From 6925f8a5d67d254a10703f22897b0efab5b453a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kangal-bot <kangal@herdr.dev>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 00:36:16 +0300
Subject: fix: prefer process group leader for agent detection (#172)

refs #161

Co-authored-by: kangal-bot <kangal-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/detect.rs | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/detect.rs b/src/detect.rs
index 0319b4ef..595e81f1 100644
--- a/src/detect.rs
+++ b/src/detect.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ pub fn identify_agent(process_name: &str) -> Option<Agent> {
 }
 
 pub fn identify_agent_in_job(job: &crate::platform::ForegroundJob) -> Option<(Agent, String)> {
+    if let Some(process) = job
+        .processes
+        .iter()
+        .find(|process| process.pid == job.process_group_id)
+    {
+        let candidate = normalized_process_name(process);
+        if let Some(agent) = identify_agent(&candidate) {
+            return Some((agent, candidate));
+        }
+    }
+
     let mut best: Option<(u8, Agent, String)> = None;
 
     for process in &job.processes {
@@ -829,6 +840,58 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_agent_in_job_prefers_recognized_process_group_leader() {
+        let job = crate::platform::ForegroundJob {
+            process_group_id: 42,
+            processes: vec![
+                crate::platform::ForegroundProcess {
+                    pid: 42,
+                    name: "claude".to_string(),
+                    argv0: None,
+                    cmdline: Some("claude".to_string()),
+                },
+                crate::platform::ForegroundProcess {
+                    pid: 43,
+                    name: "node".to_string(),
+                    argv0: None,
+                    cmdline: Some("node /tmp/mcp/bin/codex".to_string()),
+                },
+            ],
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            identify_agent_in_job(&job),
+            Some((Agent::Claude, "claude".to_string()))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_agent_in_job_falls_back_when_process_group_leader_is_unrecognized() {
+        let job = crate::platform::ForegroundJob {
+            process_group_id: 42,
+            processes: vec![
+                crate::platform::ForegroundProcess {
+                    pid: 42,
+                    name: "bash".to_string(),
+                    argv0: None,
+                    cmdline: Some("bash".to_string()),
+                },
+                crate::platform::ForegroundProcess {
+                    pid: 43,
+                    name: "node".to_string(),
+                    argv0: None,
+                    cmdline: Some("node /tmp/mcp/bin/codex".to_string()),
+                },
+            ],
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            identify_agent_in_job(&job),
+            Some((Agent::Codex, "codex".to_string()))
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn identify_agent_in_job_detects_nix_wrapped_codex_from_cmdline_argv0() {
         let job = crate::platform::ForegroundJob {
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