fix(cli): diagnose native service plans in manager context

.changeset/doctor-native-service-context.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jmfederico/pi-web": patch
+---
+
+Validate install and doctor service requirements in the real systemd or launchd manager context before changing native services, with plan-specific PATH guidance and safe probe cleanup. Thanks to @blain3white for the original report, reproduction, and diagnosis.

README.md

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ pi-web version
 pi-web uninstall
 ```
 
+`pi-web install` validates the exact production or development service plan inside the native user-service manager before changing config or replacing services. `pi-web doctor` repeats manager-context diagnostics, labels prospective production checks when an installed command strategy cannot be reconstructed, and keeps general shell/Pi/npm readiness separate from service-start requirements.
+
 For more install options, including one-line install, Pi package install, WSL/manual usage, and remote access, see the [installation guide](https://pi-web.dev/install).
 
 ## Core model

docs/faq.html

@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@
               <h2>Tools are failing, node is not found, or Pi cannot find commands</h2>
               <p>
                 The shell environment needs to be set up so login shells have the required PATH entries for PI WEB, Pi,
-                and any tools your agents need. PI WEB services run commands through a non-interactive login shell, so
+                and any tools your agents need. PI WEB services run commands through a non-interactive login shell owned
-                an interactive terminal can work while services fail.
+                by systemd or launchd, so an interactive terminal—or even a caller-invoked login shell—can work while the
+                native service fails.
               </p>
               <div class="code-card">
                 <div class="copy-row">
@@ -156,14 +157,17 @@
             <article id="doctor-fails" class="faq-item">
               <h2>What does <code>pi-web doctor</code> check?</h2>
               <p>
-                It checks whether the service shell and native service environment can find Node 22+, npm, Pi, and the Pi
+                It keeps two kinds of checks separate. General login-shell readiness covers Node 22+, npm, Pi, and optional
-                Web binaries. It also prints installed and running PI WEB versions when available, reports optional ripgrep
+                ripgrep. Native-service diagnostics validate only the exact prerequisites of the selected service plan in
-                availability for faster all-file <code>@</code>-mention suggestions, uses a bounded filesystem fallback when
+                the real systemd user-manager or launchd <code>gui/&lt;uid&gt;</code> context. Development installs follow their
-                ripgrep is unavailable, and reports user service lingering when relevant for server-style installs.
+                installed checkout plan; production checks are clearly labelled prospective when the installed executable
+                strategy cannot be reconstructed safely.
               </p>
               <p>
-                If something works in your terminal but fails in doctor, treat that as a login-shell PATH mismatch and
+                Missing plan requirements fail doctor and include login-file guidance. Manager, timeout, malformed-output,
-                move the setup earlier in your shell startup chain.
+                and cleanup failures are reported as probe infrastructure problems rather than being mislabeled as PATH
+                drift. On unsupported/manual-only platforms, native-service drift checks are skipped. Doctor also prints
+                installed and running PI WEB versions and reports systemd lingering when relevant.
               </p>
             </article>
 

docs/index.html

@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
 # laptop, phone, tablet — same live sessions
 
 <span class="prompt">$</span> pi-web doctor
-✓ login shell can find node >= 22
+✓ caller login shell can find node >= 22
-✓ native service shell can find pi
+✓ native-service plan requirements pass in manager context
 ✓ ready for persistent agent work</code></pre>
           </aside>
         </div>

docs/install.html

@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@
               </ul>
               <div class="callout warning">
                 <strong>Important PATH detail:</strong>
-                PI WEB services run through your login shell with <code>-lc</code>. Setup that only lives in interactive shell
+                PI WEB services run through a non-interactive login shell with <code>-lc</code>. Setup that only lives in
-                files or prompt hooks may not be visible to services. Run <code>pi-web doctor</code> after installing.
+                interactive shell files or prompt hooks may not be visible to the systemd or launchd manager. The installer
+                probes the exact candidate plan in that manager context before changing config or replacing services; run
+                <code>pi-web doctor</code> later to repeat plan-specific diagnostics.
               </div>
             </section>
 
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@
 <span class="prompt">$</span> pi-web doctor</code></pre>
               </div>
               <p>Then open <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8504">http://127.0.0.1:8504</a>.</p>
+              <p>If preflight fails, no config or existing services are changed. Follow the detected shell guidance: zsh services read <code>~/.zprofile</code>, not interactive-only <code>~/.zshrc</code>; bash uses <code>~/.bash_profile</code> or <code>~/.profile</code>.</p>
               <p>On Linux servers, also consider <code>sudo loginctl enable-linger "$USER"</code> so user services survive logout/reboot.</p>
             </section>
 

src/cli.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { commandWithVersionCheck, isCliEntrypoint } from "./cli.js";
+import {
+  commandWithVersionCheck,
+  doctorExitCode,
+  isCliEntrypoint,
+  launchdRuntimeDetails,
+  serviceBackendForPlatform,
+} from "./cli.js";
 
 const originalShell = process.env["SHELL"];
 
@@ -33,6 +39,29 @@ describe("commandWithVersionCheck", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("native-service doctor CLI contracts", () => {
+  it("uses native services only on supported platforms", () => {
+    expect(serviceBackendForPlatform("linux")).toEqual({ kind: "systemd", label: "systemd user services" });
+    expect(serviceBackendForPlatform("darwin")).toEqual({ kind: "launchd", label: "LaunchAgents" });
+    expect(serviceBackendForPlatform("win32")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("fails doctor for general, native-plan, or node-pty failures", () => {
+    expect(doctorExitCode(true, true, true)).toBe(0);
+    expect(doctorExitCode(false, true, true)).toBe(1);
+    expect(doctorExitCode(true, false, true)).toBe(1);
+    expect(doctorExitCode(true, true, false)).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("surfaces launchd last exit code 127 in service status", () => {
+    expect(launchdRuntimeDetails("state = exited\nlast exit code = 127\n")).toEqual({
+      state: "exited",
+      detail: "exited (last exit code 127)",
+      pid: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("isCliEntrypoint", () => {
   it("matches direct execution paths", () => {
