fix: address CodeRabbit review feedback on PR #1491

- Update POST_SPAWN_WAIT test assertion from 5000 to 15000 to match
  the constant change in hook-constants.ts
- Remove redundant readPidFile() from aggressiveStartupCleanup() —
  start() writes the new PID before this runs, so it always returns
  process.pid (already protected)
- Add waitForReadiness() to the reused-worker path in
  ensureWorkerStarted() to prevent concurrent hooks from racing
  past a cold-starting worker's initialization guard

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/services/infrastructure/ProcessManager.ts

@@ -453,17 +453,18 @@ export async function aggressiveStartupCleanup(): Promise<void> {
   const pidsToKill: number[] = [];
   const allPatterns = [...AGGRESSIVE_CLEANUP_PATTERNS, ...AGE_GATED_CLEANUP_PATTERNS];
 
-  // Protect parent process (the hook that spawned us) and the PID-file-registered
-  // worker from being killed. Without this, a new daemon kills its own parent hook
-  // process (#1426) and any already-running worker the PID file points to.
+  // Protect parent process (the hook that spawned us) from being killed.
+  // Without this, a new daemon kills its own parent hook process (#1426).
+  //
+  // Note: readPidFile() is not used here because start() writes the new PID
+  // before initializeBackground() calls this function, so readPidFile() would
+  // just return process.pid (already protected). If a pre-existing worker needs
+  // protection, ensureWorkerStarted() handles that by returning early when a
+  // healthy worker is detected — we never reach this code in that case.
   const protectedPids = new Set<number>([currentPid]);
   if (process.ppid && process.ppid > 0) {
     protectedPids.add(process.ppid);
   }
-  const pidFileInfo = readPidFile();
-  if (pidFileInfo?.pid && pidFileInfo.pid > 0) {
-    protectedPids.add(pidFileInfo.pid);
-  }
 
   try {
     if (isWindows) {

src/services/worker-service.ts

@@ -985,6 +985,11 @@ async function ensureWorkerStarted(port: number): Promise<boolean> {
   // than a dead worker. Users must manually restart after genuine plugin updates.
   // See also: #566, #665, #667, #669, #689, #1124, #1145 (same pattern across 8+ releases).
   if (await waitForHealth(port, 1000)) {
+    // Health passed — worker is listening. Also wait for readiness in case
+    // another hook just spawned it and background init is still running.
+    // This mirrors the fresh-spawn path (line ~1025) so concurrent hooks
+    // don't race past a cold-starting worker's initialization guard.
+    await waitForReadiness(port, getPlatformTimeout(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.READINESS_WAIT));
     logger.info('SYSTEM', 'Worker already running and healthy');
     return true;
   }

tests/hook-constants.test.ts

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('hook-constants', () => {
       expect(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.HEALTH_CHECK).toBe(3000);
     });
 
-    it('should define POST_SPAWN_WAIT as 5s', () => {
-      expect(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.POST_SPAWN_WAIT).toBe(5000);
+    it('should define POST_SPAWN_WAIT as 15s', () => {
+      expect(HOOK_TIMEOUTS.POST_SPAWN_WAIT).toBe(15000);
     });
 
     it('should define PORT_IN_USE_WAIT as 3s', () => {