fix: adjust systemd ExecStart escape test (#995) (thanks @roshanasingh4)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - Fix: guard model fallback against undefined provider/model values. (#954) — thanks @roshanasingh4.
 - Fix: refactor session store updates, add chat.inject, and harden subagent cleanup flow. (#944) — thanks @tyler6204.
 - Fix: clean up suspended CLI processes across backends. (#978) — thanks @Nachx639.
+- Fix: parse systemd ExecStart arguments when whitespace is present. (#995) — thanks @roshanasingh4.
 - CLI: add `--json` output for `clawdbot daemon` lifecycle/install commands.
 - Memory: make `node-llama-cpp` an optional dependency (avoid Node 25 install failures) and improve local-embeddings fallback/errors.
 - Browser: add `snapshot refs=aria` (Playwright aria-ref ids) for self-resolving refs across `snapshot` → `act`.

src/daemon/systemd-unit.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { parseSystemdExecStart } from "./systemd-unit.js";
+
+describe("parseSystemdExecStart", () => {
+  it("splits on whitespace outside quotes", () => {
+    const execStart = "/usr/bin/clawdbot gateway start --foo bar";
+    expect(parseSystemdExecStart(execStart)).toEqual([
+      "/usr/bin/clawdbot",
+      "gateway",
+      "start",
+      "--foo",
+      "bar",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves quoted arguments", () => {
+    const execStart = "/usr/bin/clawdbot gateway start --name \"My Bot\"";
+    expect(parseSystemdExecStart(execStart)).toEqual([
+      "/usr/bin/clawdbot",
+      "gateway",
+      "start",
+      "--name",
+      "My Bot",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves backslashes in arguments", () => {
+    const execStart = String.raw`/usr/bin/clawdbot gateway start --path \/tmp\/clawdbot`;
+    expect(parseSystemdExecStart(execStart)).toEqual([
+      "/usr/bin/clawdbot",
+      "gateway",
+      "start",
+      "--path",
+      "\\/tmp\\/clawdbot",
+    ]);
+  });
+});

src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function parseSystemdExecStart(value: string): string[] {
       inQuotes = !inQuotes;
       continue;
     }
-    if (!inQuotes && /\\s/.test(char)) {
+    if (!inQuotes && /\s/.test(char)) {
       if (current) {
         args.push(current);
         current = "";