* test(windows): hide test helper console windows (#3706)
* test(windows): use CREATE_NO_WINDOW constant (#3706)
* test(windows): hide test-helper console windows on Windows (#3710fixes#3706)
@rodboev. Long-lived test helper subprocesses (test server, browser-smoke, TLS helper,
ctl helpers) now spawn with CREATE_NO_WINDOW on Windows so a local pytest run doesn't
pop focus-stealing console windows. sys.platform=='win32' guarded → no-op on macOS/Linux
(expands to **{}). Test-only, no production code, no user impact. + CHANGELOG v0.51.301.
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Co-authored-by: Rod Boev <rod.boev@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: nesquena-hermes <[email protected]>
Codex regression gate found the launchd guard blocked ANY ctl.sh start while a
launchd job was live — including a legitimate second instance on a different
port (HERMES_WEBUI_PORT=8788). Now _launchd_webui_pid only treats the launchd
job as a conflict when its PID is actually listening on the requested CTL_PORT
(via a new best-effort _pid_listens_on_port helper using lsof); a different-port
start is allowed. When port ownership can't be determined (no lsof), falls back
to guarding only the default 8787 port so non-default ports are never wrongly
blocked. Adds a different-port-allowed regression test + makes the existing
block test deterministic. Co-authored-by preserved.
