From 25262fc8e9d8a37c74408a7fc0e0196486a51a0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jinwoo Hong <73622457+Jinwoo-H@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:57:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(daemon): let macOS terminal shells download cloud-only
 files (STA-11929) (#33623)

---
 src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.test.ts | 1 +
 src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.ts      | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.test.ts b/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.test.ts
index faff3d64961..2664f54c0b7 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.test.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ it('launches the copied helper on plain Node and leaves no inherited credentials
     Label: macDaemonJobLabel(state.root),
     KeepAlive: false,
     AssociatedBundleIdentifiers: ['com.stablyai.orca'],
+    MaterializeDatalessFiles: true,
     EnvironmentVariables: { ORCA_TEST_SECRET: 'test-value' }
   })
   expect(JSON.stringify(job)).not.toContain('NODE_CHANNEL_FD')
diff --git a/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.ts b/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.ts
index e7986592256..44c066cd724 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/macos-daemon-launchd.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ function buildMacDaemonLaunchJob(
     // Associate plist-launched jobs with Orca for Local Network access.
     AssociatedBundleIdentifiers: [LOCAL_BUILD_COMPATIBILITY_CONTRACT.appId],
     ProcessType: 'Interactive',
+    // launchd disables cloud-file downloads for jobs unless asked; shells need them like Terminal.app.
+    MaterializeDatalessFiles: true,
     StandardOutPath: '/dev/null',
     StandardErrorPath: '/dev/null'
   }