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What is the current behavior?

On a device with HMR, every restart launches the app twice. restartApplication launches it, then setupSocketIfNeeded connects to the debug socket with ensureAppStarted, which launches it again with devicectl --terminate-existing and kills the first process about a second in.

The first process usually dies before any JS runs, so it mostly shows up as the app flashing and restarting. Recorded devicectl calls on main show two launches within the same second.

What is the new behavior?

The restart path connects to the instance it just started, so there's one launch. --debug-brk doesn't take this path, because it turns HMR off.

Testing

Launch commands per ns run on an iPad on iPadOS 26.7:

CLI	Launches	Starts reaching JS
`main`	2	1
This PR	1	1

Unit tests cover the restart path. HMR updates still apply on the device and simulator. iOS below 17 wasn't run.

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Land in this order, base first:

The logging PR makes the first process visible, since it reaches JS and prints its logs, so this needs to land before or with it.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved iOS app restarts during live sync. The app now restarts before its debug connection is requested, and the connection no longer triggers an unnecessary additional app start.
- Improved restart behavior when waiting for a debugger, keeping the restart sequence consistent across debugger-wait settings.

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          fix(ios): launch the app once when restarting it on a device

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restartApplication launched the app and then connected to its debug socket with ensureAppStarted, which launched it again with --terminate-existing and killed the first process. The socket now connects to the running instance. A launch waiting for a debugger keeps the second start, since that instance cannot answer the attach request.

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fix(debug-ios): make the CDP proxy pick a free port and survive reconnects #6177

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Socket setup now accepts an option that controls whether it starts the app. The hot-module-reload restart path passes false to socket setup. Tests verify restart order and cover both debugger-wait settings.

Changes: iOS LiveSync socket startup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Socket setup and restart behavior `lib/services/livesync/ios-device-livesync-service.ts`, `test/services/livesync/ios-device-livesync-service.ts`	Socket setup accepts an `ensureAppStarted` argument. Hot-module-reload restarts pass `false`. Tests check that restart occurs before socket acquisition for both debugger-wait settings.

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Review comments at @lib/services/livesync/ios-device-livesync-service.ts:
- Line 224: Update the iOS restart flow that uses liveSyncInfo.waitForDebugger
so debugger-port discovery is registered before restarting the app, or retrieve
the existing port before the restart and pass it to getDebugSocket. Ensure
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rigor789 added this pull request to stack #6180

October 30, 2026 17:32

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feat: read simctl's JSON and stop blocking the event loop NativeScript/ios-sim-portable#138

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          fix(ios): keep an app that waits for a debugger running

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The socket setup started the app a second time for debug-brk, replacing the instance waiting for the debugger with one that ran straight on.

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fix(ios): keep debug-brk apps alive on devices with a native debugger #6183

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