From 9dd50dd7d6571e72485f9d6248e9c2486736ee34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "A.K.M. Adib" <adibakm@google.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:17:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): pass memory arguments via NODE_OPTIONS to support
 SEA binaries

---
 packages/cli/index.ts | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/index.ts b/packages/cli/index.ts
index d857831fb7..c6adbd893f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/index.ts
@@ -77,14 +77,25 @@ async function run() {
     const nodeArgs: string[] = [...process.execArgv];
     const scriptArgs = process.argv.slice(2);
 
-    const memoryArgs = await getMemoryNodeArgs();
-    nodeArgs.push(...memoryArgs);
-
     const script = process.argv[1];
-    nodeArgs.push(script);
+    if (script !== undefined) {
+      nodeArgs.push(script);
+    }
     nodeArgs.push(...scriptArgs);
 
-    const newEnv = { ...process.env, GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH: 'true' };
+    const newEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {
+      ...process.env,
+      GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH: 'true',
+    };
+    const memoryArgs = await getMemoryNodeArgs();
+    if (memoryArgs.length > 0) {
+      newEnv['NODE_OPTIONS'] = [
+        process.env['NODE_OPTIONS'] || '',
+        ...memoryArgs,
+      ]
+        .join(' ')
+        .trim();
+    }
     const RELAUNCH_EXIT_CODE = 199;
     let latestAdminSettings: unknown = undefined;