From fbf494a3e35ffbf34a5725b5bc72256d3a0b95fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cbsincool <cbsincool@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 11:42:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Windows compatibility for _is_pid_alive in communication
 gateway

- Use Windows API (OpenProcess/GetExitCodeProcess) on Windows platform
- Fall back to os.kill(pid, 0) on Unix-like systems
- Fixes #90

The os.kill(pid, 0) approach fails on Windows with OSError [WinError 87],
preventing the communication gateway from starting on Windows.
---
 openspace/communication/gateway_runtime.py | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/openspace/communication/gateway_runtime.py b/openspace/communication/gateway_runtime.py
index cbcdbc4..60c92cb 100644
--- a/openspace/communication/gateway_runtime.py
+++ b/openspace/communication/gateway_runtime.py
@@ -36,7 +36,23 @@ def _is_pid_alive(pid: int) -> bool:
     if pid <= 0:
         return False
     try:
-        os.kill(pid, 0)
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            import ctypes
+            kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32
+            PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION = 0x1000
+            STILL_ACTIVE = 259
+            handle = kernel32.OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, False, pid)
+            if not handle:
+                return False
+            try:
+                exit_code = ctypes.c_ulong()
+                if kernel32.GetExitCodeProcess(handle, ctypes.byref(exit_code)):
+                    return exit_code.value == STILL_ACTIVE
+                return False
+            finally:
+                kernel32.CloseHandle(handle)
+        else:
+            os.kill(pid, 0)
     except ProcessLookupError:
         return False
     except PermissionError: