From 6d120edaf483d5197d886a1a2c26938c4705d409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Weidman <adamfweidman@google.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 09:27:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use systemctl restart to pick up newly built code on VM
 boot

---
 scripts/gce-startup.sh | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/gce-startup.sh b/scripts/gce-startup.sh
index 6d29190a62..b6421ef871 100644
--- a/scripts/gce-startup.sh
+++ b/scripts/gce-startup.sh
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ StandardError=journal
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF
 
-# Start both services
+# Restart both services (restart, not start — pick up newly built code)
 systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl enable chat-bridge forever-agent
-systemctl start chat-bridge
+systemctl restart chat-bridge
 sleep 2
-systemctl start forever-agent
+systemctl restart forever-agent
 
 echo "=== Chat bridge started on port 8081 ==="
 echo "=== Forever agent started in screen session ==="