refactor(sentry): decouple agent import via string-match, rename predicate

internal/agent/state.go

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/config"
 )
 
-// ErrDaemonNotRunning is returned by callers that need a running daemon but
+// ErrDaemonNotRunning is returned when no daemon state file exists on disk.
-// find no state file on disk. Sentinel so user-facing commands (stop/reload)
+// Callers may wrap it with %w; downstream code uses errors.Is to detect it.
-// can wrap it and Sentry can filter it out as a non-bug.
+// NOTE: the message text is matched by the sentry package (string-match, to
+// avoid an import cycle). Keep the prefix "daemon does not appear to be
+// running" stable, or update sentry.daemonNotRunningMarker accordingly.
 var ErrDaemonNotRunning = errors.New("daemon does not appear to be running (state file not found)")
 
 // DaemonState is written to disk every heartbeat for external tools to read.

internal/cmd/daemon_control.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -264,7 +265,10 @@ func runDaemonReload() error {
 func stopDaemonByPID() error {
 	state, err := agent.LoadState()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		if errors.Is(err, agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
+			return err
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("read daemon state: %w", err)
 	}
 	return killPID(state.PID)
 }

internal/cmd/reload_unix.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -45,7 +46,10 @@ func startReloadWatcher(rc *ReloadableConfig) {
 func sendReloadSignal() error {
 	state, err := agent.LoadState()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		if errors.Is(err, agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
+			return err
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("read daemon state: %w", err)
 	}
 	p, err := os.FindProcess(state.PID)
 	if err != nil {

internal/sentry/sentry.go

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	gosentry "github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-
-	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
 )
 
 // dsn is injected at build time via ldflags. If empty, Sentry is disabled.
@@ -48,11 +46,16 @@ func Close() {
 	gosentry.Flush(flushTimeout)
 }
 
+// daemonNotRunningMarker matches the message of agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning
+// without importing the agent package — avoids a sentry → agent dependency
+// that would risk a cycle if agent ever needed to report errors itself.
+const daemonNotRunningMarker = "daemon does not appear to be running"
+
 // CaptureError sends a non-fatal error to Sentry with optional command context.
-// User-input errors (unknown flag/command, bad value) are skipped — they are
+// Expected non-bug errors (bad CLI input, daemon not running) are skipped to
-// not bugs, just noise.
+// keep the issue feed signal-heavy.
 func CaptureError(err error, command string) {
-	if err == nil || isUserInputError(err) {
+	if err == nil || shouldSkipSentry(err) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -64,10 +67,7 @@ func CaptureError(err error, command string) {
 	})
 }
 
-func isUserInputError(err error) bool {
+func shouldSkipSentry(err error) bool {
-	if errors.Is(err, agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
-		return true
-	}
 	var notExist *pflag.NotExistError
 	var valueReq *pflag.ValueRequiredError
 	var invalidVal *pflag.InvalidValueError
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ func isUserInputError(err error) bool {
 	}
 	msg := err.Error()
 	return strings.HasPrefix(msg, "unknown command ") ||
-		strings.HasPrefix(msg, "required flag(s)")
+		strings.HasPrefix(msg, "required flag(s)") ||
+		strings.Contains(msg, daemonNotRunningMarker)
 }
 
 // RecoverPanic captures a panic and re-panics after reporting.

internal/sentry/sentry_test.go

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 package sentry
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/torrentclaw/unarr/internal/agent"
 )
 
 func TestEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
@@ -51,12 +50,15 @@ func TestSetUser(t *testing.T) {
 	SetUser("agent-123")
 }
 
-func TestIsUserInputErrorDaemonNotRunning(t *testing.T) {
+func TestShouldSkipSentryDaemonNotRunning(t *testing.T) {
-	if !isUserInputError(agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning) {
+	// String must stay in sync with agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning. If that sentinel
-		t.Error("ErrDaemonNotRunning should be treated as user-input error")
+	// is reworded, this test fails loudly so the marker can be updated.
+	err := errors.New("daemon does not appear to be running (state file not found)")
+	if !shouldSkipSentry(err) {
+		t.Error("ErrDaemonNotRunning message should be skipped")
 	}
-	wrapped := fmt.Errorf("stop daemon: %w", agent.ErrDaemonNotRunning)
+	wrapped := fmt.Errorf("read daemon state: %w", err)
-	if !isUserInputError(wrapped) {
+	if !shouldSkipSentry(wrapped) {
-		t.Error("wrapped ErrDaemonNotRunning should be treated as user-input error")
+		t.Error("wrapped ErrDaemonNotRunning message should be skipped")
 	}
 }