more sillytavern integration fixes

package.json

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "@eslint/js": "^9.34.0",
     "@types/node": "^24.3.0",
     "@types/react": "^19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "^19.1.8",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^19.1.9",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.41.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.41.0",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^5.0.2",

src/components/screens/Interface/ServerTab.tsx

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const ServerTab = ({
           justifyContent: 'center',
         }}
       >
-        <Stack align="center" gap="md">
+        <Stack align="center" gap="md" mt="xl">
           <Text c="dimmed" size="lg">
             Waiting for the KoboldCpp server to start...
           </Text>

src/main/ipc.ts

@@ -43,13 +43,18 @@ export class IPCHandlers {
     error?: string;
   }> {
     try {
+      const finalArgs = [...args];
       const frontendPreference = (await this.configManager.get(
         'frontendPreference'
       )) as FrontendPreference | undefined;
 
+      if (frontendPreference !== 'koboldcpp' && !finalArgs.includes('--cli')) {
+        finalArgs.push('--cli');
+      }
+
       if (frontendPreference === 'sillytavern') {
         try {
-          await this.sillyTavernManager.startFrontend(args);
+          await this.sillyTavernManager.startFrontend(finalArgs);
         } catch (error) {
           this.logManager.logError(
             'Failed to setup SillyTavern:',
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ export class IPCHandlers {
         }
       }
 
-      return await this.koboldManager.launchKoboldCpp(args);
+      return await this.koboldManager.launchKoboldCpp(finalArgs);
     } catch (error) {
       this.logManager.logError('Error in enhanced launch:', error as Error);
       return {

src/main/managers/SillyTavernManager.ts

@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
     }
   }
 
+  private getSillyTavernBaseArgs(): string[] {
+    return [
+      'sillytavern',
+      '--listen',
+      '--browserLaunchEnabled',
+      'false',
+      '--securityOverride',
+      'true',
+    ];
+  }
+
   async isNpxAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
     try {
       const testProcess = spawn('npx', ['--version'], { stdio: 'pipe' });
@@ -114,7 +125,7 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
       'SillyTavern settings not found, starting SillyTavern briefly to generate config...'
     );
 
-    const spawnArgs = ['sillytavern', '--browserLaunchEnabled', 'false'];
+    const spawnArgs = this.getSillyTavernBaseArgs();
 
     this.windowManager.sendKoboldOutput(
       `Running command: npx ${spawnArgs.join(' ')}`
@@ -143,7 +154,7 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
           initProcess.kill('SIGTERM');
         }
         cleanupAndResolve();
-      }, 20000);
+      }, 90000);
 
       initProcess.on('exit', (code: number | null, signal: string | null) => {
         clearTimeout(timeout);
@@ -156,6 +167,7 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
 
       initProcess.on('error', (error) => {
         clearTimeout(timeout);
+
         if (!hasResolved) {
           hasResolved = true;
           this.logManager.logError(
@@ -172,9 +184,7 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
       if (initProcess.stdout) {
         initProcess.stdout.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
           const output = data.toString();
-          this.windowManager.sendKoboldOutput(
-            `[SillyTavern stdout]: ${output.trim()}`
-          );
+
           if (output.includes('SillyTavern is listening')) {
             setTimeout(() => {
               if (!initProcess.killed && !hasResolved) {
@@ -189,21 +199,17 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
       if (initProcess.stderr) {
         initProcess.stderr.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
           const output = data.toString();
-          this.windowManager.sendKoboldOutput(
-            `[SillyTavern stderr]: ${output.trim()}`
-          );
+          this.windowManager.sendKoboldOutput(output.trim());
         });
       }
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         if (!initProcess.killed && !hasResolved) {
           this.windowManager.sendKoboldOutput(
-            'SillyTavern initialization taking longer than expected, proceeding...'
+            'SillyTavern initialization taking longer than expected, please wait...'
           );
-          initProcess.kill('SIGTERM');
-          cleanupAndResolve();
         }
-      }, 10000);
+      }, 30000);
     });
   }
 
@@ -329,17 +335,13 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
     });
   }
 
-  getDefaultSillyTavernConfig(): SillyTavernConfig {
-    return {
+  async startFrontend(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const config = {
         name: 'sillytavern',
         port: SILLYTAVERN.PORT,
         proxyPort: SILLYTAVERN.PROXY_PORT,
       };
-  }
-
-  async startFrontend(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-      const config = this.getDefaultSillyTavernConfig();
       const { host: koboldHost, port: koboldPort } =
         this.parseKoboldConfig(args);
 
@@ -357,14 +359,9 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
       );
 
       const sillyTavernArgs = [
-        'sillytavern',
+        ...this.getSillyTavernBaseArgs(),
         '--port',
         config.port.toString(),
-        '--listen',
-        '--browserLaunchEnabled',
-        'false',
-        '--dataRoot',
-        this.getSillyTavernSettingsPath().replace('/settings.json', ''),
       ];
 
       this.sillyTavernProcess = spawn('npx', sillyTavernArgs, {
@@ -381,8 +378,7 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
 
       if (this.sillyTavernProcess.stderr) {
         this.sillyTavernProcess.stderr.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
-          const output = data.toString();
-          this.windowManager.sendKoboldOutput(output, true);
+          this.windowManager.sendKoboldOutput(data.toString(), true);
         });
       }
 

yarn.lock

@@ -1324,12 +1324,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/react-dom@npm:^19.1.8":
-  version: 19.1.8
-  resolution: "@types/react-dom@npm:19.1.8"
+"@types/react-dom@npm:^19.1.9":
+  version: 19.1.9
+  resolution: "@types/react-dom@npm:19.1.9"
   peerDependencies:
     "@types/react": ^19.0.0
-  checksum: 10c0/561f9679c99e93adba8ecdf7d5ad69cc9d5e35837fa996246a83713f0ce498fc5b871f9a2a3342c7d440fc02159abe10f29c4a4004527d5d38b2e84f21840793
+  checksum: 10c0/34c8dda86c1590b3ef0e7ecd38f9663a66ba2dd69113ba74fb0adc36b83bbfb8c94c1487a2505282a5f7e5e000d2ebf36f4c0fd41b3b672f5178fd1d4f1f8f58
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -3603,7 +3603,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@mantine/hooks": "npm:^8.2.7"
     "@types/node": "npm:^24.3.0"
     "@types/react": "npm:^19.1.12"
-    "@types/react-dom": "npm:^19.1.8"
+    "@types/react-dom": "npm:^19.1.9"
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "npm:^8.41.0"
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "npm:^8.41.0"
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "npm:^5.0.2"