fix(grooming): spawn the detected agent path so compaction works on Windows - #1403
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groomContext() resolved its spawn target as `sessionCustomPath ||
agent.command`. `agent.command` is the static bare name from
definitions.ts ('claude'), not a spawnable binary on Windows: npm installs
a `claude.cmd` shim under %APPDATA%\npm and there is no bare `claude` on
PATH, so every "Compact and Continue" and every automatic grooming pass
failed immediately with `spawn claude ENOENT`.
Resolve `sessionCustomPath || agent.path || agent.command` instead, which
is the convention every other spawn site already follows (tab naming,
group chat, cross-agent router, agents IPC). ChildProcessSpawner already
auto-enables `shell` for `.cmd`/`.bat` targets on Windows, so passing the
resolved shim path is sufficient. The `agent.command` fallback is kept for
environments where the detector never populated a path.
The existing tests missed this because the agent fixture set `command` to
an absolute path, which no real agent definition does. The fixture now
mirrors reality (bare `command`, detector-resolved `path`) and adds
coverage for the Windows `.cmd` shim and the no-path fallback.
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Greptile SummaryThis PR fixes Windows context grooming by preferring the detector-resolved agent executable path while preserving session-specific and bare-command fallbacks.
Confidence Score: 5/5The PR appears safe to merge, with focused command-precedence coverage for the Windows grooming regression. The detected executable path is now preferred consistently with existing spawn sites, while explicit session paths retain priority and the original bare command remains available as a fallback. Important Files Changed
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In `@src/main/utils/context-groomer.ts`:
- Around line 236-243: Update the context-grooming spawn flow around
resolvedCommand to use the shared SSH spawn wrapper with sessionSshRemoteConfig,
rather than calling ProcessManager.spawn directly. When remote execution is
enabled, require a resolvable remoteId and fail instead of falling back to local
execution; preserve local spawning only when SSH routing is not enabled.
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| // Prefer the absolute path the detector resolved over the static `command` | ||
| // field from the agent definition. `agent.command` is a bare name like | ||
| // `claude`, which is not spawnable on Windows: the npm install leaves a | ||
| // `claude.cmd` shim in %APPDATA%\npm and there is no bare `claude` on PATH, | ||
| // so spawn() fails with ENOENT. Every other spawn site already resolves | ||
| // `agent.path || agent.command`; the fallback keeps working on platforms | ||
| // where the bare command is already on PATH and `path` is unset. | ||
| const resolvedCommand = sessionCustomPath || agent.path || agent.command; |
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Route context grooming through SSH.
ProcessManager.spawn() ignores sessionSshRemoteConfig, so grooming always starts the locally resolved command. Use the shared SSH spawn wrapper and fail when an enabled remoteId cannot be resolved instead of running locally.
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In `@src/main/utils/context-groomer.ts` around lines 236 - 243, Update the
context-grooming spawn flow around resolvedCommand to use the shared SSH spawn
wrapper with sessionSshRemoteConfig, rather than calling ProcessManager.spawn
directly. When remote execution is enabled, require a resolvable remoteId and
fail instead of falling back to local execution; preserve local spawning only
when SSH routing is not enabled.
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Confirmed, this matches the root cause I found. Tested the repacked build with the agent.path || agent.command fix and Compact and Continue now spawns correctly on Windows. Thanks for turning it into a clean PR. |
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Closes #1402
Problem
Compact and Continueand automatic context grooming (autoGroomContexts: true) failed 100% of the time on Windows withFailed to spawn grooming process for claude-code/spawn claude ENOENT.groomContext()insrc/main/utils/context-groomer.tsresolved its spawn target as:agent.commandis the static field fromsrc/main/agents/definitions.ts- the literal string'claude', with no path and no extension. That is not a spawnable binary on Windows: the npm install leaves aclaude.cmdshim under%APPDATA%\npmand there is no bareclaudeon PATH, sospawn()throwsENOENTimmediately.This was the only spawn site in the codebase skipping the detector-resolved path. Every other one already uses
agent.path || agent.command:src/main/ipc/handlers/tabNaming.ts:184src/main/ipc/handlers/agents.ts:1474src/main/group-chat/group-chat-router.ts(several)src/main/group-chat/spawnGroupChatAgent.ts:112src/main/cross-agent/cross-agent-router.ts:235src/main/agents/detector.ts:344Credit to @pedro12u for the diagnosis and for validating the patch against a repacked build.
Fix
ChildProcessSpawneralready auto-enablesshellfor.cmd/.battargets on Windows (src/main/process-manager/spawners/ChildProcessSpawner.ts:278), so handing it the resolved shim path is all that was needed - no shell handling changes here. Theagent.commandfallback is preserved for environments where the detector never populated a path and the bare name is already on PATH.Tests
The existing suite missed this because the agent fixture set
command: '/usr/local/bin/claude', an absolute path no real agent definition ever has - soagent.commandlooked spawnable in tests. The fixture now mirrors reality (barecommand: 'claude'plus a detector-resolvedpath), and three cases cover the resolution order:agent.pathwhen nosessionCustomPathis setclaude.cmdshim rather than the bare command (the regression)agent.commandwhen the detector resolved no pathBoth new assertions fail against the pre-fix code (
expected 'claude' to be '...claude.cmd') and pass after. 27/27 incontext-groomer.test.ts;tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.node.jsonand eslint are clean.Note: this is a distinct code path and root cause from the Windows batch-file spawn issue previously fixed for tab naming.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
.cmdcommand shims correctly.Tests