chore(release): 1.5.2

The previous skill assumed a happy-path environment and silently
broke on real installs. Hardened the flow:

- Always pass --@kuns:registry on every npm call, so the upgrade
  survives an unreadable user .npmrc (e.g. roaming HOME on a
  network share that npm can't access).
- Treat /health as the ground truth, not `claude-mailbox status`.
  Status only reflects the autostart wrapper and silently lies
  when the inner process crashed at boot.
- Capture state before changing anything (CLI version, autostart
  state, port, daemon /health version) so failures can roll back
  to "do nothing — old daemon keeps running".
- Detect the "daemon reachable but autostart NotInstalled" case
  (manual foreground serve) and refuse to swap binaries from
  under it.
- After restart, poll /health for up to 10s and verify the live
  daemon's version matches LATEST; on timeout, dump the platform-
  appropriate daemon log tail instead of just reporting "Stopped".
- Reorder: install first, then stop+start. Downtime is paid only
  after the new binary is verified on disk.

node/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@kuns/claude-mailbox",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@kuns/claude-mailbox",
-      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "version": "1.5.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.29.0",

node/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kuns/claude-mailbox",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.2",
   "description": "Standalone MCP mail server that lets parallel Claude sessions coordinate with each other.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

node/src/server.ts

@@ -156,10 +156,11 @@ export async function startServer(
 ): Promise<{ app: FastifyInstance; store: MailboxStore; sweepTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null }> {
   const store = new MailboxStore(cfg.dbPath);
   const app = await buildServer(cfg, store);
-  await app.listen({ host: cfg.bind, port: cfg.port });
-  const sweepTimer = startSweep(store, cfg, app.log);
+  const timerRef: { current: NodeJS.Timeout | null } = { current: null };
   app.addHook("onClose", async () => {
-    if (sweepTimer) clearInterval(sweepTimer);
+    if (timerRef.current) clearInterval(timerRef.current);
   });
-  return { app, store, sweepTimer };
+  await app.listen({ host: cfg.bind, port: cfg.port });
+  timerRef.current = startSweep(store, cfg, app.log);
+  return { app, store, sweepTimer: timerRef.current };
 }

plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claude-mailbox",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.2",
   "description": "Auto-checks the local Claude-Mailbox daemon before every prompt and after each subagent run, and injects pending messages into the conversation context.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Mika Kuns"

plugin/commands/mailbox-update.md

@@ -5,52 +5,106 @@ allowed-tools: Bash
 
 You are running the **Claude-Mailbox update** command. Update the `@kuns/claude-mailbox` npm package and restart the daemon. Never run `sudo` automatically — if elevation is needed, stop and ask.
 
-## Step 1 — current version
+Throughout, treat the **daemon's `/health` endpoint** as the ground truth for "is the daemon running and on what version", not `claude-mailbox status` (which only reflects the autostart wrapper). Always use the registry override flag `--@kuns:registry=https://git.kuns.dev/api/packages/releases/npm/` on every `npm` call, so the upgrade works even when the user's `.npmrc` is unreachable (e.g. roaming `$HOME` on a network share).
 
-Run: `claude-mailbox --version`
+## Step 1 — current state (must run before anything is changed)
 
-- Exit 0 → record the version string as `CURRENT`.
-- Non-zero → tell the user the daemon binary is not installed yet. Suggest `/claude-mailbox:mailbox-doctor` to do a full setup and stop.
+Run, in order, and remember each result:
+
+1. `claude-mailbox --version`
+   - Exit 0 → `CURRENT_CLI = <stdout trimmed>`.
+   - Non-zero → stop. The binary isn't installed; suggest `/claude-mailbox:mailbox-doctor` and exit.
+2. `claude-mailbox status`
+   - Record as `AUTOSTART_STATE ∈ { Running, Stopped, NotInstalled }`.
+3. Read the configured port. Try `~/.claude-mailbox/mailbox.json`; if absent or no `port` field, use **37849**. Call this `PORT`.
+4. Probe `curl -sf -m 2 http://127.0.0.1:$PORT/health`.
+   - On success, parse JSON → `CURRENT_HEALTH_VERSION = .version`. Set `DAEMON_REACHABLE = true`.
+   - On failure → `CURRENT_HEALTH_VERSION = null`, `DAEMON_REACHABLE = false`.
+
+Note any inconsistencies (e.g. `AUTOSTART_STATE = NotInstalled` but `DAEMON_REACHABLE = true` means a manually-started foreground daemon) — they affect Step 5.
 
