From 5f8068cc0506e11de984e176beb5f5bec83e55d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake <73198594+jaborsh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:03:40 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] launch: Allow evennia to log in background

When running `evennia start -l &`, the subprocess gets suspended by the OS due to TTY constraints. Explicitly passing `stdin/stdout/stderr` to DEVNULL prevents this hanging state without altering Foreground & Daemon behavior.
---
 evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
index 06884ddebb..4b4615a0ff 100644
--- a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
+++ b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import signal
 import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from packaging.version import Version
-from subprocess import STDOUT, CalledProcessError, Popen, call, check_output
+from subprocess import DEVNULL, STDOUT, CalledProcessError, Popen, call, check_output
 
 import django
 from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
@@ -849,7 +849,14 @@ def start_evennia(pprofiler=False, sprofiler=False):
                 create_no_window = 0x08000000
                 Popen(portal_cmd, env=getenv(), bufsize=-1, creationflags=create_no_window)
             else:
-                Popen(portal_cmd, env=getenv(), bufsize=-1)
+                Popen(
+                    portal_cmd, 
+                    env=getenv(), 
+                    bufsize=-1, 
+                    stdin=DEVNULL, 
+                    stdout=DEVNULL, 
+                    stderr=DEVNULL
+                )
         except Exception as e:
             print(PROCESS_ERROR.format(component="Portal", traceback=e))
             _reactor_stop()