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fix(launchd): tolerate bootout EIO for not-loaded agents on macOS #10965

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fix(launchd): tolerate bootout EIO for not-loaded agents on macOS
hsbt Jul 13, 2026
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fix(launchd): scope bootout EIO match to errno 5 exactly
hsbt Jul 15, 2026
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion src/system/launchd.rs
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Expand Up @@ -493,6 +493,9 @@ fn bootout_missing_error(error: &str) -> bool {
|| error.contains("could not find service")
|| error.contains("service is not loaded")
|| error.contains("not in domain")
// macOS (Darwin 27) returns EIO for `launchctl bootout` of a
// service that is not currently loaded, not "No such process".
|| error.contains("boot-out failed: 5")
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#[cfg(test)]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -712,8 +715,11 @@ mod tests {
assert!(bootout_missing_error(
"`launchctl bootout gui/501 foo` failed: Could not find specified service"
));
assert!(!bootout_missing_error(
assert!(bootout_missing_error(
"`launchctl bootout gui/501 foo` failed: Boot-out failed: 5: Input/output error"
));
assert!(!bootout_missing_error(
"`launchctl bootout gui/501 foo` failed: Boot-out failed: 1: Operation not permitted"
));
}
}