 +406,7 @@ export function registerPtyHandlers(
  * Kill all PTY processes. Call on app quit.
  */
 export function killAllPty(): void {
-  localProvider.killAll()
+  if (localProvider instanceof LocalPtyProvider) {
+    localProvider.killAll()
+  }
 }

src/main/providers/local-pty-provider.test.ts

@@ -119,6 +119,47 @@ describe('LocalPtyProvider', () => {
       const spawnCall = spawnMock.mock.calls.at(-1)!
       expect(spawnCall[2].env.CUSTOM_VAR).toBe('custom-value')
     })
+
+    it('combines HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH for Windows default cwd', async () => {
+      const platform = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process, 'platform')
+      const originalUserProfile = process.env.USERPROFILE
+      const originalHomeDrive = process.env.HOMEDRIVE
+      const originalHomePath = process.env.HOMEPATH
+
+      Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', { value: 'win32' })
+      delete process.env.USERPROFILE
+      process.env.HOMEDRIVE = 'D:'
+      process.env.HOMEPATH = '\\Users\\orca'
+
+      try {
+        await provider.spawn({ cols: 80, rows: 24 })
+      } finally {
+        if (platform) {
+          Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', platform)
+        }
+        if (originalUserProfile === undefined) {
+          delete process.env.USERPROFILE
+        } else {
+          process.env.USERPROFILE = originalUserProfile
+        }
+        if (originalHomeDrive === undefined) {
+          delete process.env.HOMEDRIVE
+        } else {
+          process.env.HOMEDRIVE = originalHomeDrive
+        }
+        if (originalHomePath === undefined) {
+          delete process.env.HOMEPATH
+        } else {
+          process.env.HOMEPATH = originalHomePath
+        }
+      }
+
+      expect(spawnMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.any(String),
+        expect.any(Array),
+        expect.objectContaining({ cwd: 'D:\\Users\\orca' })
+      )
+    })
   })
 
   describe('write', () => {

src/main/providers/local-pty-provider.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ type ExitCallback = (payload: { id: string; code: number }) => void
 const dataListeners = new Set<DataCallback>()
 const exitListeners = new Set<ExitCallback>()
 
+function getDefaultCwd(): string {
+  if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+    return process.env.HOME || '/'
+  }
+
+  // Why: USERPROFILE is not guaranteed in all Windows launch contexts.
+  // Falling back to bare HOMEPATH yields a drive-relative path, so combine
+  // HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH to keep spawned PTYs anchored to the intended home.
+  if (process.env.USERPROFILE) {
+    return process.env.USERPROFILE
+  }
+  if (process.env.HOMEDRIVE && process.env.HOMEPATH) {
+    return `${process.env.HOMEDRIVE}${process.env.HOMEPATH}`
+  }
+  return 'C:\\'
+}
+
 function disposePtyListeners(id: string): void {
   const disposables = ptyDisposables.get(id)
   if (disposables) {
@@ -95,11 +112,7 @@ export class LocalPtyProvider implements IPtyProvider {
   async spawn(args: PtySpawnOptions): Promise<PtySpawnResult> {
     const id = String(++ptyCounter)
 
-    const defaultCwd =
-      process.platform === 'win32'
-        ? process.env.USERPROFILE || process.env.HOMEPATH || 'C:\\'
-        : process.env.HOME || '/'
-
+    const defaultCwd = getDefaultCwd()
     const cwd = args.cwd || defaultCwd
     const wslInfo = process.platform === 'win32' ? parseWslPath(cwd) : null
 
@@ -112,7 +125,7 @@ export class LocalPtyProvider implements IPtyProvider {
       const escapedCwd = wslInfo.linuxPath.replace(/'/g, "'\\''")
       shellPath = 'wsl.exe'
       shellArgs = ['-d', wslInfo.distro, '--', 'bash', '-c', `cd '${escapedCwd}' && exec bash -l`]
-      effectiveCwd = process.env.USERPROFILE || process.env.HOMEPATH || 'C:\\'
+      effectiveCwd = getDefaultCwd()
       validationCwd = cwd
     } else if (process.platform === 'win32') {
       shellPath = process.env.COMSPEC || 'powershell.exe'
@@ -317,13 +330,17 @@ export class LocalPtyProvider implements IPtyProvider {
     // Why: disposePtyListeners removes the onExit callback, so the natural
     // exit cleanup path from node-pty won't fire. Cleanup and notification
     // must happen unconditionally after the try/catch.
+    // Note: clearPtyState calls disposePtyListeners internally, so we only
+    // need to call it once via clearPtyState after killing the process.
     disposePtyListeners(id)
     try {
       proc.kill()
     } catch {
       /* Process may already be dead */
     }
-    clearPtyState(id)
+    ptyProcesses.delete(id)
+    ptyShellName.delete(id)
+    ptyLoadGeneration.delete(id)
     this.opts.onExit?.(id, -1)
     for (const cb of exitListeners) {
       cb({ id, code: -1 })

src/main/providers/local-pty-shell-ready.ts

@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ fi
 # ~/.bashrc from ~/.bash_profile; forcing ~/.bashrc again here would duplicate
 # PATH edits, hooks, and prompt init in Orca startup-command shells.
 # Why: append the marker through PROMPT_COMMAND so it fires after the login
-# startup files have rebuilt the prompt, matching Superset's "shell ready"
-# contract without re-running user rc files.
+# startup files have rebuilt the prompt, without re-running user rc files.
 __orca_prompt_mark() {
   printf "\\033]133;A\\007"
 }

src/main/providers/types.ts

@@ -21,10 +21,32 @@ export type PtySpawnOptions = {
   /** Orca worktree identity. When present, the local provider scopes shell
    *  history to this worktree so ArrowUp only surfaces local commands. */
   worktreeId?: string
+  /** Daemon session ID for reattach. When provided, the daemon reconnects
+   *  to an existing session instead of creating a new one. */
+  sessionId?: string
 }
 
 export type PtySpawnResult = {
   id: string
+  /** ANSI snapshot of the terminal screen, present when reattaching to an
+   *  existing daemon session. Write this to xterm.js to restore visual state. */
+  snapshot?: string
+  /** Dimensions the snapshot was captured at. Resize xterm.js to these before
+   *  writing the snapshot so ANSI cursor positions land correctly. */
+  snapshotCols?: number
+  snapshotRows?: number
+  /** True when the spawn reattached to an existing daemon session. */
+  isReattach?: boolean
+  /** True when the reattached session uses the alternate screen buffer
+   *  (e.g., Codex CLI, vim). Normal-screen TUIs like Claude Code are false. */
+  isAlternateScreen?: boolean
+  /** Present when cold-restoring from disk history after a daemon crash.
+   *  Contains the saved scrollback and CWD. The new shell spawns in the
+   *  saved CWD; the scrollback is written to xterm.js as read-only history. */
+  coldRestore?: {
+    scrollback: string
+    cwd: string
+  }
 }
 
 export type IPtyProvider = {

src/preload/api-types.d.ts

@@ -265,12 +265,24 @@ export type PreloadApi = {
       command?: string
       connectionId?: string | null
       worktreeId?: string
-    }) => Promise<{ id: string }>
+      sessionId?: string
+    }) => Promise<{
+      id: string
+      snapshot?: string
+      snapshotCols?: number
+      snapshotRows?: number
+      isReattach?: boolean
+      isAlternateScreen?: boolean
+      coldRestore?: { scrollback: string; cwd: string }
+    }>
     write: (id: string, data: string) => void
     resize: (id: string, cols: number, rows: number) => void
+    signal: (id: string, signal: string) => void
     kill: (id: string) => Promise<void>
+    ackColdRestore: (id: string) => void
     hasChildProcesses: (id: string) => Promise<boolean>
     getForegroundProcess: (id: string) => Promise<string | null>
+    listSessions: () => Promise<{ id: string; cwd: string; title: string }[]>
     onData: (callback: (data: { id: string; data: string }) => void) => () => void
     onExit: (callback: (data: { id: string; code: number }) => void) => () => void
     onOpenCodeStatus: (callback: (event: OpenCodeStatusEvent) => void) => () => void