     expect(isCliEntrypoint("/tmp/pi-web-cli.js", "/tmp/pi-web-cli.js")).toBe(true);

src/cli.ts

@@ -21,8 +21,22 @@ import {
   type NativeServiceManagerRef,
   type NativeServicePlan,
   type NativeServiceShell,
+  type ProductionNativeServicePlanInput,
 } from "./nativeServices/servicePlan.js";
-import { createNativeServiceAuthoritativeProbe } from "./nativeServices/serviceProbe.js";
+import {
+  formatNativeServiceDoctorResult,
+  inferInstalledNativeServiceMode,
+  inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput,
+  inspectInstalledProductionServiceContext,
+  runNativeServiceDoctor,
+  type InstalledNativeServiceDefinition,
+  type NativeServiceDoctorReport,
+  type NativeServiceDoctorTarget,
+} from "./nativeServices/serviceDoctor.js";
+import {
+  createNativeServiceAuthoritativeProbe,
+  nativeServicePrerequisiteShellCheck,
+} from "./nativeServices/serviceProbe.js";
 import { renderLaunchdPlist, renderSystemdUnit } from "./nativeServices/serviceRendering.js";
 
 const PI_WEB_PACKAGE_NAME = "@jmfederico/pi-web";
@@ -47,16 +61,6 @@ interface ServiceRef extends NativeServiceManagerRef {
   id: ServiceId;
 }
 
-interface ServiceExecutable {
-  command: string;
-  checks: Check[];
-}
-
-interface ServiceExecutables {
-  sessiond: ServiceExecutable;
-  web: ServiceExecutable;
-}
-
 type ServiceHealth = "running" | "stopped" | "not-installed" | "unknown";
 
 interface ServiceRuntimeStatus {
@@ -89,12 +93,16 @@ function platformLabel(): string {
   return process.platform;
 }
 
-function currentServiceBackend(): ServiceBackend | undefined {
+export function serviceBackendForPlatform(platform: NodeJS.Platform): ServiceBackend | undefined {
-  if (process.platform === "linux") return { kind: "systemd", label: "systemd user services" };
+  if (platform === "linux") return { kind: "systemd", label: "systemd user services" };
-  if (process.platform === "darwin") return { kind: "launchd", label: "LaunchAgents" };
+  if (platform === "darwin") return { kind: "launchd", label: "LaunchAgents" };
   return undefined;
 }
 
+function currentServiceBackend(): ServiceBackend | undefined {
+  return serviceBackendForPlatform(process.platform);
+}
+
 function requireServiceBackend(command: string): ServiceBackend {
   const backend = currentServiceBackend();
   if (backend !== undefined) return backend;
@@ -240,56 +248,6 @@ function serviceShellQuote(value: string): string {
   return detectServiceShell().name === "fish" ? fishSingleQuote(value) : shellSingleQuote(value);
 }
 
-function checkSucceeds(command: string[]): boolean {
-  const [bin, ...args] = command;
-  return bin !== undefined && capture(bin, args).status === 0;
-}
-
-function serviceShellCanFindCommand(command: string, backend: ServiceBackend): boolean {
-  if (!checkSucceeds(serviceShellCommand(commandCheck(command)))) return false;
-  if (backend.kind === "systemd") return checkSucceeds(systemdUserServiceShellCommand(commandCheck(command)));
-  return true;
-}
-
-function readableFileCheck(path: string): string {
-  const quoted = serviceShellQuote(path);
-  return `test -r ${quoted} && printf '%s\\n' ${quoted}`;
-}
-
-function commandExecutable(command: string, backend: ServiceBackend): ServiceExecutable {
-  const shell = serviceShellLabel();
-  const checks: Check[] = [[`${shell} can find ${command}`, serviceShellCommand(commandCheck(command))]];
-  if (backend.kind === "systemd") {
-    checks.push([`systemd user ${shell} can find ${command}`, systemdUserServiceShellCommand(commandCheck(command))]);
-  }
-  return { command, checks };
-}
-
-function bundledExecutable(command: string, entrypointPath: string, backend: ServiceBackend): ServiceExecutable {
-  const shell = serviceShellLabel();
-  const check = readableFileCheck(entrypointPath);
-  const checks: Check[] = [[`${shell} can access bundled ${command} entrypoint`, serviceShellCommand(check)]];
-  if (backend.kind === "systemd") {
-    checks.push([`systemd user ${shell} can access bundled ${command} entrypoint`, systemdUserServiceShellCommand(check)]);
-  }
-  return { command: `node ${serviceShellQuote(entrypointPath)}`, checks };
-}
-
-function serviceExecutable(envName: "PI_WEB_SERVER_EXEC" | "PI_WEB_SESSIOND_EXEC", command: string, entrypointPath: string, backend: ServiceBackend): ServiceExecutable {
-  const configured = process.env[envName]?.trim();
-  if (configured !== undefined && configured !== "") return { command: configured, checks: [] };
-  if (serviceShellCanFindCommand(command, backend)) return commandExecutable(command, backend);
-  if (existsSync(entrypointPath)) return bundledExecutable(command, entrypointPath, backend);
-  return commandExecutable(command, backend);
-}
-
-function resolveServiceExecutables(backend: ServiceBackend): ServiceExecutables {
-  return {
-    sessiond: serviceExecutable("PI_WEB_SESSIOND_EXEC", "pi-web-sessiond", packageEntrypointPath("sessiond"), backend),
-    web: serviceExecutable("PI_WEB_SERVER_EXEC", "pi-web-server", packageEntrypointPath("server"), backend),
-  };
-}
-
 function describeServiceShell(): string {
   const shell = detectServiceShell();
   if (shell.source === "fallback") {
@@ -556,6 +514,16 @@ function parseLaunchdField(output: string, field: string): string | undefined {
   return match?.[1]?.trim();
 }
 
+export function launchdRuntimeDetails(output: string): { state: string; detail: string; pid: string | undefined } {
+  const state = parseLaunchdField(output, "state") ?? "unknown";
+  const pid = parseLaunchdField(output, "pid");
+  const lastExitCode = parseLaunchdField(output, "last exit code");
+  const detail = state === "running"
+    ? "running"
+    : lastExitCode === undefined ? state : `${state} (last exit code ${lastExitCode})`;
+  return { state, detail, pid };
+}
+
 function launchdRuntimeStatus(backend: ServiceBackend, ref: ServiceRef): ServiceRuntimeStatus {
   const target = launchdServiceTarget(ref);
   const filePath = serviceFilePath(backend, ref);
@@ -566,10 +534,9 @@ function launchdRuntimeStatus(backend: ServiceBackend, ref: ServiceRef): Service
     return makeServiceRuntimeStatus(ref, "stopped", firstOutputLine(result.stderr, result.stdout) ?? "not loaded", target, filePath);
   }
 
-  const state = parseLaunchdField(result.stdout, "state") ?? "unknown";
+  const details = launchdRuntimeDetails(result.stdout);
-  const pid = parseLaunchdField(result.stdout, "pid");
+  const health: ServiceHealth = details.state === "running" ? "running" : details.state === "unknown" ? "unknown" : "stopped";
-  const health: ServiceHealth = state === "running" ? "running" : state === "unknown" ? "unknown" : "stopped";
+  return makeServiceRuntimeStatus(ref, health, details.detail, target, filePath, details.pid);
-  return makeServiceRuntimeStatus(ref, health, state === "running" ? "running" : state, target, filePath, pid);
 }
 
 function runtimeStatus(backend: ServiceBackend, ref: ServiceRef): ServiceRuntimeStatus {
@@ -598,39 +565,20 @@ function printServiceStatusReport(backend: ServiceBackend): boolean {
   return statuses.every((status) => status.health === "running");
 }
 
-function backendAvailabilityChecks(backend: ServiceBackend): Check[] {
-  if (backend.kind === "systemd") return [["systemctl --user", ["systemctl", "--user", "--version"]]];
-  return [[`launchctl ${launchdDomain()}`, ["launchctl", "print", launchdDomain()]]];
-}
-
-function baseShellChecks(backend: ServiceBackend): Check[] {
-  const shell = serviceShellLabel();
-  const checks: Check[] = [[`${shell} can find node >= 22`, serviceShellCommand(nodeVersionCheck())]];
