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fix(client): fix dev mode hanging on Windows #1051

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18 changes: 14 additions & 4 deletions client/bin/start.js
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Expand Up @@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ async function startDevServer(serverOptions) {
echoOutput: true,
};

// For Windows, we need to use stdin: 'ignore' to simulate < NUL
// For Windows, we need to ignore stdin to simulate < NUL
// spawn-rx's 'stdin' option expects an Observable, not 'ignore'
// Use Node's stdio option instead
if (isWindows) {
spawnOptions.stdin = "ignore";
spawnOptions.stdio = ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"];
}

const server = spawn(serverCommand, serverArgs, spawnOptions);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -140,13 +142,21 @@ async function startDevClient(clientOptions) {
const clientCommand = "npx";
const host = process.env.HOST || "localhost";
const clientArgs = ["vite", "--port", CLIENT_PORT, "--host", host];
const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";

const client = spawn(clientCommand, clientArgs, {
const spawnOptions = {
cwd: resolve(__dirname, ".."),
env: { ...process.env, CLIENT_PORT },
signal: abort.signal,
echoOutput: true,
});
};

// For Windows, we need to ignore stdin to prevent hanging
if (isWindows) {
spawnOptions.stdio = ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"];
}

const client = spawn(clientCommand, clientArgs, spawnOptions);

const url = getClientUrl(
CLIENT_PORT,
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