From 4b3fe8058abde7aa00227e66cc83d4a2702214d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sparsh <sparshprajapati2002@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 00:57:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): restart GitNexus server on macOS activate when
 all windows closed
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On macOS, if the backend process crashes while all windows are closed,
createWindow() on the next dock-click loaded the embedded UI against a
dead server — resulting in a silent blank page with no error dialog.

Call ensureGitNexusServerStarted() before createWindow() in the activate
handler so the server is restarted (or verified healthy) before the window
attempts to load content.
---
 gitnexus-desktop/src/main/main.ts | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitnexus-desktop/src/main/main.ts b/gitnexus-desktop/src/main/main.ts
index e0720aad5..7a6eb6f84 100644
--- a/gitnexus-desktop/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/gitnexus-desktop/src/main/main.ts
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ const spawnGitNexusServer = (): ChildProcess => {
     appendGitNexusServerOutput(getErrorMessage(error));
   });
 
+  childProcess.once('exit', () => {
+    serverReadyPromise = null;
+  });
+
   return childProcess;
 };
 
@@ -805,10 +809,12 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
 
   app.on('activate', () => {
     if (openWindows.size === 0) {
-      void createWindow().catch((error) => {
-        showStartupError(error);
-        exitStartupFailure();
-      });
+      void ensureGitNexusServerStarted()
+        .then(() => createWindow())
+        .catch((error) => {
+          showStartupError(error);
+          exitStartupFailure();
+        });
     }
   });
 });