 ## Step 2 — latest published version
 
-Run: `npm view @kuns/claude-mailbox version`
+Run: `npm view --@kuns:registry=https://git.kuns.dev/api/packages/releases/npm/ @kuns/claude-mailbox version`
 
-If the npm registry config is missing, the call may fail with a 404. Fall back to:
+If that fails for any reason (network, registry), fall back to:
 
 ```
 npm view --registry=https://git.kuns.dev/api/packages/releases/npm/ @kuns/claude-mailbox version
 ```
 
-Record the result as `LATEST`.
+Record the result as `LATEST`. If both calls fail, stop and report the network/registry error.
 
 ## Step 3 — compare
 
-- If `CURRENT === LATEST`: print "Already up to date (vX.Y.Z)." and stop. Do not run any further steps.
-- Otherwise: tell the user `CURRENT` → `LATEST` and ask for confirmation before proceeding.
+- `CURRENT_CLI === LATEST` AND `CURRENT_HEALTH_VERSION === LATEST` (or `DAEMON_REACHABLE = false`) → print "Already up to date (vLATEST)." and stop.
+- `CURRENT_CLI === LATEST` but `CURRENT_HEALTH_VERSION !== LATEST` → the CLI is fresh but the running daemon is the old binary. Tell the user "Binary already at LATEST but the running daemon is still v$CURRENT_HEALTH_VERSION — restart needed." Then jump to Step 5 (no npm install).
+- Otherwise → tell the user `CURRENT_CLI` → `LATEST` and ask for confirmation before proceeding.
 
-## Step 4 — perform the update
+Also warn before confirmation if `AUTOSTART_STATE = NotInstalled` AND `DAEMON_REACHABLE = false`:
 
-On user confirmation, run these in order. Stop on the first failure and report it:
+> Heads-up: autostart is not installed and no daemon is reachable on port $PORT. After the upgrade I can install the new binary, but I won't be able to start the daemon automatically — you'd need `/claude-mailbox:mailbox-doctor` to wire up autostart, or run `claude-mailbox serve` manually. Proceed anyway?
 
-1. `claude-mailbox stop`
-2. `npm install -g @kuns/claude-mailbox@latest`
-   - On Linux/macOS this may fail with EACCES. **Do not run sudo automatically.** Ask the user how they want to proceed (e.g., `sudo npm install -g …`, or switch to a user-scoped Node setup with nvm/fnm).
-3. `claude-mailbox start`
-4. `claude-mailbox --version` to verify the upgrade landed.
-5. `claude-mailbox status` to verify the daemon is `Running`.
+## Step 4 — install the new package
 
