fix: cover Windows exe argv (#1480) (thanks @Takhoffman)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 ### Fixes
 - BlueBubbles: stop typing indicator on idle/no-reply. (#1439) Thanks @Nicell.
 - Message tool: keep path/filePath as-is for send; hydrate buffers only for sendAttachment. (#1444) Thanks @hopyky.
+- CLI: handle Windows runtime exe argv and pnpm build shims more reliably. (#1480) Thanks @Takhoffman.
 - Auto-reply: only report a model switch when session state is available. (#1465) Thanks @robbyczgw-cla.
 - Control UI: resolve local avatar URLs with basePath across injection + identity RPC. (#1457) Thanks @dlauer.
 - Agents: surface concrete API error details instead of generic AI service errors.

scripts/run-node.mjs

@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ if (!shouldBuild()) {
   runNode();
 } else {
   logRunner("Building TypeScript (dist is stale).");
-  const build = spawn("pnpm", ["exec", compiler, ...projectArgs], {
+  const pnpmArgs = ["exec", compiler, ...projectArgs];
+  // On Windows, pnpm is a .cmd shim, so use cmd.exe for reliable resolution.
+  const buildCmd = process.platform === "win32" ? "cmd.exe" : "pnpm";
+  const buildArgs =
+    process.platform === "win32" ? ["/d", "/s", "/c", "pnpm", ...pnpmArgs] : pnpmArgs;
+  const build = spawn(buildCmd, buildArgs, {
     cwd,
     env,
     stdio: "inherit",

src/cli/argv.test.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ describe("argv helpers", () => {
     });
     expect(nodeArgv).toEqual(["node", "clawdbot", "status"]);
 
+    const nodeExeArgv = buildParseArgv({
+      programName: "clawdbot",
+      rawArgs: ["C:\\\\Program Files\\\\nodejs\\\\Node.EXE", "clawdbot", "status"],
+    });
+    expect(nodeExeArgv).toEqual([
+      "C:\\\\Program Files\\\\nodejs\\\\Node.EXE",
+      "clawdbot",
+      "status",
+    ]);
+
     const directArgv = buildParseArgv({
       programName: "clawdbot",
       rawArgs: ["clawdbot", "status"],
@@ -89,6 +99,12 @@ describe("argv helpers", () => {
       rawArgs: ["bun", "src/entry.ts", "status"],
     });
     expect(bunArgv).toEqual(["bun", "src/entry.ts", "status"]);
+
+    const bunExeArgv = buildParseArgv({
+      programName: "clawdbot",
+      rawArgs: ["C:\\\\bun\\\\bun.exe", "src\\\\entry.ts", "status"],
+    });
+    expect(bunExeArgv).toEqual(["C:\\\\bun\\\\bun.exe", "src\\\\entry.ts", "status"]);
   });
 
   it("builds parse argv from fallback args", () => {

src/cli/argv.ts

@@ -94,9 +94,14 @@ export function buildParseArgv(params: {
       : baseArgv[0]?.endsWith("clawdbot")
         ? baseArgv.slice(1)
         : baseArgv;
-  const executable = normalizedArgv[0]?.split(/[/\\]/).pop() ?? "";
+  const executable = (normalizedArgv[0]?.split(/[/\\]/).pop() ?? "").toLowerCase();
+  // Normalize Windows `.exe` runtimes (node.exe/bun.exe) for runtime detection.
   const looksLikeNode =
-    normalizedArgv.length >= 2 && (executable === "node" || executable === "bun");
+    normalizedArgv.length >= 2 &&
+    (executable === "node" ||
+      executable === "node.exe" ||
+      executable === "bun" ||
+      executable === "bun.exe");
   if (looksLikeNode) return normalizedArgv;
   return ["node", programName || "clawdbot", ...normalizedArgv];
 }