From 4635a6406ff23fd85f73cbd5253f5f9e5b24c31b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennan Benson <79079362+brennanb2025@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 01:50:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs(daemon): mark the pre-v41 launch-file refusal temporary,
 with why and when it ends

---
 src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-spawn-request.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-spawn-request.ts b/src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-spawn-request.ts
index f453741535f..3e224c24406 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-spawn-request.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-spawn-request.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ export abstract class DaemonPtySpawnRequest extends DaemonPtyRuntimeState {
         throw new Error('client_disconnected')
       }
       // Why refuse: an older daemon (a same-id respawn routed to it) would drop the file and type
-      // a line naming it. The refusal reaches the user with the prompt to copy.
+      // a line naming it. The refusal reaches the user with the prompt to copy. Temporary: main
+      // pastes here, but a paste needs a second, prompt-less plan and a guarded paste at every
+      // spawn site; only sessions an older daemon still holds route here, and they end when closed.
       if (
         !context.attachOnly &&
         opts.launchFile &&