-## Step 5 — summary
+On user confirmation:
+
+```
+npm install -g @kuns/claude-mailbox@latest --@kuns:registry=https://git.kuns.dev/api/packages/releases/npm/
+```
+
+- The scope override is mandatory — do not omit it, even if `npm config get @kuns:registry` looks right. It costs nothing and protects against unreachable user-level `.npmrc`.
+- On Linux/macOS the install may fail with EACCES. **Do not run sudo automatically.** Stop and ask how the user wants to proceed (e.g. `sudo`, switch to nvm/fnm).
+- On any other failure, stop and report. Do **not** touch the daemon — leaving the old daemon running is the safe rollback.
+
+After install, run `claude-mailbox --version` and confirm it now reports `LATEST`. If not (PATH shadowing, stale `which`), stop and report — the daemon is still on the old version, which is fine to keep running.
+
+## Step 5 — restart the daemon
+
+Now swap the daemon over to the new binary.
+
+1. Stop the existing daemon if anything is running:
+   - If `AUTOSTART_STATE = Running` → `claude-mailbox stop` and wait up to 5s for `/health` on `PORT` to start failing (poll once per second).
+   - If `DAEMON_REACHABLE = true` but `AUTOSTART_STATE = NotInstalled` → a foreground/manual daemon is running. Tell the user:
+     > A daemon is reachable on port $PORT but autostart is not installed, so I can't stop it. Stop the manual `claude-mailbox serve` process yourself, then re-run this command to finish the restart.
+     Then stop here.
+   - Otherwise nothing to stop.
+2. Start the daemon, picking the path that matches `AUTOSTART_STATE`:
+   - `Running` or `Stopped` (i.e. autostart is installed) → `claude-mailbox start`.
+   - `NotInstalled` → skip the start. After the loop below times out, tell the user to run `/claude-mailbox:mailbox-doctor` to install autostart, then exit.
+3. Poll `curl -sf -m 1 http://127.0.0.1:$PORT/health` up to **10 times with 1s sleeps**. Stop polling as soon as one returns JSON with `"status":"ok"`.
+4. Outcome:
+   - Health came up AND `version === LATEST` → ✓ proceed to Step 6.
+   - Health came up but `version !== LATEST` → the wrapper started an *old* binary somewhere on PATH. Dump `which claude-mailbox` / `where claude-mailbox` and stop with that info.
+   - Health did not come up → dump the most recent daemon log to help diagnose. Try, in order, the first one that exists:
+     - Windows Scheduled Task / fallback: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeMailbox\logs\daemon.log` (tail the last 40 lines)
+     - Windows Service variant: `Get-WinEvent -ProviderName ClaudeMailbox -MaxEvents 20` via `powershell -NoProfile -Command "..."`
+     - macOS launchd: `~/Library/Logs/ClaudeMailbox/daemon.log` (last 40 lines)
+     - Linux systemd-user: `journalctl --user -u claude-mailbox -n 40 --no-pager`
+     If none exist or all are empty, just say "No daemon logs found; try `claude-mailbox serve` in a terminal to see the error directly."
+     Stop with that diagnostic; do not pretend the update succeeded.
+
+## Step 6 — summary
 
 Print exactly this block:
 
 ```
 Claude-Mailbox update
-  previous version: <CURRENT>
-  new version:      <whatever --version now reports>
-  daemon:           Running | Stopped | NotInstalled
-  pending messages survived: <count of messages still in inbox via `claude-mailbox list`, if applicable>
+  previous version: <CURRENT_CLI>
+  new version:      <claude-mailbox --version output>
+  daemon health:    ok (v<version from /health>) | unreachable
+  daemon autostart: Running | Stopped | NotInstalled
+  pending messages: <total pending across all mailboxes — sum of pendingForYou from `claude-mailbox list`>
 ```
 
-If the new version matches `LATEST` and daemon is `Running`, end with: "Update complete."
-Otherwise, end with the first thing that went wrong.
+End with one of:
+
+- New CLI version matches `LATEST` AND `/health` returns `version === LATEST` → **"Update complete."**
+- Anything else → **"Update incomplete: <the first concrete failure from Step 4 or 5>."**
+
+## Operating notes
+
+- **Always use the scope override flag** (`--@kuns:registry=...`) on every npm call. The user's `.npmrc` may be on a network drive that npm can't read.
+- **Never rely on `claude-mailbox status` alone** to decide "the daemon is fine". Always cross-check with a `/health` probe — the status command only reflects whether the autostart task is in a Running state and doesn't notice if the process inside crashed at boot.
+- **Never run `npm install` without first locking in the current state.** If the install fails, the safe rollback is to do nothing — the old daemon is still running.
+- **Never `claude-mailbox stop` before the install succeeds.** Downtime is paid only after we know the new binary is on disk.