-  if (backend.kind === "systemd") checks.push([`systemd user ${shell} can find node >= 22`, systemdUserServiceShellCommand(nodeVersionCheck())]);
-  return checks;
-}
-
 function configuredServiceCommand(name: "PI_WEB_SERVER_EXEC" | "PI_WEB_SESSIOND_EXEC"): string | undefined {
   const value = process.env[name];
   return value === undefined || value.trim() === "" ? undefined : value;
 }
 
-function nativeServiceInstallCandidate(
+function productionNativeServicePlanInput(
-  options: InstallOptions,
   backend: ServiceBackend,
-  configPath: string,
+  shell: NativeServiceShell,
-  devRoot: string | undefined,
+  environment: Readonly<Record<string, string>>,
-): NativeServiceInstallCandidate {
+): ProductionNativeServicePlanInput {
-  const common = {
-    backend,
-    shell: detectServiceShell(),
-    environment: configEnvironment(options, configPath),
-  };
-  if (options.mode === "production") {
   return {
-      mode: "production",
+    backend,
-      input: {
+    shell,
-        ...common,
+    environment,
     executables: {
       sessiond: {
         configuredCommand: configuredServiceCommand("PI_WEB_SESSIOND_EXEC"),
@@ -643,7 +591,21 @@ function nativeServiceInstallCandidate(
         bundledEntrypointPath: packageEntrypointPath("server"),
       },
     },
-      },
+  };
+}
+
+function nativeServiceInstallCandidate(
+  options: InstallOptions,
+  backend: ServiceBackend,
+  configPath: string,
+  devRoot: string | undefined,
+): NativeServiceInstallCandidate {
+  const shell = detectServiceShell();
+  const environment = configEnvironment(options, configPath);
+  if (options.mode === "production") {
+    return {
+      mode: "production",
+      input: productionNativeServicePlanInput(backend, shell, environment),
     };
   }
 
@@ -651,7 +613,9 @@ function nativeServiceInstallCandidate(
   return {
     mode: "development",
     input: {
-      ...common,
+      backend,
+      shell,
+      environment,
       workingDirectory: root,
       packageJsonPath: join(root, "package.json"),
     },
@@ -787,18 +751,6 @@ function serviceShellLabel(): string {
   return `${detectServiceShell().name} -lc`;
 }
 
-function systemdUserServiceShellCommand(command: string, cwd?: string): string[] {
-  return [
-    "systemd-run",
-    "--user",
-    "--wait",
-    "--collect",
-    "--pipe",
-    "--quiet",
-    ...serviceShellCommand(command, cwd),
-  ];
-}
-
 function commandCheck(command: string): string {
   return `command -v ${command}`;
 }
@@ -818,29 +770,13 @@ function nodeVersionCheck(): string {
   ].join(" && ");
 }
 
-function doctorChecks(): Check[] {
+function generalDoctorChecks(): Check[] {
   const shell = serviceShellLabel();
-  const backend = currentServiceBackend();
-  if (backend === undefined) {
   return [
-      [`${shell} can find node >= 22`, serviceShellCommand(nodeVersionCheck())],
+    [`Caller login ${shell} can find node >= 22`, serviceShellCommand(nodeVersionCheck())],
-      [`${shell} can find npm`, serviceShellCommand(commandWithVersionCheck("npm"))],
+    [`Caller login ${shell} can find npm`, serviceShellCommand(commandWithVersionCheck("npm"))],
-      [`${shell} can find pi`, serviceShellCommand(commandWithVersionCheck("pi"))],
+    [`Caller login ${shell} can find pi`, serviceShellCommand(commandWithVersionCheck("pi"))],
   ];
-  }
-
-  const checks: Check[] = [
-    ...backendAvailabilityChecks(backend),
-    ...baseShellChecks(backend),
-    [`${shell} can find npm`, serviceShellCommand(commandWithVersionCheck("npm"))],
-    [`${shell} can find pi`, serviceShellCommand(commandWithVersionCheck("pi"))],
-  ];
-  const executables = resolveServiceExecutables(backend);
-  checks.push(...executables.web.checks, ...executables.sessiond.checks);
-  if (backend.kind === "systemd") {
-    checks.push([`systemd user ${shell} can find pi`, systemdUserServiceShellCommand(commandWithVersionCheck("pi"))]);
-  }
-  return checks;
 }
 
 function runChecks(checks: Check[]): boolean {
@@ -867,10 +803,7 @@ function printCheckOutput(output: string): void {
 
 function optionalDoctorChecks(): Check[] {
   const shell = serviceShellLabel();
-  const backend = currentServiceBackend();
+  return [[`Caller login ${shell} can find optional ripgrep (rg)`, serviceShellCommand(commandCheck("rg"))]];
-  const checks: Check[] = [[`${shell} can find optional ripgrep (rg)`, serviceShellCommand(commandCheck("rg"))]];
-  if (backend?.kind === "systemd") checks.push([`systemd user ${shell} can find optional ripgrep (rg)`, systemdUserServiceShellCommand(commandCheck("rg"))]);
-  return checks;
 }
 
 function printOptionalDoctorChecks(): void {
@@ -890,8 +823,115 @@ function printOptionalDoctorChecks(): void {
   }
 }
 
-function printPathSetupAdvice(): void {
+function installedServiceDefinitions(
-  const shell = detectServiceShell();
+  backend: ServiceBackend,
+  ids: readonly ServiceId[],
+): InstalledNativeServiceDefinition[] {
+  return ids.map((id) => ({
+    id,
+    contents: readFileSync(serviceFilePath(backend, serviceRefs[id]), "utf8"),
+  }));
+}
+
+function nativeServiceDoctorTarget(backend: ServiceBackend): NativeServiceDoctorTarget {
+  const ids = installedServiceIds(backend);
+  const mode = inferInstalledNativeServiceMode(ids);
+  if (mode === "ambiguous") {
+    return {
+      kind: "inspection-failure",
+      message: `installed service IDs do not identify one mode (${[...ids].join(", ") || "none"}).`,
+    };
+  }
+  if (mode === "none") {
+    return {
+      kind: "prospective-production",
+      input: productionNativeServicePlanInput(backend, detectServiceShell(), {}),
+      reason: "no installed service strategy is available",
+    };
+  }
+  const expectedIds = mode === "production"
+    ? productionNativeServiceIds
+    : (["sessiond", "uiDev"] as const);
+  const missingId = expectedIds.find((id) => !ids.has(id));
+  if (missingId !== undefined) {
+    return {
+      kind: "inspection-failure",
+      message: `installed ${mode} service set is incomplete; ${missingId} is missing.`,
+    };
+  }
+
+  let definitions: InstalledNativeServiceDefinition[];
+  try {
+    definitions = installedServiceDefinitions(
+      backend,
+      expectedIds,
+    );
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    return {
+      kind: "inspection-failure",
+      message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (mode === "development") {
+    const inspection = inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput(backend, definitions);
+    return inspection.ok
+      ? { kind: "installed-development", input: inspection.value }
+      : { kind: "inspection-failure", message: inspection.message };
+  }
+
+  const inspection = inspectInstalledProductionServiceContext(backend, definitions);
+  return inspection.ok
+    ? {
+        kind: "prospective-production",
+        input: productionNativeServicePlanInput(backend, inspection.value.shell, inspection.value.environment),
+        reason: "installed executable strategy is not recorded",
+      }
+    : { kind: "inspection-failure", message: inspection.message };
+}
+
+async function printNativeServiceDoctorChecks(backend: ServiceBackend): Promise<NativeServiceDoctorReport> {
+  const result = await runNativeServiceDoctor(nativeServiceDoctorTarget(backend), {
+    probe: createNativeServiceAuthoritativeProbe(),
+    fileExists: existsSync,
+  });
+  const report = formatNativeServiceDoctorResult(result);
+  for (const line of report.lines) console.log(line);
+  printCallerContextComparisons(report);
+  return report;
+}
+
+function printCallerContextComparisons(report: NativeServiceDoctorReport): void {
