ticket-board /api/run: log real launch outcome from execFile callback (surface iTerm launch failures instead of optimistic success)

a57a664f2ef4d5bb256a929791b43fe502a195b3 · 2026-08-18 13:12:50 -0700 · Steve Abrams

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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M server.js

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commit a57a664f2ef4d5bb256a929791b43fe502a195b3
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 18 13:12:50 2026 -0700

    ticket-board /api/run: log real launch outcome from execFile callback (surface iTerm launch failures instead of optimistic success)
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 server.js | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index f72b1e92..84397dce 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -137,8 +137,13 @@ http.createServer((req, res) => {
         let cwd = os.homedir();
         const proj = t && t.project;
         if (proj && /^[a-z0-9._-]+$/i.test(proj)) { const p = path.join(os.homedir(), 'Projects', proj); if (fs.existsSync(p)) cwd = p; }
-        setTimeout(() => execFile('bash', [RUN_SH, id, cwd], { timeout: 25000 }, () => {}), i * 1300); // stagger ~1.3s
-        withLock(() => append({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), type: 'action', id, agent: 'board', text: '▶ RUN NOW — launched iTerm2 Claude session from the board' }));
+        setTimeout(() => execFile('bash', [RUN_SH, id, cwd], { timeout: 25000 }, (err) => {
+          // Log the REAL outcome from the launch callback — never an optimistic "launched" before the window opens.
+          // If osascript/iTerm fails (app quit, Automation permission denied), surface it on the board instead of a false success.
+          withLock(() => append({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), type: 'action', id, agent: 'board',
+            text: err ? ('⚠ RUN NOW failed to launch iTerm2 session — ' + String(err.message || err).split('\n')[0])
+                      : '▶ RUN NOW — launched iTerm2 Claude session from the board' }));
+        }), i * 1300); // stagger ~1.3s
         launched.push(id);
       });
       json(res, 200, { launched, skipped });

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