From c4d6f2a1b9f9ad03e74d3d03e569996bf91f02a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <141506390+lneely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 18:50:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gui: use rdwr (not write) for session/new and agent/new

---
 gui/ollie9pclient.cpp | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp b/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
index 1a013ce..24bc0a0 100644
--- a/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
+++ b/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ bool Ollie9pClient::createSession(const QString &cwd, const QString &name, const
 {
     if (cwd.isEmpty()) return false;
 
-    // Step 1: Create the session (name only)
+    // Step 1: Create the session (name only) using rdwr (write then read back result)
     QString sessName = name;
     {
         QProcess proc;
-        QStringList args = {"-a", serverAddr(), "write", "session/new"};
+        QStringList args = {"-a", serverAddr(), "rdwr", "session/new"};
         proc.start(ninepBin(), args);
         proc.waitForStarted(3000);
-        QString input = "name=" + sessName;
+        QString input = "name=" + sessName + "\n";
         proc.write(input.toUtf8());
         proc.closeWriteChannel();
         proc.waitForFinished(5000);
@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@ bool Ollie9pClient::createSession(const QString &cwd, const QString &name, const
             qDebug() << "createSession (step 1) failed:" << err;
             return false;
         }
-        // Read the returned session name (may be auto-generated)
+        // Read the returned session name (auto-generated if blank)
         QByteArray out = proc.readAllStandardOutput().trimmed();
         if (!out.isEmpty())
             sessName = QString::fromUtf8(out);
     }
 
-    // Step 2: Create the agent within the session
+    // Step 2: Create the agent within the session using rdwr
     {
         QStringList agentArgs;
         agentArgs << "cwd=" + cwd;
@@ -303,10 +303,11 @@ bool Ollie9pClient::createSession(const QString &cwd, const QString &name, const
         if (!agentAlias.isEmpty()) agentArgs << "agent_alias=" + agentAlias;
 
         QProcess proc;
-        QStringList args = {"-a", serverAddr(), "write", "session/" + sessName + "/agent/new"};
+        QStringList args = {"-a", serverAddr(), "rdwr", "session/" + sessName + "/agent/new"};
         proc.start(ninepBin(), args);
         proc.waitForStarted(3000);
-        proc.write(agentArgs.join(" ").toUtf8());
+        QString input = agentArgs.join(" ") + "\n";
+        proc.write(input.toUtf8());
         proc.closeWriteChannel();
         proc.waitForFinished(5000);