feat: expose spawned lifecycle process

[zkochan]

Summary

• Add an onSpawn option that observes lifecycle child processes.
• Expose the child PID on the process facade so callers can track and terminate it.
• Keep observer failures and shell-emulated scripts deterministic.

This unblocks reliable recursive run cleanup on Windows in pnpm/pnpm, where external process-tree enumeration may be unavailable.

Verification

• pnpm exec standard
• pnpm test (three consecutive runs)

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added an optional onSpawn lifecycle callback to observe spawned child processes.
  • Exposed the process ID on spawned process objects.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved process completion handling to prevent duplicate error reporting.
  • Errors thrown by onSpawn now stop and properly report the associated process.

• Documentation

  • Documented the new onSpawn lifecycle option.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for spawn observation, callback failures, and shell emulator behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The lifecycle API adds an optional opts.onSpawn callback. The callback receives each spawned child process, whose wrapper now exposes pid. Observer errors terminate the process and are handled once. Shell emulation does not invoke the callback.

Changes

Lifecycle spawn observer

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Spawn callback and completion handling index.js, lib/spawn.js	runCmd_ invokes opts.onSpawn for spawned processes. Completion handling prevents duplicate procError calls. The spawn wrapper exposes pid.
Observer behavior validation and documentation test/index.js, README.md, test/fixtures/count-to-10/postinstall.js	Tests cover process properties, observer errors, and shell emulator behavior. The README documents opts.onSpawn. The fixture receives a trailing newline.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 24f60

When the spawn observer fails, lifecycle completion is reported before the spawned process is confirmed stopped, allowing queued work to start while the failed child may still be exiting. This can cause overlapping scripts and cleanup races, so the shutdown ordering should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant lifecycle
  participant runCmd_
  participant spawn
  participant ChildProcess
  lifecycle->>runCmd_: start lifecycle command
  runCmd_->>spawn: spawn command
  spawn->>ChildProcess: create process
  spawn-->>runCmd_: return process with pid
  runCmd_->>lifecycle: invoke onSpawn(process)
  ChildProcess-->>runCmd_: emit close
  runCmd_->>runCmd_: finalize completion once

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Poem

I hop through the spawn, where new processes rise
I watch their pids sparkle like stars in the skies
If observers throw errors, I tidy the trail
One finish is counted; no echoes prevail
Shells stay quiet, and tests mark the tale

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: exposing spawned lifecycle processes for observation and management. It is concise and directly related to the added onSpawn option and PID exposure.
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Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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PR Summary by Qodo

Expose spawned lifecycle processes through an onSpawn callback

✨ Enhancement 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 20-40 Minutes

AI Description

• Add an onSpawn observer for native lifecycle child processes.
• Expose child PIDs and reject deterministically when observers fail.
• Document and test native, failure, and shell-emulator behavior.

Diagram

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant Lifecycle
  participant Wrapper as Spawn wrapper
  participant Child as Child process
  Caller->>Lifecycle: lifecycle with onSpawn
  Lifecycle->>Wrapper: spawn script
  Wrapper->>Child: create process
  Child-->>Wrapper: pid and controls
  Wrapper-->>Lifecycle: process facade
  Lifecycle->>Caller: onSpawn facade
  alt Observer succeeds
    Child-->>Lifecycle: close event
    Lifecycle-->>Caller: resolve
  else Observer throws
    Lifecycle->>Child: kill process
    Lifecycle-->>Caller: reject once
  end

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High-Level Assessment

The callback-based approach is the best fit because it preserves the lifecycle promise's existing completion semantics while exposing the process immediately for cleanup. Returning the child directly would break the current async contract, and a separate event-emitter API would add unnecessary state and subscription complexity. Skipping the callback for shell-emulated execution is appropriate because that path does not create an equivalent OS child process.

Files changed (5) +70 / -1

Enhancement (2) +14 / -0

index.jsNotify callers when native lifecycle children spawn +13/-0

Notify callers when native lifecycle children spawn

• Invokes 'onSpawn' with the spawned process facade for native shell execution. Observer exceptions now fail the lifecycle run, terminate the child, and use a completion guard to prevent close/error races from settling twice.

index.js

spawn.jsExpose the raw child process PID +1/-0

Expose the raw child process PID

• Copies the underlying child PID onto the event-emitting process facade alongside streams and 'kill'.

lib/spawn.js

Tests (2) +55 / -1

postinstall.jsNormalize the lifecycle fixture newline +1/-1

Normalize the lifecycle fixture newline

• Adds the missing trailing newline to the postinstall fixture without changing its behavior.

test/fixtures/count-to-10/postinstall.js

index.jsCover spawn observation and failure semantics +54/-0

Cover spawn observation and failure semantics

• Verifies that native lifecycle runs report a PID-bearing, observable, killable process facade. Also verifies observer exceptions reject the run and shell-emulated scripts do not report a spawned child.

test/index.js

Documentation (1) +1 / -0

README.mdDocument the onSpawn lifecycle option +1/-0

Document the onSpawn lifecycle option

• Adds the optional spawn observer to the lifecycle API argument reference.

README.md

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In `@index.js`:
- Around line 314-319: Update the onSpawn error path around procError so it
stores the observer error, requests proc termination, and defers reporting it
until the child’s terminal close event. In the close-event handling, process the
stored error before the signal branch, ensuring the intentional termination is
not propagated and queued commands start only after the child exits.

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lib/spawn.js

[warning] Importing child_process exposes a command-execution surface; ensure any command/argument built from input is validated, and prefer execFile/spawn with an argument array over exec.
Context: import { spawn as _spawn } from 'child_process'
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(detect-child-process)

test/index.js

[warning] 99-99: Avoid require with non-literal values
Context: require(path.resolve(fixture, 'package.json'))
Note: [CWE-829] Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere (dynamic require).

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[warning] 118-118: Avoid require with non-literal values
Context: require(path.resolve(fixture, 'package.json'))
Note: [CWE-829] Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere (dynamic require).

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[warning] 135-135: Avoid require with non-literal values
Context: require(path.resolve(fixture, 'package.json'))
Note: [CWE-829] Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere (dynamic require).

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🔇 Additional comments (4)

lib/spawn.js (1)

58-58: LGTM!

test/index.js (1)

97-149: LGTM!

README.md (1)

47-47: LGTM!

test/fixtures/count-to-10/postinstall.js (1)

8-8: LGTM!