+  if (report.plan === null || report.failedPrerequisites.length === 0) return;
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  for (const prerequisite of report.failedPrerequisites) {
+    if (seen.has(prerequisite.id)) continue;
+    seen.add(prerequisite.id);
+    const service = report.plan.services.find((candidate) => candidate.prerequisites.some((item) => item.id === prerequisite.id));
+    const command = nativeServicePrerequisiteShellCheck(report.plan.shell.name, prerequisite);
+    const result = captureServiceShell(report.plan.shell, command, service?.workingDirectory ?? null);
+    console.log(
+      `  Caller-invoked ${report.plan.shell.name} -lc ${result.status === 0 ? "satisfies" : "also does not satisfy"} ${prerequisite.description}; the service-manager result is authoritative.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+function captureServiceShell(
+  shell: NativeServiceShell,
+  command: string,
+  workingDirectory: string | null,
+): { status: number; stdout: string; stderr: string } {
+  const fullCommand = workingDirectory === null
+    ? command
+    : `cd ${shellQuoteFor(shell.name, workingDirectory)} && ${command}`;
+  return capture("/usr/bin/env", [shell.executable, "-lc", fullCommand]);
+}
+
+function shellQuoteFor(shell: NativeServiceShell["name"], value: string): string {
+  return shell === "fish" ? fishSingleQuote(value) : shellSingleQuote(value);
+}
+
+function printPathSetupAdvice(shell: NativeServiceShell = detectServiceShell()): void {
   console.log("\nPATH setup advice:");
   if (shell.name === "bash") {
     console.log("  Detected bash. Put PATH setup for node/version managers/tools in ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile.");
@@ -906,21 +946,36 @@ function printPathSetupAdvice(): void {
   }
 }
 
+export function doctorExitCode(
+  generalReadinessOk: boolean,
+  nativeServicePlanOk: boolean,
+  nodePtySpawnHelperOk: boolean,
+): 0 | 1 {
+  return generalReadinessOk && nativeServicePlanOk && nodePtySpawnHelperOk ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
 async function doctor(): Promise<void> {
   const backend = currentServiceBackend();
   console.log(`Platform: ${platformLabel()}`);
   console.log(`Service backend: ${backend?.label ?? "manual run only"}`);
   console.log(`Service shell: ${describeServiceShell()}`);
   if (backend === undefined) {
-    console.log(`- Native user service checks skipped on ${platformLabel()}`);
+    console.log(`- Native user service plan checks skipped on ${platformLabel()}; no native-service drift is reported.`);
   }
   console.log("");
   await printPiWebVersionReport();
-  console.log("\nDoctor checks:");
+
-  const ok = runChecks(doctorChecks());
+  console.log("\nGeneral login-shell readiness (separate from native-service requirements):");
+  const generalReadinessOk = runChecks(generalDoctorChecks());
   printOptionalDoctorChecks();
   const nodePtySpawnHelperOk = printNodePtyDarwinSpawnHelperCheck();
 
+  let nativeServiceReport: NativeServiceDoctorReport | null = null;
+  if (backend !== undefined) {
+    console.log("\nNative service plan checks (service-manager context):");
+    nativeServiceReport = await printNativeServiceDoctorChecks(backend);
+  }
+
   if (supportsSystemdUserServices()) {
     const linger = isLingerEnabled();
     if (linger === true) {
@@ -938,17 +993,21 @@ async function doctor(): Promise<void> {
     console.log(`- systemd user lingering skipped on ${platformLabel()}`);
   }
 
-  if (!ok) {
+  const nativeServicePlanOk = nativeServiceReport?.ok ?? true;
-    console.log("\nIf a command works in your terminal but fails here, make sure your service shell login files set PATH the same way.");
+  const pathFailure = !generalReadinessOk || nativeServiceReport?.failureKind === "requirements";
-    if (backend?.kind === "systemd") console.log("If a bundled entrypoint is not accessible, reinstall or update the PI WEB package.");
+  if (pathFailure) {
-    printPathSetupAdvice();
+    console.log("\nIf a command works in your terminal but fails in the service-manager check, compare the caller and manager contexts above.");
+    const adviceShell = nativeServiceReport?.failureKind === "requirements" && nativeServiceReport.plan !== null
+      ? nativeServiceReport.plan.shell
+      : detectServiceShell();
+    printPathSetupAdvice(adviceShell);
   }
 
-  if (ok && backend === undefined) {
+  if (generalReadinessOk && backend === undefined) {
     console.log(`\n${manualRunAdvice()}`);
   }
 
-  if (!ok || !nodePtySpawnHelperOk) process.exitCode = 1;
+  if (doctorExitCode(generalReadinessOk, nativeServicePlanOk, nodePtySpawnHelperOk) !== 0) process.exitCode = 1;
 }
 
 function printNodePtyDarwinSpawnHelperCheck(): boolean {

src/nativeServices/serviceDoctor.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  formatNativeServiceDoctorResult,
+  inferInstalledNativeServiceMode,
+  inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput,
+  inspectInstalledProductionServiceContext,
+  runNativeServiceDoctor,
+  type InstalledNativeServiceDefinition,
+  type NativeServiceDoctorTarget,
+} from "./serviceDoctor.js";
+import {
+  createDevelopmentNativeServicePlan,
+  type NativeServiceAuthoritativeProbe,
+  type NativeServicePlan,
+  type ProductionNativeServicePlanInput,
+} from "./servicePlan.js";
+import { renderLaunchdPlist, renderSystemdUnit } from "./serviceRendering.js";
+
+const shell = {
+  name: "zsh",
+  executable: "/bin/zsh",
+  source: "detected",
+  detectedExecutable: "/bin/zsh",
+} as const;
+
+function productionInput(configured = false): ProductionNativeServicePlanInput {
+  return {
+    backend: { kind: "systemd", label: "systemd user services" },
+    shell,
+    environment: { PI_WEB_CONFIG: "/home/user/config.json" },
+    executables: {
+      sessiond: {
+        configuredCommand: configured ? "custom sessiond --flag" : undefined,
+        namedCommand: "pi-web-sessiond",
+        bundledEntrypointPath: "/package/sessiond.js",
+      },
+      web: {
+        configuredCommand: configured ? "custom web --flag" : undefined,
+        namedCommand: "pi-web-server",
+        bundledEntrypointPath: "/package/server.js",
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function probeWithStatus(status: "satisfied" | "unsatisfied"): NativeServiceAuthoritativeProbe {
+  return {
+    run: (request) => Promise.resolve({
+      kind: "completed",
+      outcomes: request.prerequisites.map((prerequisite) => ({
+        prerequisiteId: prerequisite.id,
+        status,
+        detail: status === "satisfied" ? null : `${prerequisite.id} missing in manager context`,
+      })),
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+function developmentPlan(kind: "systemd" | "launchd"): NativeServicePlan {
+  return createDevelopmentNativeServicePlan({
+    backend: { kind, label: kind },
+    shell,
+    environment: { PI_WEB_CONFIG: "/home/user/config & dev.json" },
+    workingDirectory: "/checkout with space",
+    packageJsonPath: "/checkout with space/package.json",
+  });
+}
+
+function renderedDefinitions(plan: NativeServicePlan): InstalledNativeServiceDefinition[] {
+  return plan.services.map((service) => ({
+    id: service.id,
+    contents: plan.backend.kind === "systemd"
+      ? renderSystemdUnit(plan, service)
+      : renderLaunchdPlist(plan, service, "/tmp/logs"),
+  }));
+}
+
+describe("installed native-service mode and definition inspection", () => {
+  it("infers production, development, absent, and ambiguous service sets", () => {
+    expect(inferInstalledNativeServiceMode(new Set())).toBe("none");
