Root Cause: Konui Restart Broke Turn

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  "title": "Root Cause: Konui Restart Broke Turn",
  "description": "Confirmed that restarting konui mid-turn caused the missing kontask",
  "context": {
    "output": "<div style=\"background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;font-family:'Consolas','Monaco',monospace;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 16px 0;\">✓ Corrected Analysis</h2>\n\n<div style=\"background:rgba(239,68,68,0.1);border:1px solid #ef4444;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#ef4444;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">🔴 Root Cause: Konui Restart</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#e0e0e0;margin:0;\">Claude restarted konui at <code style=\"background:#374151;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:3px;\">01:54:42</code> as part of applying the fix. This broke the WebSocket connection, killing the turn before it could create its kontask.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#f59e0b;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">📋 What Happened</h3>\n<pre style=\"background:#1a1a1a;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;color:#e0e0e0;line-height:1.6;\">\n<span style=\"color:#9ca3af;\">01:54:29</span>  Edit applied to turn-playback.ts\n<span style=\"color:#9ca3af;\">01:54:35</span>  deno check passed\n<span style=\"color:#ef4444;\">01:54:42</span>  <span style=\"color:#ef4444;font-weight:bold;\">⚡ kon-restart-konui</span>  ← WebSocket dies here\n<span style=\"color:#9ca3af;\">01:54:50</span>  git commit (still running somehow)\n<span style=\"color:#9ca3af;\">01:55:00</span>  Summary text written (orphaned)\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#3b82f6;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">📚 Documented in CLAUDE.md</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#e0e0e0;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">This is a <strong>known limitation</strong> documented in the \"Service Restart Safety\" section:</p>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left:3px solid #c99542;padding-left:12px;margin:0;color:#9ca3af;font-style:italic;\">\n\"CRITICAL: Never restart services mid-turn when using the dashboard console. When working via the dashboard console (konui), Claude runs as a subprocess of konsole. Restarting konsole mid-turn will kill the Claude process, causing the turn to fail silently.\"</blockquote>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#a78bfa;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">🛡️ Safe Restart Protocol</h3>\n<ol style=\"color:#e0e0e0;margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<li>Complete all code changes</li>\n<li>Commit the changes</li>\n<li><strong>Create the kontask FIRST</strong></li>\n<li>Then restart the service (changes take effect on next spawn)</li>\n</ol>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:rgba(34,197,94,0.1);border:1px solid #22c55e;padding:12px 16px;border-radius:6px;\">\n<p style=\"color:#22c55e;margin:0;\"><strong>Note:</strong> The fix itself was successfully applied and committed. Only the kontask output was lost. The choice buttons now appear in turn playback pages.</p>\n</div>\n</div>",
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        "label": "View safe restart docs",
        "value": "Show me the Service Restart Safety section from CLAUDE.md",
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      {
        "label": "Add restart guard",
        "value": "Can we add a guard that warns or prevents restarts during active turns?"
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  "createdBy": "claude",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-10T02:04:37.160Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-10T02:04:41.053Z",
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