feat(daemon): allow idle exit during MCP sessions - #268
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Summary
daemon.keep_alive_with_mcp, defaulting totruefor backward compatibilityfalseso the daemon can reach its normal idle timeout while an MCP client remains connectedWhy
The MCP server currently sends daemon heartbeats for the lifetime of the MCP session. Long-lived editor and agent sessions therefore keep the daemon鈥攁nd potentially its embedding model memory鈥攔esident even when no code search is happening.
With
keep_alive_with_mcp: false, only the synthetic MCP heartbeat is disabled. Active requests, indexing, and the existing idle-timeout protections are unchanged. A later real request transparently starts the daemon again through the existing client path.Compatibility
The default remains
true, so existing installations retain their current low-latency behavior unless users explicitly opt into idle exit.Validation
uv run prek run --all-files --verbose --show-diff-on-failure