Fix Coder startup from the installer

Fix Coder startup from the installer

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pushed: by user · WAL seq 462 · 2026-08-26T19:48:59.442109Z

Changed files

modified priv/static/install.sh
modified test/openagents_web/install_script_test.exs

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2 files changed, +9 -6

coder_path="$BIN_DIR/coder"
[ "$os" = "windows" ] && coder_path="${coder_path}.exe"

# The installer usually runs from a pipe, so its standard input is exhausted
# when this point runs. Give Coder the terminal so the newly installed session
# can receive the reader's input.
exec "$coder_path" </dev/tty
# The installer usually runs from a pipe. Coder detects the controlling
# terminal and opens it for input itself; redirecting stdin here makes
# Crossterm fail to initialize its macOS input reader.
exec "$coder_path"

      assert script =~ ~s(OpenAgents v$version installed.)
      assert script =~ ~s(Loading Coder...)

      assert script =~ ~s(exec "$coder_path" </dev/tty),
             "the installer does not start Coder with terminal input"
      assert script =~ ~s(exec "$coder_path"),
             "the installer does not start Coder after installation"

      refute script =~ ~s(exec "$coder_path" </dev/tty),
             "redirecting stdin breaks Coder's macOS input reader"

      # The closing block used to carry a shadow warning, a PATH comparison and
      # a note about a different CLI. It was noise on a successful install.

388	388		`coder_path="$BIN_DIR/coder"`
389	389		`[ "$os" = "windows" ] && coder_path="${coder_path}.exe"`
390	390
391		-	`# The installer usually runs from a pipe, so its standard input is exhausted`
392		-	`# when this point runs. Give Coder the terminal so the newly installed session`
393		-	`# can receive the reader's input.`
394		-	`exec "$coder_path" </dev/tty`
	391	+	`# The installer usually runs from a pipe. Coder detects the controlling`
	392	+	`# terminal and opens it for input itself; redirecting stdin here makes`
	393	+	`# Crossterm fail to initialize its macOS input reader.`
	394	+	`exec "$coder_path"`

223	223		`assert script =~ ~s(OpenAgents v$version installed.)`
224	224		`assert script =~ ~s(Loading Coder...)`
225	225
226		-	`assert script =~ ~s(exec "$coder_path" </dev/tty),`
227		-	`"the installer does not start Coder with terminal input"`
	226	+	`assert script =~ ~s(exec "$coder_path"),`
	227	+	`"the installer does not start Coder after installation"`
	228	+
	229	+	`refute script =~ ~s(exec "$coder_path" </dev/tty),`
	230	+	`"redirecting stdin breaks Coder's macOS input reader"`
228	231
229	232		`# The closing block used to carry a shadow warning, a PATH comparison and`
230	233		`# a note about a different CLI. It was noise on a successful install.`