src/preload/index.d.ts

@@ -61,11 +61,24 @@ type PtyApi = {
     command?: string
     connectionId?: string | null
     worktreeId?: string
-  }) => Promise<{ id: string }>
+    sessionId?: string
+  }) => Promise<{
+    id: string
+    snapshot?: string
+    snapshotCols?: number
+    snapshotRows?: number
+    isReattach?: boolean
+    isAlternateScreen?: boolean
+    coldRestore?: { scrollback: string; cwd: string }
+  }>
   write: (id: string, data: string) => void
   resize: (id: string, cols: number, rows: number) => void
+  signal: (id: string, signal: string) => void
   kill: (id: string) => Promise<void>
+  ackColdRestore: (id: string) => void
   hasChildProcesses: (id: string) => Promise<boolean>
+  getForegroundProcess: (id: string) => Promise<string | null>
+  listSessions: () => Promise<{ id: string; cwd: string; title: string }[]>
   onData: (callback: (data: { id: string; data: string }) => void) => () => void
   onExit: (callback: (data: { id: string; code: number }) => void) => () => void
   onOpenCodeStatus: (callback: (event: OpenCodeStatusEvent) => void) => () => void

src/preload/index.ts

@@ -254,7 +254,16 @@ const api = {
       command?: string
       connectionId?: string | null
       worktreeId?: string
-    }): Promise<{ id: string }> => ipcRenderer.invoke('pty:spawn', opts),
+      sessionId?: string
+    }): Promise<{
+      id: string
+      snapshot?: string
+      snapshotCols?: number
+      snapshotRows?: number
+      isReattach?: boolean
+      isAlternateScreen?: boolean
+      coldRestore?: { scrollback: string; cwd: string }
+    }> => ipcRenderer.invoke('pty:spawn', opts),
 
     write: (id: string, data: string): void => {
       ipcRenderer.send('pty:write', { id, data })
@@ -264,8 +273,19 @@ const api = {
       ipcRenderer.send('pty:resize', { id, cols, rows })
     },
 
+    signal: (id: string, signal: string): void => {
+      ipcRenderer.send('pty:signal', { id, signal })
+    },
+
+    ackColdRestore: (id: string): void => {
+      ipcRenderer.send('pty:ackColdRestore', { id })
+    },
+
     kill: (id: string): Promise<void> => ipcRenderer.invoke('pty:kill', { id }),
 
+    listSessions: (): Promise<{ id: string; cwd: string; title: string }[]> =>
+      ipcRenderer.invoke('pty:listSessions'),
+
     /** Check if a PTY's shell has child processes (e.g. a running command).
      *  Returns false for an idle shell prompt. */
     hasChildProcesses: (id: string): Promise<boolean> =>

src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/SessionsStatusSegment.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import { Terminal, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react'
+import {
+  DropdownMenu,
+  DropdownMenuContent,
+  DropdownMenuSeparator,
+  DropdownMenuTrigger
+} from '@/components/ui/dropdown-menu'
+import { useAppStore } from '../../store'
+
+type DaemonSession = { id: string; cwd: string; title: string }
+
+function shortCwd(cwd: string): string {
+  if (!cwd) {
+    return 'unknown'
+  }
+  const separator = cwd.includes('\\') ? '\\' : '/'
+  const parts = cwd.split(/[\\/]+/).filter(Boolean)
+  return parts.length > 2 ? parts.slice(-2).join(separator) : cwd
+}
+
+function sessionLabel(session: DaemonSession): string {
+  if (session.cwd) {
+    return shortCwd(session.cwd)
+  }
+  // Why: daemon session IDs use the format `${worktreeId}@@${shortUuid}`.
+  // When the shell hasn't emitted OSC 7 cwd updates (e.g. Claude Code agents),
+  // fall back to showing the worktreeId portion so the user can identify which
+  // worktree the session belongs to.
+  const sep = session.id.lastIndexOf('@@')
+  if (sep !== -1) {
+    const worktreeId = session.id.slice(0, sep)
+    return shortCwd(worktreeId)
+  }
+  return 'unknown'
+}
+
+function SessionRow({
+  session,
+  isBound,
+  tabId,
+  onKill,
+  onNavigate
+}: {
+  session: DaemonSession
+  isBound: boolean
+  tabId: string | null
+  onKill: (id: string) => void
+  onNavigate: (tabId: string) => void
+}): React.JSX.Element {
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`flex items-center gap-2 px-2 py-1.5 rounded ${
+        tabId ? 'cursor-pointer hover:bg-accent/60' : ''
+      }`}
+      onClick={tabId ? () => onNavigate(tabId) : undefined}
+    >
+      <span
+        className={`size-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full ${isBound ? 'bg-emerald-500' : 'bg-muted-foreground/40'}`}
+      />
+      <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+        <div className="truncate text-[12px] font-medium font-mono">{sessionLabel(session)}</div>
+      </div>
+      {!isBound && (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation()
+            onKill(session.id)
+          }}
+          className="shrink-0 rounded p-0.5 text-muted-foreground hover:bg-destructive/10 hover:text-destructive"
+          aria-label={`Kill session ${session.id}`}
+        >
+          <Trash2 className="size-3" />
+        </button>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export function SessionsStatusSegment({
+  compact: _compact,
+  iconOnly
+}: {
+  compact: boolean
+  iconOnly: boolean
+}): React.JSX.Element {
+  const [sessions, setSessions] = useState<DaemonSession[]>([])
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
+  const tabsByWorktree = useAppStore((s) => s.tabsByWorktree)
+  const ptyIdsByTabId = useAppStore((s) => s.ptyIdsByTabId)
+  const workspaceSessionReady = useAppStore((s) => s.workspaceSessionReady)
+  const setActiveWorktree = useAppStore((s) => s.setActiveWorktree)
+  const setActiveTab = useAppStore((s) => s.setActiveTab)
+  const setActiveView = useAppStore((s) => s.setActiveView)
+
+  const boundPtyIds = useMemo(
+    () => new Set(Object.values(ptyIdsByTabId).flat().filter(Boolean)),
+    [ptyIdsByTabId]
+  )
+
+  // Why: ptyIdsByTabId tracks all ptyIds a tab has ever been associated with
+  // (including split panes). Build a reverse map so we can navigate from a
+  // daemon session ID back to the tab that owns it.
+  const ptyIdToTabId = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map<string, string>()
+    for (const [tabId, ptyIds] of Object.entries(ptyIdsByTabId)) {
+      for (const ptyId of ptyIds) {
+        map.set(ptyId, tabId)
+      }
+    }
+    return map
+  }, [ptyIdsByTabId])
+
+  const tabIdToWorktreeId = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map<string, string>()
+    for (const [worktreeId, tabs] of Object.entries(tabsByWorktree)) {
+      for (const tab of tabs) {
+        map.set(tab.id, worktreeId)
+      }
+    }
+    return map
+  }, [tabsByWorktree])
+
+  const refresh = useCallback(async () => {
+    try {
+      const result = await window.api.pty.listSessions()
+      setSessions(result)
+    } catch {
+      setSessions([])
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (open) {
+      void refresh()
+    }
+  }, [open, refresh])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => void refresh(), 10_000)
+    void refresh()
+    return () => clearInterval(interval)
+  }, [refresh])
+
+  const orphanCount = workspaceSessionReady
+    ? sessions.filter((s) => !boundPtyIds.has(s.id)).length
+    : 0
+
+  const handleKill = useCallback(
+    async (id: string) => {
+      try {
+        await window.api.pty.kill(id)
+      } catch {
+        /* already dead */
+      }
+      await refresh()
+    },
+    [refresh]
+  )
+
+  const handleKillOrphans = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!workspaceSessionReady) {
+      return
+    }
+    const orphans = sessions.filter((s) => !boundPtyIds.has(s.id))
+    await Promise.allSettled(orphans.map((s) => window.api.pty.kill(s.id)))
+    await refresh()
+  }, [sessions, boundPtyIds, refresh, workspaceSessionReady])
+
+  const handleNavigate = useCallback(
+    (tabId: string) => {
+      const worktreeId = tabIdToWorktreeId.get(tabId)
+      if (worktreeId) {
+        setActiveWorktree(worktreeId)
+      }
+      setActiveView('terminal')
+      setActiveTab(tabId)
+    },
+    [tabIdToWorktreeId, setActiveWorktree, setActiveView, setActiveTab]
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <DropdownMenu open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
+      <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 cursor-pointer rounded px-1 py-0.5 hover:bg-accent/70"
+          aria-label="Terminal sessions"
+        >
+          <Terminal className="size-3 text-muted-foreground" />
+          {!iconOnly && (
+            <span className="text-[11px] tabular-nums">
+              {sessions.length}
+              {orphanCount > 0 && <span className="text-yellow-500 ml-0.5">({orphanCount})</span>}
+            </span>
+          )}
+          {iconOnly && sessions.length > 0 && (
+            <span className="text-[11px] tabular-nums">{sessions.length}</span>
+          )}
+        </button>
+      </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+      <DropdownMenuContent side="top" align="end" sideOffset={8} className="w-[260px]">
+        <div className="px-2 pt-1.5 pb-1 text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground">
+          Terminal Sessions ({sessions.length})
+        </div>
+        {sessions.length === 0 ? (
+          <div className="px-2 py-3 text-center text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+            No active sessions
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="max-h-[240px] overflow-y-auto scrollbar-sleek">
+            {[...sessions]
+              .sort((a, b) => {
+                const aBound = workspaceSessionReady && boundPtyIds.has(a.id) ? 0 : 1
+                const bBound = workspaceSessionReady && boundPtyIds.has(b.id) ? 0 : 1
+                return aBound - bBound
+              })
+              .map((s) => {
+                const tabId = ptyIdToTabId.get(s.id) ?? null
+                return (
+                  <SessionRow
+                    key={s.id}
+                    session={s}
+                    isBound={workspaceSessionReady && boundPtyIds.has(s.id)}
+                    tabId={tabId}
+                    onKill={handleKill}
+                    onNavigate={handleNavigate}
+                  />
+                )
+              })}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        {orphanCount > 0 && (
+          <>
+            <DropdownMenuSeparator />
+            <div className="px-2 py-2">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() => void handleKillOrphans()}
+                className="inline-flex w-full items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-border/70 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent/60"
+              >
+                Kill {orphanCount} Orphan{orphanCount > 1 ? 's' : ''}
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </>
+        )}
+      </DropdownMenuContent>
+    </DropdownMenu>
+  )
+}

