fix(daemon): Kill zombie tmux sessions before recreating

The daemon was failing to restart agents when zombie tmux sessions existed
(session alive but Claude dead). Added EnsureSessionFresh() helper to
tmux package that:
- Checks if session exists
- If exists but Claude not running (zombie), kills the session
- Creates fresh session

Updated all daemon session creation points to use EnsureSessionFresh:
- ensureDeaconRunning()
- ensureWitnessRunning()
- restartPolecatSession()
- restartSession() in lifecycle.go

Added tests for the new helper function. (gt-j1i0r)

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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dag
2026-01-02 18:52:06 -08:00
committed by Steve Yegge
parent 883997e044
commit 9ad826cd8c
4 changed files with 137 additions and 4 deletions

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@@ -277,8 +277,9 @@ func (d *Daemon) ensureDeaconRunning() {
d.logger.Println("Deacon not running per agent bead, starting...")
// Create session in deacon directory (ensures correct CLAUDE.md is loaded)
// Use EnsureSessionFresh to handle zombie sessions that exist but have dead Claude
deaconDir := filepath.Join(d.config.TownRoot, "deacon")
if err := d.tmux.NewSession(DeaconSessionName, deaconDir); err != nil {
if err := d.tmux.EnsureSessionFresh(DeaconSessionName, deaconDir); err != nil {
d.logger.Printf("Error creating Deacon session: %v", err)
return
}
@@ -374,8 +375,9 @@ func (d *Daemon) ensureWitnessRunning(rigName string) {
d.logger.Printf("Witness for %s not running per agent bead, starting...", rigName)
// Create session in witness directory
// Use EnsureSessionFresh to handle zombie sessions that exist but have dead Claude
witnessDir := filepath.Join(d.config.TownRoot, rigName, "witness")
if err := d.tmux.NewSession(sessionName, witnessDir); err != nil {
if err := d.tmux.EnsureSessionFresh(sessionName, witnessDir); err != nil {
d.logger.Printf("Error creating witness session for %s: %v", rigName, err)
return
}
@@ -664,7 +666,8 @@ func (d *Daemon) restartPolecatSession(rigName, polecatName, sessionName string)
d.syncWorkspace(workDir)
// Create new tmux session
if err := d.tmux.NewSession(sessionName, workDir); err != nil {
// Use EnsureSessionFresh to handle zombie sessions that exist but have dead Claude
if err := d.tmux.EnsureSessionFresh(sessionName, workDir); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("creating session: %w", err)
}

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@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ func (d *Daemon) restartSession(sessionName, identity string) error {
}
// Create session
if err := d.tmux.NewSession(sessionName, workDir); err != nil {
// Use EnsureSessionFresh to handle zombie sessions that exist but have dead Claude
if err := d.tmux.EnsureSessionFresh(sessionName, workDir); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("creating session: %w", err)
}