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@@ -38,9 +38,17 @@ no-visible-window exit above and sent a debugging session in the wrong
direction for a dozen calls. Start it so the harness owns the process, and
confirm with the log rather than a later `pgrep`.
+**The process is called `qs`, not `quickshell`.** Both binaries ship, but `qs`
+is what runs, so `pkill -x quickshell` and `pgrep -x quickshell` match nothing
+and silently succeed. During development this meant every "stopped" was a lie
+and every restart stacked another instance: 47 accumulated before the user
+noticed. It also produced "0 processes" readings that were mistaken twice for
+the shell exiting, and sent a debugging session after a bug that was not
+there. Use `pkill -x qs` and `pgrep -cx qs`, and check the count after.
+
**`pkill -f` matches the agent's own shell.** The working directory is in the
-command line, so `pkill -f quickshell` or `pkill -f "foo.qml"` kills the caller
-and returns 144. Use `pkill -x quickshell`.
+command line, so `pkill -f qs` or `pkill -f "foo.qml"` kills the caller and
+returns 144. Always `-x`, never `-f`.
For anything visual, ask. Screenshots of a transient OSD are a race, and the
user has the screen.