src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import type { ProviderRateLimits, RateLimitWindow } from '../../../../shared/rat
 import { ProviderIcon, ProviderPanel } from './tooltip'
 import { markLiveCodexSessionsForRestart } from '@/lib/codex-session-restart'
 import { SshStatusSegment } from './SshStatusSegment'
+import { SessionsStatusSegment } from './SessionsStatusSegment'
 
 function getCodexAccountLabel(
   state: CodexRateLimitAccountsState,
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ function StatusBarInner(): React.JSX.Element | null {
   const showClaude = claude && statusBarItems.includes('claude')
   const showCodex = codex && statusBarItems.includes('codex')
   const showSsh = statusBarItems.includes('ssh')
+  const showSessions = statusBarItems.includes('sessions')
   const anyVisible = showClaude || showCodex
   const anyFetching = claude?.status === 'fetching' || codex?.status === 'fetching'
 
@@ -500,7 +502,10 @@ function StatusBarInner(): React.JSX.Element | null {
 
           <div className="flex-1" />
 
-          {showSsh && <SshStatusSegment compact={compact} iconOnly={iconOnly} />}
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+            {showSessions && <SessionsStatusSegment compact={compact} iconOnly={iconOnly} />}
+            {showSsh && <SshStatusSegment compact={compact} iconOnly={iconOnly} />}
+          </div>
         </div>
       </ContextMenuTrigger>
 
@@ -523,6 +528,12 @@ function StatusBarInner(): React.JSX.Element | null {
         >
           SSH Status
         </ContextMenuCheckboxItem>
+        <ContextMenuCheckboxItem
+          checked={statusBarItems.includes('sessions')}
+          onCheckedChange={() => toggleStatusBarItem('sessions')}
+        >
+          Terminal Sessions
+        </ContextMenuCheckboxItem>
       </ContextMenuContent>
     </ContextMenu>
   )

src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ type StoreState = {
   repos: { id: string; connectionId?: string | null }[]
   cacheTimerByKey: Record<string, number | null>
   settings: { promptCacheTimerEnabled?: boolean } | null
+  consumePendingColdRestore: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  consumePendingSnapshot: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
 }
 
 type ConnectCallbacks = {
@@ -70,9 +72,13 @@ function createMockTransport(initialPtyId: string | null = null): MockTransport
     attach: vi.fn(({ existingPtyId }: { existingPtyId: string }) => {
       ptyId = existingPtyId
     }),
-    connect: vi.fn(
-      async (_opts: { callbacks?: ConnectCallbacks } & Record<string, unknown>) => ptyId
-    ),
+    connect: vi.fn().mockImplementation(async (opts: { sessionId?: string }) => {
+      if (opts.sessionId) {
+        ptyId = opts.sessionId
+        return { id: opts.sessionId }
+      }
+      return ptyId
+    }),
     sendInput: vi.fn(() => true),
     resize: vi.fn(() => true),
     getPtyId: vi.fn(() => ptyId)
@@ -149,8 +155,10 @@ describe('connectPanePty', () => {
       },
       repos: [{ id: 'repo1', connectionId: null }],
       cacheTimerByKey: {},
-      settings: { promptCacheTimerEnabled: true }
-    }
+      settings: { promptCacheTimerEnabled: true },
+      consumePendingColdRestore: vi.fn(() => null),
+      consumePendingSnapshot: vi.fn(() => null)
+    } as StoreState
     globalThis.requestAnimationFrame = vi.fn((callback: FrameRequestCallback) => {
       callback(0)
       return 1
@@ -277,10 +285,14 @@ describe('connectPanePty', () => {
 
     connectPanePty(pane as never, manager as never, deps as never)
 
-    expect(transport.attach).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.objectContaining({ existingPtyId: 'leaf-pty-2' })
+    // Why: Option 2 deferred reattach uses connect({ sessionId }) instead of
+    // attach({ existingPtyId }) so the daemon's createOrAttach runs at the
+    // pane's real fitAddon dimensions.
+    expect(transport.connect).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ sessionId: 'leaf-pty-2' })
     )
-    expect(transport.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(transport.attach).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await Promise.resolve()
     expect(deps.syncPanePtyLayoutBinding).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2, 'leaf-pty-2')
   })
 
@@ -327,9 +339,11 @@ describe('connectPanePty', () => {
 
     connectPanePty(remountPane as never, remountManager as never, remountDeps as never)
 
