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fix(update): gate the IDE restart hint on requiresIdeRestart #1673

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20 changes: 13 additions & 7 deletions src/core/update.ts
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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
import { createRequire } from 'module';
import { FileSystemUtils } from '../utils/file-system.js';
import { getSkillReferenceTransformer, getTransformerForTool, transformToSkillReferences } from '../utils/command-references.js';
import { AI_TOOLS, OPENSPEC_DIR_NAME } from './config.js';
import { AI_TOOLS, OPENSPEC_DIR_NAME, type AIToolOption } from './config.js';
import {
generateCommands,
CommandAdapterRegistry,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ export class UpdateCommand {
const deliveryIncludesCommands = delivery !== 'skills';
// 10. Update tools (all if force, otherwise only those needing update)
const toolsToUpdate = this.force ? configuredTools : [...toolsToUpdateSet];
const updatedTools: string[] = [];
const updatedTools: AIToolOption[] = [];
const failedTools: Array<{ name: string; error: string }> = [];
const skillsInvocableCommandSkips: string[] = [];
const zeroArtifactTools: string[] = [];
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}

spinner.succeed(`Updated ${tool.name}`);
updatedTools.push(tool.name);
updatedTools.push(tool);
for (const migration of migrateLegacyToolDirs(
resolvedProjectPath,
[tool.value],
Expand All @@ -387,7 +387,9 @@ export class UpdateCommand {
// 11. Summary
console.log();
if (updatedTools.length > 0) {
console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Updated: ${updatedTools.join(', ')} (v${OPENSPEC_VERSION})`));
console.log(
chalk.green(`✓ Updated: ${updatedTools.map((tool) => tool.name).join(', ')} (v${OPENSPEC_VERSION})`)
);
}
if (failedTools.length > 0) {
console.log(chalk.red(`✗ Failed: ${failedTools.map(f => `${f.name} (${f.error})`).join(', ')}`));
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// 15. List affected tools
if (updatedTools.length > 0) {
const toolDisplayNames = updatedTools;
const toolDisplayNames = updatedTools.map((tool) => tool.name);
console.log(chalk.dim(`Tools: ${toolDisplayNames.join(', ')}`));
}

console.log();
console.log(chalk.dim('Restart your IDE for changes to take effect.'));
// Only IDE-resident tools reload generated files on restart; a CLI picks
// them up on its next invocation, so the hint is noise there (#1067).
if (updatedTools.some((tool) => tool.requiresIdeRestart)) {
console.log();
console.log(chalk.dim('Restart your IDE for changes to take effect.'));
}
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Include legacy-upgraded tools in restart detection.

When openspec update upgrades a legacy installation, upgradeLegacyTools writes the generated files and records the tool in newlyConfiguredTools. The non-force path can then skip the main update loop, leaving updatedTools empty. A Cursor upgrade can complete without the restart hint even though Cursor requires an IDE restart.

Include successfully configured tools from newlyConfiguredTools in this condition. Add a regression test for a non-force legacy upgrade.

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+    const newlyConfiguredToolRequiresIdeRestart = newlyConfiguredTools.some(
+      (toolId) => AI_TOOLS.find((tool) => tool.value === toolId)?.requiresIdeRestart === true
+    );
+
-    if (updatedTools.some((tool) => tool.requiresIdeRestart)) {
+    if (
+      updatedTools.some((tool) => tool.requiresIdeRestart === true) ||
+      newlyConfiguredToolRequiresIdeRestart
+    ) {
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// Only IDE-resident tools reload generated files on restart; a CLI picks
// them up on its next invocation, so the hint is noise there (#1067).
if (updatedTools.some((tool) => tool.requiresIdeRestart)) {
console.log();
console.log(chalk.dim('Restart your IDE for changes to take effect.'));
}
// Only IDE-resident tools reload generated files on restart; a CLI picks
// them up on its next invocation, so the hint is noise there (#1067).
const newlyConfiguredToolRequiresIdeRestart = newlyConfiguredTools.some(
(toolId) => AI_TOOLS.find((tool) => tool.value === toolId)?.requiresIdeRestart === true
);
if (
updatedTools.some((tool) => tool.requiresIdeRestart === true) ||
newlyConfiguredToolRequiresIdeRestart
) {
console.log();
console.log(chalk.dim('Restart your IDE for changes to take effect.'));
}
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In `@src/core/update.ts` around lines 488 - 493, Update the restart-hint condition
in the update flow to also inspect successfully configured tools recorded in
newlyConfiguredTools, not only updatedTools, so non-force legacy upgrades
trigger the hint when any tool requires an IDE restart. Add a regression test
covering a non-force legacy upgrade, including the Cursor restart message.

if (failedTools.length > 0) {
throw new Error(`OpenSpec update failed for: ${failedTools.map((tool) => tool.name).join(', ')}`);
}
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29 changes: 26 additions & 3 deletions test/core/update.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1800,9 +1800,9 @@ metadata:
consoleSpy.mockRestore();
});

it('should suggest IDE restart after update', async () => {
// Set up a configured tool
const skillsDir = path.join(testDir, '.claude', 'skills');
it('should suggest IDE restart after updating an IDE-resident tool', async () => {
// Cursor loads generated files in the editor process (requiresIdeRestart)
const skillsDir = path.join(testDir, '.cursor', 'skills');
await fs.mkdir(path.join(skillsDir, 'openspec-explore'), {
recursive: true,
});
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consoleSpy.mockRestore();
});

it('should not suggest IDE restart after updating only CLI tools', async () => {
// Claude Code reads generated files on its next invocation, so a restart
// hint is noise for it (#1067, #1608)
const skillsDir = path.join(testDir, '.claude', 'skills');
await fs.mkdir(path.join(skillsDir, 'openspec-explore'), {
recursive: true,
});
await fs.writeFile(
path.join(skillsDir, 'openspec-explore', 'SKILL.md'),
'old'
);

const consoleSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log');

await updateCommand.execute(testDir);

expect(consoleSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
expect.stringContaining('Restart your IDE')
);

consoleSpy.mockRestore();
});
});

describe('smart update detection', () => {
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