From 45c084b861e01c614701e58c55945dadc2b54ea4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Deepanshu Pal <DeepanshuPal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:04:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(browse): hide daemon console on Windows

---
 packages/cli/src/lib/driver/daemon/client.ts |  1 +
 packages/cli/tests/driver-foundation.test.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/driver/daemon/client.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/driver/daemon/client.ts
index 260c56b63..4fb12967d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/driver/daemon/client.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/driver/daemon/client.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ function spawnDaemon(session: string, target: ConnectionTarget): void {
       detached: true,
       env: process.env,
       stdio: "ignore",
+      windowsHide: true,
     },
   );
   child.unref();
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/driver-foundation.test.ts b/packages/cli/tests/driver-foundation.test.ts
index f2422f4ae..3a3eee063 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/driver-foundation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/driver-foundation.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 });
 
 describe("driver foundation", () => {
+  it("hides the detached daemon window on Windows", async () => {
+    const source = await fs.readFile(
+      new URL("../src/lib/driver/daemon/client.ts", import.meta.url),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    const spawnDaemon = source.slice(
+      source.indexOf("function spawnDaemon"),
+      source.indexOf("async function waitForSocketReady"),
+    );
+
+    expect(spawnDaemon).toContain("windowsHide: true");
+  });
+
   it("defaults remote mode from BROWSERBASE_API_KEY", async () => {
     const previousApiKey = process.env.BROWSERBASE_API_KEY;
     process.env.BROWSERBASE_API_KEY = "test-key";