+    expect(inferInstalledNativeServiceMode(new Set(["sessiond", "web"]))).toBe("production");
+    expect(inferInstalledNativeServiceMode(new Set(["sessiond", "uiDev"]))).toBe("development");
+    expect(inferInstalledNativeServiceMode(new Set(["web", "uiDev"]))).toBe("ambiguous");
+    expect(inferInstalledNativeServiceMode(new Set(["sessiond"]))).toBe("ambiguous");
+  });
+
+  it.each(["systemd", "launchd"] as const)("reconstructs an exact installed development input from %s definitions", (kind) => {
+    const plan = developmentPlan(kind);
+    expect(inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput(plan.backend, renderedDefinitions(plan))).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      value: {
+        backend: plan.backend,
+        shell,
+        environment: { PI_WEB_CONFIG: "/home/user/config & dev.json" },
+        workingDirectory: "/checkout with space",
+        packageJsonPath: "/checkout with space/package.json",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("inspects legacy systemd definitions without /usr/bin/env or quoted working directories", () => {
+    const plan = developmentPlan("systemd");
+    const definitions = renderedDefinitions(plan).map((definition) => ({
+      ...definition,
+      contents: definition.contents
+        .replace("ExecStart=/usr/bin/env ", "ExecStart=")
+        .replace('WorkingDirectory="/checkout with space"', "WorkingDirectory=/checkout with space"),
+    }));
+
+    expect(inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput(plan.backend, definitions)).toMatchObject({
+      ok: true,
+      value: { workingDirectory: "/checkout with space" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a modified development command rather than claiming to check the installed plan", () => {
+    const plan = developmentPlan("systemd");
+    const definitions = renderedDefinitions(plan);
+    const firstDefinition = definitions[0];
+    if (firstDefinition === undefined) throw new Error("Expected a rendered service definition");
+    definitions[0] = {
+      ...firstDefinition,
+      contents: firstDefinition.contents.replace("exec npm run start:sessiond", "exec npm run something-else"),
+    };
+
+    const inspection = inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput(plan.backend, definitions);
+    expect(inspection.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (inspection.ok) throw new Error("Expected development inspection to fail");
+    expect(inspection.message).toContain("does not match the canonical development plan");
+  });
+
+  it("recovers production shell and environment while leaving executable strategy prospective", () => {
+    const plan = developmentPlan("launchd");
+    const firstService = plan.services[0];
+    if (firstService === undefined) throw new Error("Expected a development service");
+    const productionService = { ...firstService, workingDirectory: null };
+    const productionPlan: NativeServicePlan = { ...plan, mode: "production", services: [productionService] };
+    const productionLike = [{
+      id: "sessiond" as const,
+      contents: renderLaunchdPlist(productionPlan, productionService, "/tmp/logs"),
+    }];
+    expect(inspectInstalledProductionServiceContext(plan.backend, productionLike)).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      value: {
+        shell,
+        environment: { PI_WEB_CONFIG: "/home/user/config & dev.json" },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("native-service doctor planning and reporting", () => {
+  it("validates installed development requirements without production binary checks", async () => {
+    const plan = developmentPlan("launchd");
+    const inspected = inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput(plan.backend, renderedDefinitions(plan));
+    if (!inspected.ok) throw new Error(inspected.message);
+
+    const result = await runNativeServiceDoctor(
+      { kind: "installed-development", input: inspected.value },
+      { probe: probeWithStatus("satisfied"), fileExists: () => false },
+    );
+    const report = formatNativeServiceDoctorResult(result);
+
+    expect(report.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(report.lines).toContain("Installed development native-service plan:");
+    expect(report.plan?.services.flatMap((service) => service.prerequisites)).not.toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ command: "pi-web-server" })]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("labels a production check as prospective and reports manager-context requirements", async () => {
+    const target: NativeServiceDoctorTarget = {
+      kind: "prospective-production",
+      input: productionInput(),
+      reason: "installed executable strategy is not recorded",
+    };
+    const result = await runNativeServiceDoctor(target, {
+      probe: probeWithStatus("unsatisfied"),
+      fileExists: () => true,
+    });
+    const report = formatNativeServiceDoctorResult(result);
+
+    expect(report.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(report.failureKind).toBe("requirements");
+    expect(report.lines[0]).toContain("Prospective production native-service plan");
+    expect(report.lines.join("\n")).toContain("Native service requirement failed");
+    expect(report.failedPrerequisites).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
+      expect.objectContaining({ kind: "node-version" }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ kind: "readable-file" }),
+    ]));
+  });
+
+  it("preserves configured overrides as unverified and does not probe arbitrary commands", async () => {
+    let calls = 0;
+    const result = await runNativeServiceDoctor(
+      { kind: "prospective-production", input: productionInput(true), reason: "current configured overrides" },
+      {
+        probe: { run: () => { calls += 1; return Promise.resolve({ kind: "completed", outcomes: [] }); } },
+        fileExists: () => false,
+      },
+    );
+    const report = formatNativeServiceDoctorResult(result);
+
+    expect(calls).toBe(0);
+    expect(report.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(report.lines.join("\n")).toContain("does not execute arbitrary configured commands");
+  });
+
+  it.each(["manager", "timeout", "malformed-output", "cleanup"] as const)(
+    "distinguishes %s infrastructure failures from PATH requirement drift",
+    async (reason) => {
+      const result = await runNativeServiceDoctor(
+        { kind: "prospective-production", input: productionInput(), reason: "no installed services" },
+        {
+          probe: { run: () => Promise.resolve({ kind: "infrastructure-failure", reason, message: `${reason} failure` }) },
+          fileExists: () => true,
+        },
+      );
+      const report = formatNativeServiceDoctorResult(result);
+
+      expect(report.ok).toBe(false);
+      expect(report.failureKind).toBe("infrastructure");
+      expect(report.lines.join("\n")).toContain(`infrastructure failure (${reason})`);
+      expect(report.lines.join("\n")).toContain("not proof of a PATH mismatch");
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("makes mixed or malformed installed definitions a failing inspection result", async () => {
+    const result = await runNativeServiceDoctor(
+      { kind: "inspection-failure", message: "production and development service IDs are both installed" },
+      { probe: probeWithStatus("satisfied"), fileExists: () => true },
+    );
+    const report = formatNativeServiceDoctorResult(result);
+
+    expect(report).toMatchObject({ ok: false, failureKind: "inspection" });
