Onboard: auto-enable systemd lingering on Linux

src/commands/systemd-linger.ts

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export async function ensureSystemdUserLingerInteractive(params: {
     params.reason ??
     "Systemd user services stop when you log out or go idle, which kills the Gateway.";
   const actionNote = params.requireConfirm
-    ? "We can enable lingering now (needs sudo; writes /var/lib/systemd/linger)."
-    : "Enabling lingering now (needs sudo; writes /var/lib/systemd/linger).";
+    ? "We can enable lingering now (may require sudo; writes /var/lib/systemd/linger)."
+    : "Enabling lingering now (may require sudo; writes /var/lib/systemd/linger).";
   await prompter.note(`${reason}\n${actionNote}`, title);
 
   if (params.requireConfirm && prompter.confirm) {
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ export async function ensureSystemdUserLingerInteractive(params: {
     }
   }
 
+  const resultNoSudo = await enableSystemdUserLinger({
+    env,
+    user: status.user,
+  });
+  if (resultNoSudo.ok) {
+    await prompter.note(`Enabled systemd lingering for ${status.user}.`, title);
+    return;
+  }
+
   const result = await enableSystemdUserLinger({
     env,
     user: status.user,

src/wizard/onboarding.ts

@@ -489,6 +489,17 @@ export async function runOnboardingWizard(
   nextConfig = applyWizardMetadata(nextConfig, { command: "onboard", mode });
   await writeConfigFile(nextConfig);
 
+  await ensureSystemdUserLingerInteractive({
+    runtime,
+    prompter: {
+      confirm: prompter.confirm,
+      note: prompter.note,
+    },
+    reason:
+      "Linux installs use a systemd user service by default. Without lingering, systemd stops the user session on logout/idle and kills the Gateway.",
+    requireConfirm: false,
+  });
+
   const installDaemon = await prompter.confirm({
     message: "Install Gateway daemon (recommended)",
     initialValue: true,
@@ -539,16 +550,6 @@ export async function runOnboardingWizard(
       });
     }
 
-    await ensureSystemdUserLingerInteractive({
-      runtime,
-      prompter: {
-        confirm: prompter.confirm,
-        note: prompter.note,
-      },
-      reason:
-        "Linux installs use a systemd user service. Without lingering, systemd stops the user session on logout/idle and kills the Gateway.",
-      requireConfirm: true,
-    });
   }
 
   await sleep(1500);