-    expect(remountTransport.attach).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.objectContaining({ existingPtyId: 'pty-restarted' })
+    expect(remountTransport.connect).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ sessionId: 'pty-restarted' })
     )
+    expect(remountTransport.attach).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await Promise.resolve()
     expect(remountDeps.syncPanePtyLayoutBinding).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, 'pty-restarted')
   })
 })

src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+/* oxlint-disable max-lines */
 import type { PaneManager, ManagedPane } from '@/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager'
 import type { IDisposable } from '@xterm/xterm'
 import { isGeminiTerminalTitle, isClaudeAgent } from '@/lib/agent-status'
 import { scheduleRuntimeGraphSync } from '@/runtime/sync-runtime-graph'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import type { PtyConnectResult } from './pty-transport'
 import { createIpcPtyTransport } from './pty-transport'
 import { shouldSeedCacheTimerOnInitialTitle } from './cache-timer-seeding'
 import type { PtyConnectionDeps } from './pty-connection-types'
@@ -275,10 +277,9 @@ export function connectPanePty(
       }
     }
 
-    // Why: re-read ptyId inside the rAF instead of capturing it before.
-    // The eagerly-spawned PTY could exit during the one-frame gap (e.g.,
-    // broken .bashrc), clearing the tab's ptyId. Reading it stale would
-    // cause attach() on a dead process, leaving the pane frozen.
+    // Why: re-read session IDs inside the rAF instead of capturing before.
+    // The session could be cleaned up during the one-frame gap, and
+    // reading stale IDs would cause a reattach to a dead session.
     const restoredPtyId =
       deps.restoredLeafId && deps.restoredPtyIdByLeafId
         ? (deps.restoredPtyIdByLeafId[deps.restoredLeafId] ?? null)
@@ -287,42 +288,72 @@ export function connectPanePty(
       .getState()
       .tabsByWorktree[deps.worktreeId]?.find((t) => t.id === deps.tabId)?.ptyId
 
-    // Why: remounting a multi-pane terminal tab (for example after closing or
-    // moving a split group) must preserve each pane's own live PTY. The saved
-    // leaf→PTY mapping takes precedence over the tab-level PTY owner.
-    if (restoredPtyId) {
+    // Why: deferred reattach (Option 2). Instead of eagerly spawning PTYs at
+    // default 80×24 during reconnectPersistedTerminals (which fills eager
+    // buffers with content at wrong dimensions), we defer the daemon's
+    // createOrAttach to this point where fitAddon provides real dimensions.
+    // The daemon returns snapshot/coldRestore data in the spawn result.
+    const reattachSessionId =
+      restoredPtyId ?? (existingPtyId && !hasExistingPaneTransport ? existingPtyId : null)
+    if (reattachSessionId) {
       allowInitialIdleCacheSeed = true
-      deps.syncPanePtyLayoutBinding(pane.id, restoredPtyId)
-      transport.attach({
-        existingPtyId: restoredPtyId,
-        cols,
-        rows,
-        callbacks: {
-          onData: dataCallback,
-          onError: reportError
-        }
-      })
-    } else if (existingPtyId && !hasExistingPaneTransport) {
-      // Why: only the first pane in a tab may reattach to the tab-level PTY.
-      // Additional panes created by in-tab splits need their own fresh PTYs; if
-      // they attach to the tab's existing ptyId, both panes end up sharing one
-      // session and the last-attached pane steals the live transport handlers.
-      // Group moves/remounts still reattach correctly because they recreate the
-      // whole TerminalPane with no surviving pane transports yet.
-      allowInitialIdleCacheSeed = true
-      deps.syncPanePtyLayoutBinding(pane.id, existingPtyId)
-      // Why: this tab already owns a PTY. Attach to it instead of spawning a
-      // duplicate. Startup commands are intentionally skipped — the PTY was
-      // already spawned with a fresh shell.
-      transport.attach({
-        existingPtyId,
+
+      const reattachPromise = transport.connect({
+        url: '',
         cols,
         rows,
+        sessionId: reattachSessionId,
         callbacks: {
           onData: dataCallback,
           onError: reportError
         }
       })
+
+      void Promise.resolve(reattachPromise)
+        .then((result) => {
+          if (disposed) {
+            return
+          }
+          const connectResult =
+            result && typeof result === 'object' && 'id' in result
+              ? (result as PtyConnectResult)
+              : null
+
+          const ptyId =
+            connectResult?.id ?? (typeof result === 'string' ? result : transport.getPtyId())
+          if (ptyId) {
+            deps.syncPanePtyLayoutBinding(pane.id, ptyId)
+            deps.updateTabPtyId(deps.tabId, ptyId)
+          }
+
+          if (connectResult?.coldRestore) {
+            pane.terminal.write(connectResult.coldRestore.scrollback)
+            pane.terminal.write('\r\n\x1b[2m--- session restored ---\x1b[0m\r\n\r\n')
+            window.api.pty.ackColdRestore(ptyId!)
+          } else if (connectResult?.snapshot) {
+            if (!connectResult.isAlternateScreen) {
+              pane.terminal.write('\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H')
+            }
+            pane.terminal.write(connectResult.snapshot)
+          }
+
+          if (ptyId) {
+            transport.resize(cols, rows)
+            // Why: POSIX only delivers SIGWINCH when terminal dimensions
+            // actually change. If the pane dimensions match the daemon
+            // session's stored dimensions (common for split panes across
+            // restarts), the resize above is a no-op and inline-viewport
+            // TUIs (Claude Code/Ink) never redraw. Sending SIGWINCH
+            // explicitly guarantees the TUI repaints at the correct cursor
+            // position, correcting any snapshot-vs-PTY cursor divergence.
+            window.api.pty.signal(ptyId, 'SIGWINCH')
+          }
+
+          scheduleRuntimeGraphSync()
+        })
+        .catch((err) => {
+          reportError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
+        })
     } else {
       allowInitialIdleCacheSeed = false
       const pendingSpawn = hasExistingPaneTransport

src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-dispatcher.ts

@@ -129,11 +129,23 @@ export function registerEagerPtyBuffer(
 // ── PtyTransport interface ───────────────────────────────────────────
 // Why: lives here so pty-transport.ts stays under the 300-line limit.
 
+export type PtyConnectResult = {
+  id: string
+  snapshot?: string
+  snapshotCols?: number
+  snapshotRows?: number
+  isAlternateScreen?: boolean
+  coldRestore?: { scrollback: string; cwd: string }
+}
+
 export type PtyTransport = {
   connect: (options: {
     url: string
     cols?: number
     rows?: number
+    /** Daemon session ID for reattach. When provided, the daemon reconnects
+     *  to an existing session instead of creating a new one. */
+    sessionId?: string
     callbacks: {
       onConnect?: () => void
       onDisconnect?: () => void
@@ -142,13 +154,17 @@ export type PtyTransport = {
       onError?: (message: string, errors?: string[]) => void
       onExit?: (code: number) => void
     }
-  }) => void | Promise<void | string>
+  }) => void | Promise<void | string | PtyConnectResult>
   /** Attach to an existing PTY that was eagerly spawned during startup.
    *  Skips pty:spawn — registers handlers and replays buffered data instead. */
   attach: (options: {
     existingPtyId: string
     cols?: number
     rows?: number
+    /** When true, the session uses the alternate screen buffer (e.g., Codex).
+     *  Skips the delayed double-resize since a single resize already triggers
+     *  a full TUI repaint without content loss. */
+    isAlternateScreen?: boolean
     callbacks: {
       onConnect?: () => void
       onDisconnect?: () => void

