fix(daemon): prevent runaway refinery session spawning (#586)

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Fixes #566

The daemon spawned 812 refinery sessions over 4 days because:

1. Zombie detection was too strict - used IsAgentRunning(session, "node")
   but Claude reports pane command as version number (e.g., "2.1.7"),
   causing healthy sessions to be killed and recreated every heartbeat.

2. daemon.json patrol config was completely ignored - the daemon never
   loaded or checked the enabled flags.

Changes:
- refinery/manager.go: Use IsClaudeRunning() instead of IsAgentRunning()
  for robust Claude detection (handles "node", "claude", version patterns)
- daemon/types.go: Add PatrolConfig types and LoadPatrolConfig() to read
  mayor/daemon.json
- daemon/daemon.go: Load patrol config at startup, check enabled flags
  before calling ensureRefineriesRunning/ensureWitnessesRunning, add
  diagnostic logging for "already running" cases

Tested: Verified over multiple heartbeats that refinery shows "already
running, skipping spawn" instead of spawning new sessions.

Co-authored-by: mayor <your-github-email@example.com>

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Walter McGivney

2026-01-16 18:35:39 -05:00

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