---
id: known-bugs/bootstrap-ts-runs-npm-install-g-for-pi-on
title: "`bootstrap.ts` runs `npm install -g` for Pi on every boot"
theme: known-bugs
status: open
created: 2026-08-20
date_source: assumed
order: 2
---

**`bootstrap.ts` runs `npm install -g` for Pi on every boot.** `findPiPackageDir` checks stale
paths and an outdated package name, so `installPi` always fires and floods the logs with
`EEXIST` noise. Should detect `@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent` at the real npm prefix.