fix(server): wait for launchd bootout safely

[keithce]

Problem

On macOS 15, launchctl bootout --wait <service-target> exits with usage code 64 without stopping the launch agent. Install, update, restart, and uninstall can then continue with the old job still holding the label.

Fixes #11995.

Change

• use the supported launchctl bootout <service-target> form
• poll launchctl print <service-target> until launchd confirms the exact label is absent
• bound shutdown verification to the existing 120-second stop timeout
• treat only confirmed not-loaded / no-such-process responses as idempotent success
• fail closed on permission, domain, unexpected-output, and timeout failures
• update the focused boot-service tests for install, repair, update recovery, timeout, and uninstall behavior

Verification

• vp test run apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.test.ts — 46 passed
• vp run --filter t3 typecheck — passed (existing Effect suggestions only)
• vp lint apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.ts apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.test.ts --report-unused-disable-directives
• vp fmt apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.ts apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.test.ts
• regression sabotage: the focused suite fails against the pre-fix implementation and passes with this change

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved service shutdown reliability by confirming services are fully unloaded before continuing.
  • Prevented reactivation while a service is still finishing its shutdown.
  • Added safer handling for missing services or service domains during deactivation and removal.
  • Unexpected shutdown errors now stop the operation instead of being silently ignored.
  • Added timeout protection and clearer timeout reporting when a service remains active.
  • Ensured shutdown and deactivation honor a single overall timeout across all verification steps.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR changes the macOS service lifecycle by adding launchd state polling and fail-closed gates before bootstrap and uninstall, affecting several existing production workflows. The implementation introduces substantial timeout and process-draining orchestration, including an unresolved risk that shutdown can exceed the intended bound.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The boot service replaces launchctl bootout --wait with launchctl bootout and bounded launchctl print verification. It adds typed step handling, strict failures, timeout errors, and tests for absence confirmation, polling, unexpected errors, and missing domains.

Changes

Launchd bootout handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Bootout contract and step definitions apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.ts	Launchd bootout steps use a typed operation with expected not-loaded messages. Optional failure handling is removed.
Bootout execution and absence polling apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.ts	Bootout results are validated, then launchctl print is polled until the service is absent or the shared timeout is reached.
Fixture-driven bootout validation apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.test.ts	Tests cover fixture responses, call tracking, absence confirmation, polling, strict errors, shared timeout behavior, and missing-domain uninstall handling.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BootService
  participant ProcessRunner
  participant launchctl
  BootService->>ProcessRunner: Run launchctl bootout
  ProcessRunner->>launchctl: Boot out service target
  BootService->>ProcessRunner: Poll launchctl print
  ProcessRunner->>launchctl: Check service target
  launchctl-->>BootService: Return absence or loaded state

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1ea3e

The shutdown flow now waits for confirmed service absence before continuing, with bounded failure behavior for errors and timeouts. No unresolved merge-blocking issue is established.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy the coding requirements in [#11995]. The launchd stop and deactivate paths use supported launchctl bootout syntax without --wait. The implementation polls launchctl print for…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within [#11995]. Production changes modify launchd bootout handling and absence verification. Test changes cover the related command results, timeout behavior, and service flows. No u…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: safer waiting for launchd bootout completion.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the problem, implementation, expected behavior, linked issue, and verification results. It does not use the template headings or include the checklist, but the require…

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Inline comments:
In `@apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.ts`:
- Around line 721-726: Update both ProcessRunner calls used by runLaunchdBootout
to request a timed-out result via timeoutBehavior, then preserve the returned
timedOut value when constructing each BootServiceCommandError. Ensure both
error-mapping paths retain timeout status instead of wrapping timeouts as
generic failures.

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