src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-transport.test.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* oxlint-disable max-lines */
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 describe('createIpcPtyTransport', () => {
@@ -178,6 +179,64 @@ describe('createIpcPtyTransport', () => {
     expect(writeMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('preserves snapshot dimensions when reattaching', async () => {
+    const { createIpcPtyTransport } = await import('./pty-transport')
+    const spawnMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      id: 'pty-reattach',
+      isReattach: true,
+      snapshot: 'snapshot data',
+      snapshotCols: 132,
+      snapshotRows: 43
+    })
+
+    ;(globalThis as { window: typeof window }).window = {
+      ...originalWindow,
+      api: {
+        ...originalWindow?.api,
+        pty: {
+          ...originalWindow?.api?.pty,
+          spawn: spawnMock,
+          write: vi.fn(),
+          resize: vi.fn(),
+          kill: vi.fn(),
+          onData: vi.fn((callback: (payload: { id: string; data: string }) => void) => {
+            onData = callback
+            return () => {}
+          }),
+          onExit: vi.fn((callback: (payload: { id: string; code: number }) => void) => {
+            onExit = callback
+            return () => {}
+          }),
+          onOpenCodeStatus: vi.fn(
+            (
+              callback: (payload: {
+                ptyId: string
+                status: 'working' | 'idle' | 'permission'
+              }) => void
+            ) => {
+              onOpenCodeStatus = callback
+              return () => {}
+            }
+          )
+        }
+      }
+    } as unknown as typeof window
+
+    const transport = createIpcPtyTransport()
+    const result = await transport.connect({
+      url: '',
+      sessionId: 'pty-reattach',
+      callbacks: {}
+    })
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      id: 'pty-reattach',
+      snapshot: 'snapshot data',
+      isAlternateScreen: undefined,
+      coldRestore: undefined
+    })
+  })
+
   it('kills a PTY that finishes spawning after the transport was destroyed', async () => {
     const { createIpcPtyTransport } = await import('./pty-transport')
     const spawnControls: { resolve: ((value: { id: string }) => void) | null } = { resolve: null }

src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-transport.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* oxlint-disable max-lines */
 import {
   detectAgentStatusFromTitle,
   clearWorkingIndicators,
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   ensurePtyDispatcher,
   getEagerPtyBufferHandle
 } from './pty-dispatcher'
-import type { PtyTransport, IpcPtyTransportOptions } from './pty-dispatcher'
+import type { PtyTransport, IpcPtyTransportOptions, PtyConnectResult } from './pty-dispatcher'
 import { createBellDetector } from './bell-detector'
 
 // Re-export public API so existing consumers keep working.
@@ -24,7 +25,12 @@ export {
   registerEagerPtyBuffer,
   unregisterPtyDataHandlers
 } from './pty-dispatcher'
-export type { EagerPtyHandle, PtyTransport, IpcPtyTransportOptions } from './pty-dispatcher'
+export type {
+  EagerPtyHandle,
+  PtyTransport,
+  PtyConnectResult,
+  IpcPtyTransportOptions
+} from './pty-dispatcher'
 export { extractLastOscTitle } from '../../../../shared/agent-detection'
 
 export function createIpcPtyTransport(opts: IpcPtyTransportOptions = {}): PtyTransport {
@@ -201,6 +207,7 @@ export function createIpcPtyTransport(opts: IpcPtyTransportOptions = {}): PtyTra
           env,
           command,
           ...(connectionId ? { connectionId } : {}),
+          ...(options.sessionId ? { sessionId: options.sessionId } : {}),
           worktreeId
         })
 
@@ -212,13 +219,28 @@ export function createIpcPtyTransport(opts: IpcPtyTransportOptions = {}): PtyTra
 
         ptyId = result.id
         connected = true
-        onPtySpawn?.(result.id)
+
+        // Why: for deferred reattach (Option 2), the daemon returns snapshot/
+        // coldRestore data from createOrAttach. Skip onPtySpawn for reattach —
+        // it would reset lastActivityAt and destroy the recency sort order.
+        if (!result.isReattach && !result.coldRestore) {
+          onPtySpawn?.(result.id)
+        }
 
         registerPtyDataHandler(result.id)
         registerPtyExitHandler(result.id)
 
         storedCallbacks.onConnect?.()
         storedCallbacks.onStatus?.('shell')
+
+        if (result.isReattach || result.coldRestore) {
+          return {
+            id: result.id,
+            snapshot: result.snapshot,
+            isAlternateScreen: result.isAlternateScreen,
+            coldRestore: result.coldRestore
+          } satisfies PtyConnectResult
+        }
         return result.id
       } catch (err) {
         const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
@@ -252,8 +274,6 @@ export function createIpcPtyTransport(opts: IpcPtyTransportOptions = {}): PtyTra
       registerPtyDataHandler(id)
       registerPtyExitHandler(id)
 
-      // Why: replay buffered data through the real handler so title/bell/agent
-      // tracking processes the output — otherwise restored tabs keep a default title.
       const bufferHandle = getEagerPtyBufferHandle(id)
       if (bufferHandle) {
         const buffered = bufferHandle.flush()
@@ -273,7 +293,14 @@ export function createIpcPtyTransport(opts: IpcPtyTransportOptions = {}): PtyTra
         bufferHandle.dispose()
       }
 
-      // Resize to the actual terminal dimensions (eager spawn used defaults).
+      // Why: clear the display before writing the snapshot so restored
+      // content doesn't layer on top of stale output. Skip the clear for
+      // alternate-screen sessions — the snapshot already fills the screen
+      // and clearing would erase it.
+      if (!options.isAlternateScreen) {
+        storedCallbacks.onData?.('\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H')
+      }
+
       if (options.cols && options.rows) {
         window.api.pty.resize(id, options.cols, options.rows)
       }

src/renderer/src/store/slices/store-session-cascades.test.ts

@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ describe('reconnectPersistedTerminals', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  it('spawns PTYs for worktrees that were active at shutdown and sets workspaceSessionReady', async () => {
+  it('records daemon session IDs for deferred reattach and sets workspaceSessionReady', async () => {
     const store = createTestStore()
     const wt1 = 'repo1::/path/wt1'
     const wt2 = 'repo1::/path/wt2'
@@ -682,7 +682,6 @@ describe('reconnectPersistedTerminals', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    // Hydrate with activeWorktreeIdsOnShutdown indicating both worktrees had terminals
     store.getState().hydrateWorkspaceSession({
       activeRepoId: 'repo1',
       activeWorktreeId: wt1,
@@ -695,36 +694,61 @@ describe('reconnectPersistedTerminals', () => {
       activeWorktreeIdsOnShutdown: [wt1, wt2]
     })
 
-    // After hydration, workspaceSessionReady is false
     expect(store.getState().workspaceSessionReady).toBe(false)
-    // ptyIds are cleared by clearTransientTerminalState
     expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBeNull()
     expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt2][0].ptyId).toBeNull()
-    // pendingReconnectWorktreeIds is populated
     expect(store.getState().pendingReconnectWorktreeIds).toEqual([wt1, wt2])
 
-    // Run reconnect
     await store.getState().reconnectPersistedTerminals()
 
     const s = store.getState()
-    // workspaceSessionReady is now true
     expect(s.workspaceSessionReady).toBe(true)
-    // Tabs now have live ptyIds
-    expect(s.tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBe('pty-1')
-    expect(s.tabsByWorktree[wt2][0].ptyId).toBe('pty-2')
-    // ptyIdsByTabId is populated
-    expect(s.ptyIdsByTabId['tab1']).toContain('pty-1')
-    expect(s.ptyIdsByTabId['tab2']).toContain('pty-2')
-    // pendingReconnectWorktreeIds is cleared
+    // Why: Option 2 defers actual pty.spawn to connectPanePty. The store
+    // records daemon session IDs as tab-level ptyIds so connectPanePty
+    // can pass them as sessionId to the daemon's createOrAttach.
+    expect(s.tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBe('old-pty-1')
+    expect(s.tabsByWorktree[wt2][0].ptyId).toBe('old-pty-2')
     expect(s.pendingReconnectWorktreeIds).toEqual([])
-    // Spawn was called with correct cwd
-    expect((mockApi.pty as Record<string, unknown>).spawn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
-    expect((mockApi.pty as Record<string, unknown>).spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.objectContaining({ cwd: '/path/wt1' })
-    )
-    expect((mockApi.pty as Record<string, unknown>).spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.objectContaining({ cwd: '/path/wt2' })
-    )
+    // No eager spawn — PTY creation deferred to pane mount
+    expect((mockApi.pty as Record<string, unknown>).spawn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('does not restore old pty ids onto remote tabs during reconnect preparation', async () => {
+    const store = createTestStore()
+    const wt1 = 'repo1::/remote/wt1'
+
+    store.setState({
+      repos: [
+        {
+          id: 'repo1',
+          path: '/repo1',
+          displayName: 'Repo 1',
+          badgeColor: '#000',
+          addedAt: 0,
+          connectionId: 'ssh-1'
+        }
+      ],
+      worktreesByRepo: {
+        repo1: [makeWorktree({ id: wt1, repoId: 'repo1', path: '/remote/wt1' })]
+      }
+    })
+
+    store.getState().hydrateWorkspaceSession({
+      activeRepoId: 'repo1',
+      activeWorktreeId: wt1,
+      activeTabId: 'tab1',
+      tabsByWorktree: {
+        [wt1]: [makeTab({ id: 'tab1', worktreeId: wt1, ptyId: 'old-remote-pty' })]
+      },
+      terminalLayoutsByTabId: { tab1: makeLayout() },
+      activeWorktreeIdsOnShutdown: [wt1]
+    })
+
+    await store.getState().reconnectPersistedTerminals()
+
+    const s = store.getState()
+    expect(s.tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBeNull()
+    expect(s.ptyIdsByTabId.tab1).toEqual([])
   })
 
