From 8661d2968e1dcc19716f8f6a81df8ce9d153e230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: veg <veg@silentio.us>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:47:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: host pre-check probes its own socket path

The already-running check read the roster back only to learn the
socket path cmd_host had computed a few lines earlier. The roster's
presence still gates the probe: a leftover dir without one keeps
falling through to the mkdir lock and its 'party clean' hint.
---
 party | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/party b/party
index 8ecaa03..7542704 100755
--- a/party
+++ b/party
@@ -807,13 +807,9 @@ EOF
         echo "party: $party_dir exists and is not a directory you own" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
-    if [ -d "$party_dir" ] && [ -f "$rec" ]; then
-        roster_read "$rec" 2>/dev/null || true
-        if [ -n "${RR_SOCKET:-}" ] \
-           && [ "$(party_conn_state "$RR_SOCKET")" != dead ]; then
-            echo "party: '$name' is already running" >&2
-            exit 1
-        fi
+    if [ -f "$rec" ] && [ "$(party_conn_state "$sock")" != dead ]; then
+        echo "party: '$name' is already running" >&2
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     # mkdir is the atomic acquisition primitive. POSIX mkdir(2) on an