fix(kaos): hide console window for spawned commands on Windows - #957
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- add windowsHide:true to spawn options so commands do not flash a console on Windows - extract buildLocalSpawnOptions helper shared by exec and execWithEnv - add regression coverage for the Windows console-window behavior
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Clean fix — windowsHide: true is the correct Node.js option to prevent console window flashing on Windows. Extracting buildLocalSpawnOptions as a helper is reasonable since it centralizes the platform-specific spawn config. Changeset included.
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Related Issue
No linked issue — this is a small bug fix.
Problem
On Windows, every command the agent runs spawns a visible empty console window that flashes on screen.
child_process.spawndefaultswindowsHidetofalse, so Node allocates a visible console for each child process. POSIX is unaffected.What changed
windowsHide: truein the spawn options so child processes no longer create a visible console window on Windows.execandexecWithEnv, keeping the behavior consistent across both code paths.windowsHide: trueand keepdetachedplatform-conditional.Checklist
gen-changesetsskill, or this PR needs no changeset.gen-docsskill, or this PR needs no doc update.