   it('sets workspaceSessionReady even with no pending worktrees', async () => {
@@ -776,11 +800,11 @@ describe('reconnectPersistedTerminals', () => {
       // No activeWorktreeIdsOnShutdown field
     })
 
-    // Should still detect wt1 as needing reconnection from raw ptyIds
     expect(store.getState().pendingReconnectWorktreeIds).toEqual([wt1])
 
     await store.getState().reconnectPersistedTerminals()
-    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBe('pty-1')
+    // Why: deferred reattach records the old daemon session ID on the tab
+    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBe('old-pty')
   })
 
   it('reconnects the correct tab per worktree (not always tabs[0])', async () => {
@@ -813,9 +837,9 @@ describe('reconnectPersistedTerminals', () => {
 
     await store.getState().reconnectPersistedTerminals()
 
-    // tab2 should get the PTY, not tab1
-    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBeNull() // tab1
-    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][1].ptyId).toBe('pty-1') // tab2
+    // tab2 should get its daemon session ID, not tab1
+    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBeNull() // tab1 had no ptyId
+    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][1].ptyId).toBe('old-pty-2') // tab2
   })
 
   it('reconnects multiple live tabs in the same worktree', async () => {
@@ -848,9 +872,9 @@ describe('reconnectPersistedTerminals', () => {
 
     await store.getState().reconnectPersistedTerminals()
 
-    // Both tabs should have new PTYs
-    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBe('pty-1')
-    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][1].ptyId).toBe('pty-2')
+    // Both tabs should have their daemon session IDs recorded
+    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBe('old-pty-1')
+    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[wt1][1].ptyId).toBe('old-pty-2')
   })
 
   it('does not bump lastActivityAt for reconnected worktrees', async () => {
@@ -912,7 +936,64 @@ describe('reconnectPersistedTerminals', () => {
     expect(store.getState().pendingReconnectWorktreeIds).toEqual([existing])
 
     await store.getState().reconnectPersistedTerminals()
-    expect((mockApi.pty as Record<string, unknown>).spawn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    // Why: deferred reattach doesn't call spawn — just records session IDs
+    expect((mockApi.pty as Record<string, unknown>).spawn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // The existing worktree's tab should have its daemon session ID
+    expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[existing][0].ptyId).toBe('old')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves split-pane ptyIdsByLeafId for deferred reattach by connectPanePty', async () => {
+    const store = createTestStore()
+    const wt1 = 'repo1::/path/wt1'
+
+    store.setState({
+      repos: [
+        { id: 'repo1', path: '/repo1', displayName: 'Repo 1', badgeColor: '#000', addedAt: 0 }
+      ],
+      worktreesByRepo: {
+        repo1: [makeWorktree({ id: wt1, repoId: 'repo1', path: '/path/wt1' })]
+      }
+    })
+
+    // Why: split-pane tab has two leaves, each with its own daemon session.
+    store.getState().hydrateWorkspaceSession({
+      activeRepoId: 'repo1',
+      activeWorktreeId: wt1,
+      activeTabId: 'tab1',
+      tabsByWorktree: {
+        [wt1]: [makeTab({ id: 'tab1', worktreeId: wt1, ptyId: 'daemon-session-B' })]
+      },
+      terminalLayoutsByTabId: {
+        tab1: {
+          ...makeLayout(),
+          root: {
+            type: 'split',
+            direction: 'vertical',
+            first: { type: 'leaf', leafId: 'pane:1' },
+            second: { type: 'leaf', leafId: 'pane:3' }
+          },
+          ptyIdsByLeafId: { 'pane:1': 'daemon-session-A', 'pane:3': 'daemon-session-B' }
+        }
+      },
+      activeWorktreeIdsOnShutdown: [wt1]
+    })
+
+    await store.getState().reconnectPersistedTerminals()
+
+    const s = store.getState()
+    // Why: deferred reattach doesn't call spawn — connectPanePty handles it
+    expect((mockApi.pty as Record<string, unknown>).spawn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // Why: reconnect restores the tab-level ptyId so getWorktreeStatus()
+    // sees the tab as active (green dot) even before the terminal mounts.
+    // connectPanePty reads ptyIdsByLeafId for per-leaf daemon sessions.
+    expect(s.tabsByWorktree[wt1][0].ptyId).toBe('daemon-session-B')
+    // ptyIdsByLeafId preserved from hydration for connectPanePty to consume
+    const layout = s.terminalLayoutsByTabId['tab1']
+    expect(layout.ptyIdsByLeafId).toEqual({
+      'pane:1': 'daemon-session-A',
+      'pane:3': 'daemon-session-B'
+    })
+    expect(s.workspaceSessionReady).toBe(true)
   })
 })
 

src/renderer/src/store/slices/terminals-hydration.test.ts

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('hydrateWorkspaceSession', () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks()
   })
 
-  it('drops persisted ptyIdsByLeafId because restart must reconnect fresh PTYs', () => {
+  it('preserves ptyIdsByLeafId so reconnect can reattach each split-pane leaf', () => {
     const store = createTestStore()
     const worktreeId = 'repo1::/wt-1'
     seedStore(store, {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe('hydrateWorkspaceSession', () => {
       terminalLayoutsByTabId: {
         'tab-1': {
           ...makeLayout(),
-          ptyIdsByLeafId: { 'pane:1': 'stale-leaf-pty' },
+          ptyIdsByLeafId: { 'pane:1': 'daemon-session-1' },
           buffersByLeafId: { 'pane:1': 'buffer' }
         }
       }
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ describe('hydrateWorkspaceSession', () => {
 
     store.getState().hydrateWorkspaceSession(session)
 
