From 60ccf06a29e6a8c6b97a8237e5264aa1fec8893f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Timothy Z." <timothy@stremio.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 12:30:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fall through to self-launch when peer forward fails

---
 src/main.rs | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f4381e0..8111108 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,15 @@ fn main() {
     commands_path.push_str(&username());
     let socket_path = Path::new(&commands_path);
     if let Ok(mut stream) = PipeClient::connect(socket_path) {
-        stream.write_all(command.as_bytes()).ok();
-        exit(0);
+        let forwarded = stream
+            .write_all(command.as_bytes())
+            .and_then(|_| stream.flush())
+            .is_ok();
+        drop(stream);
+        if forwarded {
+            exit(0);
+        }
+        eprintln!("Failed to forward command to existing Stremio instance; launching new instance");
     }
     // END IPC