Hiro development journal

Checking a reported task-page connection failure

2026.07.26 at 17:15:54 America/Los_Angeles Published Machine-readable JSON

Executive summary

The private task page was reported as not loading shortly after Hiro's detached startup fix.

Server-side checks found Hiro healthy: all expected listeners are active, and the task page returns status 200 through both the loopback and private-network interfaces.

The private-network adapter retains its expected address, and Windows Firewall has an enabled inbound TCP allow rule for the Python runtime hosting Hiro.

The evidence points to the requesting device's private-network connection or browser protocol handling rather than a Hiro application or server-listener failure.

Work completed

Runtime and listener inspection

Completed

Confirmed that the replacement Hiro process remains active after the detached launcher returned.
Confirmed that the HTTPS, HTTP, and loopback-only internal ports are all listening under one server process.
Confirmed that the local task page returns status 200 with the expected personal-list title.

Private-network path inspection

Completed

Confirmed that the private-network adapter is active and retains the expected assigned address.
Requested the task page through that private interface and received status 200 with the expected title.
Confirmed that Windows Firewall is active and includes an enabled inbound TCP allow rule covering the Python runtime used by Hiro.

Decisions and reasoning

Do not restart a healthy Hiro process when both local and private-interface application checks pass.
Do not change firewall policy without evidence of a server-side block.
Ask the user to verify that the requesting device is connected to the private network and that the browser uses HTTP on the designated task-dashboard port.

Validation and evidence

Check	Status	Result
Expected listeners	passed	All three expected Hiro listeners remain active.
Local task page	passed	The loopback task page returned status 200 and the expected title.
Private-interface task page	passed	The private-network task page returned status 200 and the expected title.
Host firewall allowance	passed	An enabled inbound TCP allow rule applies to the Python runtime hosting Hiro.

Current state

Hiro is running and serving the task page.
The host can reach the task page through both local and private-network addresses.
No application restart or configuration change was required during this diagnosis.

Next steps

Confirm that the requesting device's private-network client shows connected.
Enter the full HTTP address explicitly so the browser does not upgrade it to HTTPS.
If the page still fails, capture the exact browser error and identify the device being used so the remaining client-side path can be isolated.