+    // Why: ptyIdsByLeafId contains daemon session IDs that survive restart.
+    // reconnectPersistedTerminals uses them to reattach each split-pane
+    // leaf to its specific daemon session.
     expect(store.getState().terminalLayoutsByTabId['tab-1']).toEqual({
       ...makeLayout(),
+      ptyIdsByLeafId: { 'pane:1': 'daemon-session-1' },
       buffersByLeafId: { 'pane:1': 'buffer' }
     })
   })

src/renderer/src/store/slices/terminals.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { clearTransientTerminalState, emptyLayoutSnapshot } from './terminal-hel
 import { isClaudeAgent, detectAgentStatusFromTitle } from '@/lib/agent-status'
 import { buildOrphanTerminalCleanupPatch, getOrphanTerminalIds } from './terminal-orphan-helpers'
 import {
-  registerEagerPtyBuffer,
   ensurePtyDispatcher,
   unregisterPtyDataHandlers
 } from '@/components/terminal-pane/pty-transport'
@@ -79,6 +78,24 @@ export type TerminalSlice = {
   workspaceSessionReady: boolean
   pendingReconnectWorktreeIds: string[]
   pendingReconnectTabByWorktree: Record<string, string[]>
+  /** Maps tabId → previous ptyId from the last session. When the PTY backend is
+   *  a daemon, the old ptyId doubles as the daemon sessionId — passing it to
+   *  spawn triggers createOrAttach which returns the surviving terminal snapshot. */
+  pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId: Record<string, string>
+  /** ANSI snapshots returned by daemon reattach, keyed by the new ptyId.
+   *  TerminalPane writes these to xterm.js to restore visual state. */
+  pendingSnapshotByPtyId: Record<
+    string,
+    { snapshot: string; cols?: number; rows?: number; isAlternateScreen?: boolean }
+  >
+  consumePendingSnapshot: (
+    ptyId: string
+  ) => { snapshot: string; cols?: number; rows?: number; isAlternateScreen?: boolean } | null
+  /** Cold restore data from disk history after a daemon crash, keyed by
+   *  the new ptyId. Contains read-only scrollback to display above the
+   *  fresh shell prompt. */
+  pendingColdRestoreByPtyId: Record<string, { scrollback: string; cwd: string }>
+  consumePendingColdRestore: (ptyId: string) => { scrollback: string; cwd: string } | null
   createTab: (worktreeId: string, targetGroupId?: string) => TerminalTab
   closeTab: (tabId: string) => void
   reorderTabs: (worktreeId: string, tabIds: string[]) => void
@@ -155,6 +172,9 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
   workspaceSessionReady: false,
   pendingReconnectWorktreeIds: [],
   pendingReconnectTabByWorktree: {},
+  pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId: {},
+  pendingSnapshotByPtyId: {},
+  pendingColdRestoreByPtyId: {},
   cacheTimerByKey: {},
 
   setCacheTimerStartedAt: (key, ts) => {
@@ -283,8 +303,12 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
   closeTab: (tabId) => {
     set((s) => {
       const next = { ...s.tabsByWorktree }
+      let closingPtyId: string | null = null
       for (const wId of Object.keys(next)) {
         const before = next[wId]
+        if (!closingPtyId) {
+          closingPtyId = before.find((t) => t.id === tabId)?.ptyId ?? null
+        }
         const after = before.filter((t) => t.id !== tabId)
         if (after.length !== before.length) {
           next[wId] = after
@@ -336,6 +360,22 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
         }
       }
 
+      // Why: if the tab had a ptyId with unconsumed snapshot or cold restore
+      // data (e.g., tab closed before TerminalPane mounted), clean it up to
+      // prevent unbounded store growth across restarts.
+      let nextSnapshots = s.pendingSnapshotByPtyId
+      let nextColdRestores = s.pendingColdRestoreByPtyId
+      if (closingPtyId) {
+        if (closingPtyId in nextSnapshots) {
+          nextSnapshots = { ...nextSnapshots }
+          delete nextSnapshots[closingPtyId]
+        }
+        if (closingPtyId in nextColdRestores) {
+          nextColdRestores = { ...nextColdRestores }
+          delete nextColdRestores[closingPtyId]
+        }
+      }
+
       return {
         tabsByWorktree: next,
         activeTabId: s.activeTabId === tabId ? null : s.activeTabId,
@@ -349,7 +389,9 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
         pendingSetupSplitByTabId: nextPendingSetupSplitByTabId,
         pendingIssueCommandSplitByTabId: nextPendingIssueCommandSplitByTabId,
         cacheTimerByKey: nextCacheTimer,
-        tabBarOrderByWorktree: nextTabBarOrderByWorktree
+        tabBarOrderByWorktree: nextTabBarOrderByWorktree,
+        pendingSnapshotByPtyId: nextSnapshots,
+        pendingColdRestoreByPtyId: nextColdRestores
       }
     })
     for (const tabs of Object.values(get().unifiedTabsByWorktree)) {
@@ -931,6 +973,32 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
     return pending
   },
 
+  consumePendingSnapshot: (ptyId) => {
+    const snapshot = get().pendingSnapshotByPtyId[ptyId]
+    if (!snapshot) {
+      return null
+    }
+    set((s) => {
+      const next = { ...s.pendingSnapshotByPtyId }
+      delete next[ptyId]
+      return { pendingSnapshotByPtyId: next }
+    })
+    return snapshot
+  },
+
+  consumePendingColdRestore: (ptyId) => {
+    const data = get().pendingColdRestoreByPtyId[ptyId]
+    if (!data) {
+      return null
+    }
+    set((s) => {
+      const next = { ...s.pendingColdRestoreByPtyId }
+      delete next[ptyId]
+      return { pendingColdRestoreByPtyId: next }
+    })
+    return data
+  },
+
   hydrateWorkspaceSession: (session) => {
     set((s) => {
       const validWorktreeIds = new Set(
@@ -997,6 +1065,26 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
         }
       }
 
+      // Why: preserve the previous session's ptyId for each tab so that
+      // reconnectPersistedTerminals can pass it as sessionId to the daemon's
+      // createOrAttach RPC, triggering reattach instead of a fresh spawn.
+      const pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId: Record<string, string> = {}
+      for (const worktreeId of pendingReconnectWorktreeIds) {
+        const worktree = Object.values(s.worktreesByRepo)
+          .flat()
+          .find((entry) => entry.id === worktreeId)
+        const repo = worktree ? s.repos.find((entry) => entry.id === worktree.repoId) : null
+        if (repo?.connectionId) {
+          continue
+        }
+        const rawTabs = session.tabsByWorktree[worktreeId] ?? []
+        for (const tab of rawTabs) {
+          if (tab.ptyId && validTabIds.has(tab.id)) {
+            pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId[tab.id] = tab.ptyId
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       // Why: restore per-worktree active terminal tab from session.
       // If the session has the map, validate that each tab ID still exists.
       // Otherwise, derive it: the active worktree gets activeTabId, others
@@ -1028,31 +1116,29 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
         tabsByWorktree,
         pendingReconnectWorktreeIds,
         pendingReconnectTabByWorktree,
+        pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId,
         ptyIdsByTabId: Object.fromEntries(
           Object.values(tabsByWorktree)
             .flat()
             .map((tab) => [tab.id, []] as const)
         ),
-        // Why: leaf→PTY mappings only make sense within the current renderer
-        // process. App restart reconnects fresh PTYs and must not attempt to
-        // reattach dead process IDs from the last session snapshot.
+        // Why: with the daemon backend, ptyIds are daemon session IDs that
+        // survive app restart. Preserve ptyIdsByLeafId so that
+        // reconnectPersistedTerminals can reattach each split-pane leaf
+        // to its specific daemon session (not just the tab-level ptyId).
         terminalLayoutsByTabId: Object.fromEntries(
-          Object.entries(session.terminalLayoutsByTabId)
-            .filter(([tabId]) => validTabIds.has(tabId))
-            .map(([tabId, layout]) => {
-              const { ptyIdsByLeafId: _ptyIdsByLeafId, ...restartSafeLayout } = layout
-              return [tabId, restartSafeLayout] as const
-            })
+          Object.entries(session.terminalLayoutsByTabId).filter(([tabId]) => validTabIds.has(tabId))
         )
       }
     })
   },
 
-  reconnectPersistedTerminals: async (signal) => {
+  reconnectPersistedTerminals: async (_signal) => {
     const {
       pendingReconnectWorktreeIds,
       pendingReconnectTabByWorktree,
-      worktreesByRepo,
+      pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId,
+      terminalLayoutsByTabId,
       tabsByWorktree
     } = get()
     const ids = pendingReconnectWorktreeIds ?? []
@@ -1061,111 +1147,81 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
       set({
         workspaceSessionReady: true,
         pendingReconnectWorktreeIds: [],
-        pendingReconnectTabByWorktree: {}
+        pendingReconnectTabByWorktree: {},
+        pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId: {}
       })
       return
     }
 
