process.py DOX

Purpose

• Own the process.py helper module.
• This module manages process reload, restart, exit, and server references.
• Keep this file-level DOX profile synchronized with process.py because this directory is intentionally flat.

Ownership

• process.py owns the runtime implementation.
• process.py.dox.md owns durable notes about responsibilities, contracts, side effects, and verification for that implementation.
• Top-level functions:
• set_server(server)
• get_server(server)
• stop_server()
• reload()
• restart_process()
• exit_process()

Runtime Contracts

• Helper modules own reusable framework APIs and must preserve public callers unless all callers, tests, and docs are updated together.
• Update this file whenever public functions, classes, persistence behavior, path/security assumptions, side effects, or cross-module contracts change.
• Observed side-effect areas: subprocess/runtime control.
• Imported dependency areas include: helpers, helpers.print_style, os, sys.

Key Concepts

• Important called helpers/classes observed in the source: stop_server, runtime.is_dockerized, PrintStyle.standard, os.execv, sys.exit, _server.shutdown, exit_process, restart_process.
• Keep request/response, tool, or helper semantics documented here at the same time as source changes.

Work Guidance

• Preserve public helper APIs used by core code and plugins unless every caller is updated.
• Keep path, auth, secret, persistence, network, and subprocess behavior explicit and bounded.
• Prefer adding cohesive helper functions here only when behavior is reused across modules.

Verification

• Run targeted tests for changed helper behavior; run security regressions for auth, filesystem, WebSocket, tunnel, upload, or secret-handling helpers.
• Related tests observed by source search:
  • tests/test_api_chat_lifetime.py
  • tests/test_browser_agent_regressions.py
  • tests/test_docker_release_plan.py
  • tests/test_document_query_plugin.py
  • tests/test_download_toast_regressions.py
  • tests/test_git_version_label.py
  • tests/test_image_get_security.py
  • tests/test_model_config_project_presets.py

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