- Added session-based shell execution with persistent shell instances and session management via sessionKey parameter.
- Added support for shell snapshots to initialize bash sessions with saved state via snapshotPath parameter.
- Added sessionEnv option to set environment variables once per session, separate from command-specific env variables.
- Added process group management functions (process_group_id and kill_process_group) for better process lifecycle control on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Changed env option to apply variables for the current command only, with session-level variables now managed via sessionEnv.
- Refactored shell execution to use async output queuing with enqueueChunk for proper chunk sequencing and improved timeout handling with process group termination.
- Added native process tree killing and listing functions via new `ps` module in pi-natives crate with platform-specific implementations (Linux /proc, macOS libproc, Windows CreateToolhelp32Snapshot).
- Refactored process termination logic to prioritize native process tree killing when available, improving reliability of process cleanup across platforms.
- Removed detached process spawning across codebase (bash-executor, shell-session, kernel, lsp client, markitdown conversion) in favor of native process tree management.
- Simplified ptree module by removing managed children tracking and postmortem cleanup hooks, delegating process lifecycle management to native implementations.
- Replaced SettingsManager class with new Settings singleton providing synchronous get/set API and background persistence.
- Introduced settings-schema.ts as single source of truth for all configuration definitions with 100+ settings organized into logical groups.
- Migrated from method-based settings access (getTheme(), setTheme()) to path-based access using dot notation (settings.get('theme'), settings.set('theme', value)).
- Removed 2035-line settings-manager.ts file and replaced with modular settings.ts (693 lines) and settings-schema.ts (836 lines) for improved maintainability.
- Unified settings schema into single source of truth eliminating duplicate definitions across settings-defs.ts and settings-manager.ts.
- Added persistent shell session support for bash tool with environment variable preservation across commands.
- Added shellForceBasic setting to force bash/sh even if user's default shell is different (default: true).
- Added OMP_SHELL_PERSIST environment variable to control persistent shell behavior (set to 0 to disable).
- Restructured system prompt with coordinator-specific guidance for parallel task delegation.
- Added grep CLI subcommand with support for pattern matching, file globbing, context lines, and multiple output modes (content, files-with-matches, count).
- Added diff syntax highlighting support with distinct colors for inserted and deleted lines in code output.
- Implemented FileReader abstraction for cross-platform file reading with mmap support and 4MB size limit.
- Refactored worker pool initialization to support both compiled and development build environments using resolveWorkerSpecifier utility.
- Enhanced markdown rendering with improved inline style context handling and blockquote formatting with text wrapping.
- Replaced external strip-ansi dependency with Bun's built-in stripANSI method across all packages.
- Consolidated signal and timeout handling by replacing custom createRequestSignal utility with ptree.combineSignals across all scrapers and tools.
- Refactored ensureTool function to accept signal parameter through options object, enabling cancellation of tool installation and execution.
- Migrated all tool execution calls from Bun's $ template syntax to ptree.exec with explicit signal and error handling options.
- Simplified HTML rendering strategy in fetch.ts to use ptree.combineSignals for timeout management and added jina.ai integration as primary rendering method.
- Removed redundant abort checks throughout youtube.ts scraper, consolidating signal handling to rely on ptree.exec signal-based timeout mechanism.
- Extracted process management utilities from coding-agent shell module into dedicated procmgr module in utils package.
- Migrated shell configuration retrieval to SettingsManager class with new getGlobalShellConfig() static method.
- Replaced custom killProcessTree() implementation with new terminate() function supporting graceful shutdown with timeout and AbortSignal.
- Updated ptree.ChildProcess to use generic type parameter for input stream masking and delegated process termination to procmgr.terminate().
- Centralized process management across coding-agent modules to use SettingsManager and procmgr utilities instead of standalone shell functions.
- Renamed package directory from packages/pi-utils to packages/utils.
- Updated all path aliases and references in tsconfig.base.json to reflect new package location.
- Updated workspace references in bun.lock and package.json to point to new packages/utils directory.
- Updated documentation and build scripts to reference the renamed utils package.
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