+    expect(report.lines.join("\n")).toContain("could not be inspected");
+  });
+});

src/nativeServices/serviceDoctor.ts

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+import { basename, join } from "node:path";
+import {
+  createDevelopmentNativeServicePlan,
+  resolveProductionNativeServicePlan,
+  validateNativeServicePlan,
+  type DevelopmentNativeServicePlanInput,
+  type NativeServiceBackend,
+  type NativeServiceId,
+  type NativeServicePlan,
+  type NativeServicePlanDependencies,
+  type NativeServicePlanFailure,
+  type NativeServicePlanValidationFailure,
+  type NativeServicePrerequisite,
+  type NativeServiceShell,
+  type ProductionNativeServicePlanInput,
+} from "./servicePlan.js";
+
+export type InstalledNativeServiceMode = "none" | "production" | "development" | "ambiguous";
+
+export interface InstalledNativeServiceDefinition {
+  id: NativeServiceId;
+  contents: string;
+}
+
+export interface InstalledNativeServiceContext {
+  shell: NativeServiceShell;
+  environment: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
+}
+
+export type InstalledNativeServiceInspection<T> =
+  | { ok: true; value: T }
+  | { ok: false; message: string };
+
+export type NativeServiceDoctorTarget =
+  | {
+      kind: "installed-development";
+      input: DevelopmentNativeServicePlanInput;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "prospective-production";
+      input: ProductionNativeServicePlanInput;
+      reason: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "inspection-failure";
+      message: string;
+    };
+
+interface NativeServiceDoctorScope {
+  kind: "installed-development" | "prospective-production";
+  reason: string | null;
+}
+
+export type NativeServiceDoctorResult =
+  | {
+      kind: "inspection-failure";
+      message: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "plan-resolution-failure";
+      scope: NativeServiceDoctorScope;
+      failures: readonly NativeServicePlanFailure[];
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "plan-validation";
+      scope: NativeServiceDoctorScope;
+      plan: NativeServicePlan;
+      validation: { ok: true } | { ok: false; failures: readonly NativeServicePlanValidationFailure[] };
+    };
+
+export interface NativeServiceDoctorReport {
+  ok: boolean;
+  failureKind: "none" | "requirements" | "infrastructure" | "inspection";
+  lines: readonly string[];
+  plan: NativeServicePlan | null;
+  failedPrerequisites: readonly NativeServicePrerequisite[];
+}
+
+interface ParsedServiceDefinition {
+  id: NativeServiceId;
+  shell: NativeServiceShell;
+  environment: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
+  workingDirectory: string | null;
+  shellCommand: string;
+}
+
+export function inferInstalledNativeServiceMode(serviceIds: ReadonlySet<NativeServiceId>): InstalledNativeServiceMode {
+  if (serviceIds.size === 0) return "none";
+  const hasProductionWeb = serviceIds.has("web");
+  const hasDevelopmentUi = serviceIds.has("uiDev");
+  if (hasProductionWeb && !hasDevelopmentUi) return "production";
+  if (hasDevelopmentUi && !hasProductionWeb) return "development";
+  return "ambiguous";
+}
+
+export function inspectInstalledProductionServiceContext(
+  backend: NativeServiceBackend,
+  definitions: readonly InstalledNativeServiceDefinition[],
+): InstalledNativeServiceInspection<InstalledNativeServiceContext> {
+  const parsed = parseConsistentDefinitions(backend, definitions);
+  if (!parsed.ok) return parsed;
+  const withWorkingDirectory = parsed.value.find((definition) => definition.workingDirectory !== null);
+  if (withWorkingDirectory !== undefined) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      message: `Installed production service ${withWorkingDirectory.id} unexpectedly has working directory ${withWorkingDirectory.workingDirectory ?? ""}.`,
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    value: {
+      shell: parsed.value[0]?.shell ?? impossibleMissingDefinition(),
+      environment: parsed.value[0]?.environment ?? impossibleMissingDefinition(),
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export function inspectInstalledDevelopmentServiceInput(
+  backend: NativeServiceBackend,
+  definitions: readonly InstalledNativeServiceDefinition[],
+): InstalledNativeServiceInspection<DevelopmentNativeServicePlanInput> {
+  const parsed = parseConsistentDefinitions(backend, definitions);
+  if (!parsed.ok) return parsed;
+  const first = parsed.value[0] ?? impossibleMissingDefinition();
+  if (first.workingDirectory === null) {
+    return { ok: false, message: "Installed development services do not declare a working directory." };
+  }
+
+  const input: DevelopmentNativeServicePlanInput = {
+    backend,
+    shell: first.shell,
+    environment: first.environment,
+    workingDirectory: first.workingDirectory,
+    packageJsonPath: join(first.workingDirectory, "package.json"),
+  };
+  const expectedPlan = createDevelopmentNativeServicePlan(input);
+  for (const definition of parsed.value) {
+    const expected = expectedPlan.services.find((service) => service.id === definition.id);
+    if (expected?.shellCommand !== definition.shellCommand) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        message: `Installed ${definition.id} service command does not match the canonical development plan.`,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  return { ok: true, value: input };
+}
+
+export async function runNativeServiceDoctor(
+  target: NativeServiceDoctorTarget,
+  dependencies: NativeServicePlanDependencies,
+): Promise<NativeServiceDoctorResult> {
+  if (target.kind === "inspection-failure") return target;
+
+  const scope: NativeServiceDoctorScope = target.kind === "installed-development"
+    ? { kind: target.kind, reason: null }
+    : { kind: target.kind, reason: target.reason };
+  let plan: NativeServicePlan;
+  if (target.kind === "installed-development") {
+    plan = createDevelopmentNativeServicePlan(target.input);
+  } else {
+    const resolution = await resolveProductionNativeServicePlan(target.input, dependencies);
+    if (!resolution.ok) {
+      return { kind: "plan-resolution-failure", scope, failures: resolution.failures };
+    }
+    plan = resolution.plan;
+  }
+
+  const validation = await validateNativeServicePlan(plan, dependencies.probe);
+  return { kind: "plan-validation", scope, plan, validation };
+}
+
+export function formatNativeServiceDoctorResult(result: NativeServiceDoctorResult): NativeServiceDoctorReport {
+  if (result.kind === "inspection-failure") {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      failureKind: "inspection",
+      lines: [
+        `✗ Installed native-service plan could not be inspected: ${result.message}`,
+        "  Run `pi-web install` or `pi-web install --dev` to replace mixed, partial, or outdated service definitions.",
+      ],
+      plan: null,
+      failedPrerequisites: [],
+    };
+  }
+
+  const lines = [scopeHeading(result.scope)];
+  if (result.kind === "plan-resolution-failure") {
+    let infrastructure = false;
+    for (const failure of result.failures) {
+      if (failure.kind === "probe-infrastructure") {
+        infrastructure = true;
+        lines.push(`✗ Native service probe infrastructure failure (${failure.reason}): ${failure.message}`);
+      } else if (failure.kind === "entrypoint-inspection-failure") {
+        infrastructure = true;
+        lines.push(`✗ Could not inspect bundled ${failure.serviceId} entrypoint ${failure.entrypointPath}: ${failure.message}`);
+      } else {
