Fix for flaky e2e test

Author: jahooma

cli/src/__tests__/e2e-cli.test.ts

@@ -80,20 +80,28 @@ describe.skipIf(!sdkBuilt)('CLI End-to-End Tests', () => {
   test(
     'CLI accepts --agent flag',
     async () => {
-      // Note: This will timeout and exit because we can't interact with stdin
-      // But we can verify it starts without errors
+      // Verify the CLI starts without errors when given --agent flag.
+      // The CLI goes through full initialization (agent registry, skill registry,
+      // renderer creation) before producing any piped output, so we need a
+      // generous timeout. We also treat "process still alive" as success.
       const proc = spawn('bun', ['run', CLI_PATH, '--agent', 'ask'], {
         cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../..'),
         stdio: 'pipe',
       })
 
       let started = false
+      let exitedEarly = false
+      proc.once('exit', () => {
+        if (!started) exitedEarly = true
+      })
+
       await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
         const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+          // Process is still alive after wait — it started successfully
+          if (!exitedEarly) started = true
           resolve()
-        }, 2000) // Increased timeout for CI environments
+        }, 8000)
 
-        // Check both stdout and stderr - CLI may output to either
         proc.stdout?.once('data', () => {
           started = true
           clearTimeout(timeout)
@@ -122,12 +130,17 @@ describe.skipIf(!sdkBuilt)('CLI End-to-End Tests', () => {
       })
 
       let started = false
+      let exitedEarly = false
+      proc.once('exit', () => {
+        if (!started) exitedEarly = true
+      })
+
       await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
         const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+          if (!exitedEarly) started = true
           resolve()
-        }, 2000) // Increased timeout for CI environments
+        }, 8000)
 
-        // Check both stdout and stderr - CLI may output to either
         proc.stdout?.once('data', () => {
           started = true
           clearTimeout(timeout)