fix(cli): handle missing browser opener gracefully #163
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Problem
On headless Linux servers without
xdg-open,clawhub logincrashes with:This affects:
Solution
Catch the
ENOENTerror and gracefully print the URL for manual copy-paste instead of crashing.Changes
packages/clawdhub/src/cli/ui.ts: Add error handler toopenInBrowser()Testing
Tested on Ubuntu VPS without xdg-open installed:
Before: Crash with ENOENT
After: Prints URL with instructions to open manually
Greptile Overview
Greptile Summary
This PR updates the CLI
openInBrowser()helper to handle environments where the platform opener binary (notablyxdg-openon headless Linux) is missing. It adds achild.on('error', …)handler and, when the spawn fails withENOENT, prints the URL and instructions for manual copy/paste instead of crashing.The change is localized to
packages/clawdhub/src/cli/ui.tsand affects the login flow (and any other CLI path that callsopenInBrowser) by making browser-opening best-effort rather than a hard failure when the opener executable is not present.Confidence Score: 5/5
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