+        lines.push(`✗ ${failure.namedCommand} is unavailable to the native service manager, and bundled entrypoint ${failure.bundledEntrypointPath} is missing.`);
+        if (failure.namedCommandFailure !== null) lines.push(`  ${failure.namedCommandFailure}`);
+      }
+    }
+    if (infrastructure) lines.push("  This infrastructure failure is not proof of a PATH mismatch.");
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      failureKind: infrastructure ? "infrastructure" : "requirements",
+      lines,
+      plan: null,
+      failedPrerequisites: [],
+    };
+  }
+
+  const configuredOverrides = result.plan.services.filter((service) => service.strategy.kind === "configured-override");
+  for (const service of configuredOverrides) {
+    lines.push(`! ${service.description} uses a configured command override; doctor does not execute arbitrary configured commands.`);
+  }
+  if (result.validation.ok) {
+    lines.push("✓ All verifiable native-service plan requirements are satisfied in the service-manager context.");
+    return { ok: true, failureKind: "none", lines, plan: result.plan, failedPrerequisites: [] };
+  }
+
+  const failedPrerequisites: NativeServicePrerequisite[] = [];
+  let infrastructure = false;
+  for (const failure of result.validation.failures) {
+    if (failure.kind === "probe-infrastructure") {
+      infrastructure = true;
+      lines.push(`✗ Native service probe infrastructure failure (${failure.reason}): ${failure.message}`);
+    } else {
+      failedPrerequisites.push(failure.prerequisite);
+      lines.push(`✗ Native service requirement failed: ${failure.prerequisite.description}`);
+      if (failure.detail !== null && failure.detail !== failure.prerequisite.description) lines.push(`  ${failure.detail}`);
+    }
+  }
+  if (infrastructure) lines.push("  This infrastructure failure is not proof of a PATH mismatch.");
+  return {
+    ok: false,
+    failureKind: infrastructure ? "infrastructure" : "requirements",
+    lines,
+    plan: result.plan,
+    failedPrerequisites,
+  };
+}
+
+function scopeHeading(scope: NativeServiceDoctorScope): string {
+  if (scope.kind === "installed-development") return "Installed development native-service plan:";
+  return `Prospective production native-service plan (${scope.reason ?? "installed strategy is unknown"}):`;
+}
+
+function parseConsistentDefinitions(
+  backend: NativeServiceBackend,
+  definitions: readonly InstalledNativeServiceDefinition[],
+): InstalledNativeServiceInspection<readonly ParsedServiceDefinition[]> {
+  if (definitions.length === 0) return { ok: false, message: "No installed service definitions were provided." };
+
+  const parsed: ParsedServiceDefinition[] = [];
+  for (const definition of definitions) {
+    const result = backend.kind === "systemd"
+      ? parseSystemdDefinition(definition)
+      : parseLaunchdDefinition(definition);
+    if (!result.ok) return result;
+    parsed.push(result.value);
+  }
+
+  const first = parsed[0] ?? impossibleMissingDefinition();
+  for (const definition of parsed.slice(1)) {
+    if (definition.shell.executable !== first.shell.executable) {
+      return { ok: false, message: "Installed service definitions use different login shells." };
+    }
+    if (!recordsEqual(definition.environment, first.environment)) {
+      return { ok: false, message: "Installed service definitions use different environments." };
+    }
+    if (definition.workingDirectory !== first.workingDirectory) {
+      return { ok: false, message: "Installed service definitions use different working directories." };
+    }
+  }
+  return { ok: true, value: parsed };
+}
+
+function parseSystemdDefinition(
+  definition: InstalledNativeServiceDefinition,
+): InstalledNativeServiceInspection<ParsedServiceDefinition> {
+  const execStart = /^ExecStart=(?:\/usr\/bin\/env )?(.+?) -lc (.+)$/mu.exec(definition.contents);
+  if (execStart?.[1] === undefined || execStart[2] === undefined) {
+    return { ok: false, message: `Installed ${definition.id} systemd unit has an unrecognized ExecStart.` };
+  }
+  const shell = installedShell(execStart[1]);
+  if (!shell.ok) return shell;
+  const shellCommand = parseShellQuotedValue(shell.value.name, execStart[2]);
+  if (shellCommand === undefined) {
+    return { ok: false, message: `Installed ${definition.id} systemd unit has an unrecognized shell command.` };
+  }
+
+  const environment: Record<string, string> = {};
+  for (const match of definition.contents.matchAll(/^Environment="((?:\\.|[^"])*)"$/gmu)) {
+    const assignment = systemdUnescape(match[1] ?? "");
+    const separator = assignment.indexOf("=");
+    if (separator <= 0) return { ok: false, message: `Installed ${definition.id} systemd unit has a malformed environment entry.` };
+    environment[assignment.slice(0, separator)] = assignment.slice(separator + 1);
+  }
+
+  const workingDirectoryMatch = /^WorkingDirectory=(.+)$/mu.exec(definition.contents);
+  const workingDirectory = workingDirectoryMatch?.[1] === undefined
+    ? null
+    : parseSystemdValue(workingDirectoryMatch[1]);
+  if (workingDirectoryMatch !== null && workingDirectory === undefined) {
+    return { ok: false, message: `Installed ${definition.id} systemd unit has a malformed working directory.` };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    value: { id: definition.id, shell: shell.value, environment, workingDirectory: workingDirectory ?? null, shellCommand },
+  };
+}
+
+function parseLaunchdDefinition(
+  definition: InstalledNativeServiceDefinition,
+): InstalledNativeServiceInspection<ParsedServiceDefinition> {
+  const argumentsBlock = /<key>ProgramArguments<\/key>\s*<array>([\s\S]*?)<\/array>/u.exec(definition.contents)?.[1];
+  if (argumentsBlock === undefined) {
+    return { ok: false, message: `Installed ${definition.id} LaunchAgent has no ProgramArguments array.` };
+  }
+  const arguments_ = [...argumentsBlock.matchAll(/<string>([\s\S]*?)<\/string>/gu)].map((match) => xmlUnescape(match[1] ?? ""));
+  if (arguments_.length !== 4 || arguments_[0] !== "/usr/bin/env" || arguments_[2] !== "-lc") {
+    return { ok: false, message: `Installed ${definition.id} LaunchAgent has unrecognized ProgramArguments.` };
+  }
+  const shell = installedShell(arguments_[1] ?? "");
+  if (!shell.ok) return shell;
+
+  const environment: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const environmentBlock = /<key>EnvironmentVariables<\/key>\s*<dict>([\s\S]*?)<\/dict>/u.exec(definition.contents)?.[1];
+  if (environmentBlock !== undefined) {
+    for (const match of environmentBlock.matchAll(/<key>([\s\S]*?)<\/key>\s*<string>([\s\S]*?)<\/string>/gu)) {
+      environment[xmlUnescape(match[1] ?? "")] = xmlUnescape(match[2] ?? "");
+    }
+  }
+  const workingDirectory = launchdString(definition.contents, "WorkingDirectory");
+
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    value: {
+      id: definition.id,
+      shell: shell.value,
+      environment,
+      workingDirectory,
+      shellCommand: arguments_[3] ?? "",
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function installedShell(executable: string): InstalledNativeServiceInspection<NativeServiceShell> {
+  const name = basename(executable).replace(/^-/, "");
+  if (name !== "bash" && name !== "zsh" && name !== "fish") {
+    return { ok: false, message: `Installed service definition uses unsupported login shell ${executable}.` };
+  }
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    value: { name, executable, source: "detected", detectedExecutable: executable },
+  };
+}
+
+function parseSystemdValue(value: string): string | undefined {