-    const allWorktrees = Object.values(worktreesByRepo).flat()
-    const worktreeMap = new Map(allWorktrees.map((w) => [w.id, w]))
-    const spawnedPtyIds: string[] = []
-
-    // Why: ensure the global IPC listener for pty:data/pty:exit events is
-    // active before any spawn calls. This guarantees that data emitted
-    // immediately after spawn (before registerEagerPtyBuffer runs) is at
-    // least delivered to the dispatcher — and since registerEagerPtyBuffer
-    // runs synchronously in the microtask continuation after await spawn(),
-    // the handler will be in place before any macrotask-queued data arrives.
+    // Why: instead of eagerly spawning PTYs at default 80×24 (which fills
+    // eager buffers with content at wrong dimensions that gets garbled on
+    // flush), we defer the actual daemon createOrAttach call to connectPanePty
+    // where fitAddon provides real dims.
+    //
+    // This loop just records the daemon session IDs each leaf/tab needs so
+    // connectPanePty can pass them as sessionId to pty.spawn at mount time.
+    // The layout's ptyIdsByLeafId (preserved from shutdown) already has per-leaf
+    // mappings. For single-pane tabs without leaf mappings, store the tab-level
+    // ptyId as a sentinel so connectPanePty knows to reattach.
     ensurePtyDispatcher()
 
     for (const worktreeId of ids) {
-      if (signal?.aborted) {
-        // StrictMode unmount — kill any PTYs we already spawned and bail.
-        await Promise.allSettled(spawnedPtyIds.map((id) => window.api.pty.kill(id)))
-        return
-      }
-
-      const worktree = worktreeMap.get(worktreeId)
-      if (!worktree) {
-        continue
-      }
-
       const tabs = tabsByWorktree[worktreeId] ?? []
-      // Why: pendingReconnectTabByWorktree was computed during hydration from
-      // the raw session data (before ptyIds were cleared). It tells us exactly
-      // which tabs had live PTYs in each worktree, so we reconnect all of them
-      // rather than just one arbitrary tab.
+      const worktree = Object.values(get().worktreesByRepo)
+        .flat()
+        .find((entry) => entry.id === worktreeId)
+      const repo = worktree ? get().repos.find((entry) => entry.id === worktree.repoId) : null
+      const supportsDeferredReattach = !repo?.connectionId
       const targetTabIds = pendingReconnectTabByWorktree[worktreeId] ?? []
       const tabsToReconnect: TerminalTab[] =
         targetTabIds.length > 0
           ? targetTabIds
               .map((id) => tabs.find((t) => t.id === id))
               .filter((t): t is TerminalTab => t != null)
-          : tabs.slice(0, 1) // fallback: first tab only
+          : tabs.slice(0, 1)
       if (tabsToReconnect.length === 0) {
         continue
       }
 
       for (const tab of tabsToReconnect) {
-        if (signal?.aborted) {
-          await Promise.allSettled(spawnedPtyIds.map((id) => window.api.pty.kill(id)))
-          return
-        }
+        const tabId = tab.id
+        const layout = terminalLayoutsByTabId[tabId]
+        const leafPtyMap = layout?.ptyIdsByLeafId ?? {}
+        const tabLevelPtyId = pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId[tabId]
+        const hasLeafMappings = Object.keys(leafPtyMap).length > 0
 
-        try {
-          const { id: ptyId } = await window.api.pty.spawn({
-            cols: 80,
-            rows: 24,
-            cwd: worktree.path,
-            worktreeId
-          })
-          spawnedPtyIds.push(ptyId)
-
-          if (signal?.aborted) {
-            await window.api.pty.kill(ptyId)
-            await Promise.allSettled(
-              spawnedPtyIds.filter((id) => id !== ptyId).map((id) => window.api.pty.kill(id))
-            )
-            return
-          }
-
-          const tabId = tab.id
-          // Why: re-check that the tab/worktree still exist after the async
-          // spawn. If the user deleted the worktree during the spawn round-
-          // trip, kill the orphan PTY immediately instead of registering it.
-          const currentTabs = get().tabsByWorktree[worktreeId]
-          if (!currentTabs?.some((t) => t.id === tabId)) {
-            void window.api.pty.kill(ptyId)
-            continue
-          }
-
-          // Why: register exit handler so that if the shell dies before
-          // TerminalPane attaches, the tab's ptyId is cleared and
-          // connectPanePty falls through to the normal connect() path.
-          registerEagerPtyBuffer(ptyId, (_exitedPtyId, _code) => {
-            get().clearTabPtyId(tabId, _exitedPtyId)
-          })
-
-          // Why: set ptyId directly instead of using updateTabPtyId to avoid
-          // bumpWorktreeActivity which would overwrite every reconnected
-          // worktree's lastActivityAt with the restart timestamp, destroying
-          // the relative recency sort order.
+        // Why: restore ptyId on the tab so getWorktreeStatus() sees it as
+        // active (green dot) even before the terminal pane mounts. For
+        // single-pane tabs the tab-level ptyId doubles as the daemon
+        // session ID. For split-pane tabs the layout's ptyIdsByLeafId
+        // carries per-leaf mappings; connectPanePty reads those via
+        // restoredPtyIdByLeafId, but the tab still needs a ptyId for
+        // status and orphan detection.
+        if (supportsDeferredReattach && tabLevelPtyId) {
           set((s) => {
             const next = { ...s.tabsByWorktree }
             if (!next[worktreeId]) {
               return {}
             }
-            next[worktreeId] = next[worktreeId].map((t) => (t.id === tabId ? { ...t, ptyId } : t))
+            next[worktreeId] = next[worktreeId].map((t) =>
+              t.id === tabId ? { ...t, ptyId: tabLevelPtyId } : t
+            )
+
+            // Why: populate ptyIdsByTabId so the sessions status segment
+            // can map daemon session IDs back to tabs (for bound/orphan
+            // detection and click-to-navigate). Without this, all sessions
+            // appear as orphans until the terminal pane mounts.
+            const allPtyIds = hasLeafMappings
+              ? (Object.values(leafPtyMap).filter(Boolean) as string[])
+              : [tabLevelPtyId]
             return {
               tabsByWorktree: next,
               ptyIdsByTabId: {
                 ...s.ptyIdsByTabId,
-                [tabId]: [...(s.ptyIdsByTabId[tabId] ?? []), ptyId]
+                [tabId]: allPtyIds
               }
             }
           })
-        } catch {
-          // PTY spawn failure — this tab stays inactive, same as today.
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1173,7 +1229,8 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
     set({
       workspaceSessionReady: true,
       pendingReconnectWorktreeIds: [],
-      pendingReconnectTabByWorktree: {}
+      pendingReconnectTabByWorktree: {},
+      pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId: {}
     })
   }
 })

src/shared/constants.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_WORKTREE_CARD_PROPERTIES: WorktreeCardProperty[] = [
   'comment'
 ]
 
-export const DEFAULT_STATUS_BAR_ITEMS: StatusBarItem[] = ['claude', 'codex', 'ssh']
+export const DEFAULT_STATUS_BAR_ITEMS: StatusBarItem[] = ['claude', 'codex', 'ssh', 'sessions']
 
 export const REPO_COLORS = [
   '#737373', // neutral

src/shared/types.ts

@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ export type OpenCodeStatusEvent = {
 
 export type WorktreeCardProperty = 'status' | 'unread' | 'ci' | 'issue' | 'pr' | 'comment'
 
-export type StatusBarItem = 'claude' | 'codex' | 'ssh'
+export type StatusBarItem = 'claude' | 'codex' | 'ssh' | 'sessions'
 
 export type PersistedUIState = {
   lastActiveRepoId: string | null