# Long-running / overnight agent runs — keep-awake + detachable tmux + logged output. # Full guide: AI.dev/CHEATSHEETS/long-running-jobs.md (in learning_ai_common_plat). # macOS: keep the machine awake while a command runs (prevents sleep stalling the job). # On Linux this alias is a no-op label; use `systemd-inhibit` instead. alias awake='caffeinate -dimsu' # longrun [args...] # Runs in a DETACHED tmux session, wrapped in caffeinate (macOS) so the # machine won't sleep, teeing all output to ~/longrun--.log. # Survives closing the terminal; reattach with `ta `, stop with # `tmux kill-session -t `. # e.g. longrun phase3 codex --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox "Read ... and execute it" longrun() { # --- usage --- if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then echo "usage: longrun [args...]" >&2 echo " e.g. longrun phase3 codex --full-auto \"\"" >&2 echo " env: LONGRUN_LOG_DIR overrides the log directory (default: \$HOME)" >&2 return 2 fi # --- required dependency: tmux --- if ! command -v tmux >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "longrun: 'tmux' is required but not installed." >&2 echo " install: macOS 'brew install tmux' | Debian/Ubuntu 'sudo apt-get install -y tmux'" >&2 return 1 fi local sess="$1"; shift # --- session name must be free --- if tmux has-session -t "$sess" 2>/dev/null; then echo "longrun: a tmux session named '$sess' already exists." >&2 echo " attach: ta $sess | stop: tmux kill-session -t $sess | or choose another name" >&2 return 1 fi # --- the command must be runnable --- if ! command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "longrun: command not found on PATH: '$1'" >&2 echo " make sure the agent CLI is installed and your PATH is set for non-login shells." >&2 return 127 fi # --- log file must be writable --- local ts log dir dir="${LONGRUN_LOG_DIR:-$HOME}" ts="$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" log="$dir/longrun-${sess}-${ts}.log" if ! mkdir -p "$dir" 2>/dev/null || ! ( : > "$log" ) 2>/dev/null; then echo "longrun: cannot write log file: $log" >&2 echo " set LONGRUN_LOG_DIR to a writable directory and retry." >&2 return 1 fi # --- optional dependency: caffeinate (keep-awake) --- local keep="" if command -v caffeinate >/dev/null 2>&1; then keep="caffeinate -dimsu " elif [ "$(uname -s 2>/dev/null)" = "Darwin" ]; then echo "longrun: WARNING — 'caffeinate' not found on macOS; the machine may sleep mid-run." >&2 else echo "longrun: note — no 'caffeinate' (non-macOS). To prevent sleep, wrap with 'systemd-inhibit'." >&2 fi # --- launch (detached), capturing any tmux startup error --- local cmd inner errf cmd="$(printf '%q ' "$@")" inner="${keep}${cmd}2>&1 | tee \"$log\"" errf="$(mktemp 2>/dev/null || echo "/tmp/longrun-err.$$")" if ! tmux new-session -d -s "$sess" "$inner" 2>"$errf"; then echo "longrun: failed to start tmux session '$sess':" >&2 [ -s "$errf" ] && sed 's/^/ /' "$errf" >&2 rm -f "$errf" "$log" return 1 fi rm -f "$errf" # --- confirm it is actually running (quick-exit detection) --- if ! tmux has-session -t "$sess" 2>/dev/null; then echo "longrun: WARNING — session '$sess' is not running; the command may have exited immediately." >&2 echo " check the log: $log" >&2 return 1 fi echo "[longrun] session=$sess" echo "[longrun] log=$log" echo "[longrun] attach: ta $sess | tail: tail -f \"$log\" | stop: tmux kill-session -t $sess" }