+  if (!value.startsWith('"') && !value.endsWith('"')) return value;
+  if (!value.startsWith('"') || !value.endsWith('"')) return undefined;
+  return systemdUnescape(value.slice(1, -1));
+}
+
+function systemdUnescape(value: string): string {
+  let result = "";
+  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
+    const character = value[index];
+    if (character === "\\" && index + 1 < value.length) {
+      result += value[index + 1] ?? "";
+      index += 1;
+    } else {
+      result += character ?? "";
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function parseShellQuotedValue(shell: NativeServiceShell["name"], value: string): string | undefined {
+  if (!value.startsWith("'") || !value.endsWith("'")) return undefined;
+  const inner = value.slice(1, -1);
+  if (shell === "fish") return fishSingleQuoteUnescape(inner);
+  return inner.replaceAll("'\\''", "'").replaceAll("$$", "$").replaceAll("%%", "%");
+}
+
+function fishSingleQuoteUnescape(value: string): string {
+  let result = "";
+  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
+    const character = value[index];
+    if (character === "\\" && index + 1 < value.length) {
+      result += value[index + 1] ?? "";
+      index += 1;
+    } else {
+      result += character ?? "";
+    }
+  }
+  return result.replaceAll("$$", "$").replaceAll("%%", "%");
+}
+
+function launchdString(contents: string, key: string): string | null {
+  const escapedKey = key.replaceAll(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/gu, "\\$&");
+  const value = new RegExp(`<key>${escapedKey}<\\/key>\\s*<string>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/string>`, "u").exec(contents)?.[1];
+  return value === undefined ? null : xmlUnescape(value);
+}
+
+function xmlUnescape(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replaceAll("&apos;", "'")
+    .replaceAll("&quot;", '"')
+    .replaceAll("&gt;", ">")
+    .replaceAll("&lt;", "<")
+    .replaceAll("&amp;", "&");
+}
+
+function recordsEqual(left: Readonly<Record<string, string>>, right: Readonly<Record<string, string>>): boolean {
+  const leftEntries = Object.entries(left);
+  return leftEntries.length === Object.keys(right).length
+    && leftEntries.every(([key, value]) => right[key] === value);
+}
+
+function impossibleMissingDefinition(): never {
+  throw new Error("Expected at least one installed native service definition");
+}

src/nativeServices/serviceProbe.test.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,25 @@ describe("systemd authoritative native-service probe", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("bounds a hung unit, cleans it up, and reports the timeout", async () => {
+    const runner = queuedRunner([
+      { kind: "timeout", stdout: "", stderr: "" },
+      completed(0),
+      completed(0),
+    ]);
+    const probe = new SystemdNativeServiceProbe({
+      commandRunner: runner,
+      createUniqueId: () => "fixed",
+      commandTimeoutMs: 100,
+    });
+
+    await expect(probe.run(request())).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      kind: "infrastructure-failure",
+      reason: "timeout",
+    });
+    expect(runner.calls.map(({ command }) => command)).toEqual(["systemd-run", "systemctl", "systemctl"]);
+  });
+
   it("bounds a hung unit and distinguishes cleanup failure", async () => {
     const runner = queuedRunner([
       { kind: "timeout", stdout: "", stderr: "" },
@@ -276,6 +295,80 @@ describe("launchd authoritative native-service probe", () => {
     expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(fileSystem.removeDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/probe");
   });
+
+  it("cleans a loaded label after malformed launchctl output", async () => {
+    const runner = queuedRunner([
+      completed(0),
+      completed(0, "pid = 123\n"),
+      completed(0),
+    ]);
+    const fileSystem = launchdFileSystem({});
+    const probe = new LaunchdNativeServiceProbe({
+      commandRunner: runner,
+      fileSystem,
+      uid: 505,
+      createUniqueId: () => "fixed",
+      now: () => 0,
+      sleep: () => Promise.resolve(),
+      probeTimeoutMs: 20,
+      pollIntervalMs: 10,
+      commandTimeoutMs: 100,
+    });
+
+    await expect(probe.run(request("launchd"))).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      kind: "infrastructure-failure",
+      reason: "malformed-output",
+    });
+    expect(runner.calls.at(-1)?.args[0]).toBe("bootout");
+    expect(fileSystem.removeDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/probe");
+  });
+
+  it("cleans a loaded label when probe output cannot be read", async () => {
+    const runner = queuedRunner([
+      completed(0),
+      completed(0, "state = not running\nlast exit code = 0\n"),
+      completed(0),
+    ]);
+    const fileSystem = launchdFileSystem({});
+    const probe = new LaunchdNativeServiceProbe({
+      commandRunner: runner,
+      fileSystem,
+      uid: 506,
+      createUniqueId: () => "fixed",
+      now: () => 0,
+      sleep: () => Promise.resolve(),
+      probeTimeoutMs: 20,
+      pollIntervalMs: 10,
+      commandTimeoutMs: 100,
+    });
+
+    const result = await probe.run(request("launchd"));
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ kind: "infrastructure-failure", reason: "manager" });
+    expect(result.kind === "infrastructure-failure" && result.message).toContain("Could not read launchd probe output");
+    expect(runner.calls.at(-1)?.args[0]).toBe("bootout");
+    expect(fileSystem.removeDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/probe");
+  });
+
+  it("reports temporary-file cleanup failures", async () => {
+    const runner = queuedRunner([completed(1, "", "bootstrap denied")]);
+    const fileSystem = launchdFileSystem({});
+    fileSystem.removeDirectory.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("rm denied"));
+    const probe = new LaunchdNativeServiceProbe({
+      commandRunner: runner,
+      fileSystem,
+      uid: 506,
+      createUniqueId: () => "fixed",
+      now: () => 0,
+      sleep: () => Promise.resolve(),
+      probeTimeoutMs: 20,
+      pollIntervalMs: 10,
+      commandTimeoutMs: 100,
+    });
+
+    const result = await probe.run(request("launchd"));
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ kind: "infrastructure-failure", reason: "cleanup" });
+    expect(result.kind === "infrastructure-failure" && result.message).toContain("rm denied");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("probe service definitions", () => {

src/nativeServices/serviceProbe.ts

@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ function prerequisiteProbeCommand(
   outputPrefix: string,
 ): string {
   return prerequisites.map((prerequisite) => {
-    const check = prerequisiteCheck(shell, prerequisite);
+    const check = nativeServicePrerequisiteShellCheck(shell, prerequisite);
     const encodedId = Buffer.from(prerequisite.id, "utf8").toString("base64");
     const satisfied = markerCommand(shell, outputPrefix, encodedId, "satisfied");
     const unsatisfied = markerCommand(shell, outputPrefix, encodedId, "unsatisfied");
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ function prerequisiteProbeCommand(
   }).join("; ") || ":";
 }
 
-function prerequisiteCheck(shell: NativeServiceShellName, prerequisite: NativeServicePrerequisite): string {
+export function nativeServicePrerequisiteShellCheck(shell: NativeServiceShellName, prerequisite: NativeServicePrerequisite): string {
   switch (prerequisite.kind) {
     case "command-available":
       return `command -v ${shellQuote(shell, prerequisite.command)}`;