fix(cli): Use server-side start-by-id flow for starting processes

changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-08-29 - 4.4.1 - fix(cli)
+Use server-side start-by-id flow for starting processes
+
+- CLI: 'tspm start <id>' now calls a new 'startById' IPC method instead of fetching the full config via 'describe' and submitting it back to 'start'.
+- Daemon: Added server-side handler for 'startById' which resolves the stored process config and starts the process on the daemon.
+- Protocol: Added StartByIdRequest/StartByIdResponse types and registered 'startById' in the IPC method map.
+
 ## 2025-08-29 - 4.4.0 - feat(daemon)
 Persist desired process states and add daemon restart command
 

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@git.zone/tspm',
-  version: '4.4.0',
+  version: '4.4.1',
   description: 'a no fuzz process manager'
 }

ts/cli/commands/process/start.ts

@@ -17,14 +17,8 @@ export function registerStartCommand(smartcli: plugins.smartcli.Smartcli) {
         return;
       }
 
-      const desc = await tspmIpcClient.request('describe', { id }).catch(() => null);
+      console.log(`Starting process id ${id}...`);
-      if (!desc) {
+      const response = await tspmIpcClient.request('startById', { id });
-        console.error(`Process with id '${id}' not found. Use 'tspm add' first.`);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      console.log(`Starting process id ${id} (${desc.config.name || id})...`);
-      const response = await tspmIpcClient.request('start', { config: desc.config });
       console.log('✓ Process started');
       console.log(`  ID: ${response.processId}`);
       console.log(`  PID: ${response.pid || 'N/A'}`);

ts/cli/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as plugins from './plugins.js';
+import { tspmIpcClient } from '../client/tspm.ipcclient.js';
 import * as paths from '../paths.js';
 import { Logger, LogLevel } from '../shared/common/utils.errorhandler.js';
 
@@ -38,6 +39,22 @@ export const run = async (): Promise<void> => {
   }
 
   const smartcliInstance = new plugins.smartcli.Smartcli();
+  // Intercept -v/--version to show CLI and daemon versions
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+  if (args.includes('-v') || args.includes('--version')) {
+    const cliVersion = tspmProjectinfo.npm.version;
+    console.log(`tspm CLI: ${cliVersion}`);
+    const status = await tspmIpcClient.getDaemonStatus();
+    if (status) {
+      console.log(
+        `Daemon: running v${status.version || 'unknown'} (pid ${status.pid})`,
+      );
+    } else {
+      console.log('Daemon: not running');
+    }
+    return; // do not start parser
+  }
+  // Keep Smartcli version info for help output but not used for -v now
   smartcliInstance.addVersion(tspmProjectinfo.npm.version);
 
   // Register all commands

ts/daemon/tspm.daemon.ts

@@ -20,12 +20,20 @@ export class TspmDaemon {
   private socketPath: string;
   private heartbeatInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
   private daemonPidFile: string;
+  private version: string;
 
   constructor() {
     this.tspmInstance = new ProcessManager();
     this.socketPath = plugins.path.join(paths.tspmDir, 'tspm.sock');
     this.daemonPidFile = plugins.path.join(paths.tspmDir, 'daemon.pid');
     this.startTime = Date.now();
+    // Determine daemon version from package metadata
+    try {
+      const proj = new plugins.projectinfo.ProjectInfo(paths.packageDir);
+      this.version = proj.npm.version || 'unknown';
+    } catch {
+      this.version = 'unknown';
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -128,6 +136,29 @@ export class TspmDaemon {
       },
     );
 
+    // Start by id (resolve config on server)
+    this.ipcServer.onMessage(
+      'startById',
+      async (request: RequestForMethod<'startById'>) => {
+        try {
+          const config = this.tspmInstance.processConfigs.get(request.id);
+          if (!config) {
+            throw new Error(`Process ${request.id} not found`);
+          }
+          await this.tspmInstance.setDesiredState(request.id, 'online');
+          await this.tspmInstance.start(config);
+          const processInfo = this.tspmInstance.processInfo.get(request.id);
+          return {
+            processId: request.id,
+            pid: processInfo?.pid,
+            status: processInfo?.status || 'stopped',
+          };
+        } catch (error) {
+          throw new Error(`Failed to start process: ${error.message}`);
+        }
+      },
+    );
+
     this.ipcServer.onMessage(
       'stop',
       async (request: RequestForMethod<'stop'>) => {
@@ -321,6 +352,7 @@ export class TspmDaemon {
           processCount: this.tspmInstance.processes.size,
           memoryUsage: memUsage.heapUsed,
           cpuUsage: process.cpuUsage().user / 1000000, // Convert to seconds
+          version: this.version,
         };
       },
     );

ts/shared/protocol/ipc.types.ts

@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ export interface StartResponse {
   status: 'online' | 'stopped' | 'errored';
 }
 
+// Start by id (server resolves config)
+export interface StartByIdRequest {
+  id: string;
+}
+
+export interface StartByIdResponse {
+  processId: string;
+  pid?: number;
+  status: 'online' | 'stopped' | 'errored';
+}
+
 // Stop command
 export interface StopRequest {
   id: string;
@@ -191,6 +202,7 @@ export interface DaemonStatusResponse {
   processCount: number;
   memoryUsage?: number;
   cpuUsage?: number;
+  version?: string;
 }
 
 // Daemon shutdown command
@@ -238,6 +250,7 @@ export interface RemoveResponse {
 // Type mappings for methods
 export type IpcMethodMap = {
   start: { request: StartRequest; response: StartResponse };
+  startById: { request: StartByIdRequest; response: StartByIdResponse };
   stop: { request: StopRequest; response: StopResponse };
   restart: { request: RestartRequest; response: RestartResponse };
   delete: { request: DeleteRequest; response: DeleteResponse };