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Reboot issues with macOS Sonoma

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Description

Is anyone else using the [reboot functionality](https://github.com/macadmins/installapplications/blob/main/payload/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.erikng.installapplications.plist#L23-L24) with IAs?

We're running an older build, and with IAs set to reboot at the end of bootstrapping, we're finding Macs running macOS Sonoma beta 7 do not reboot. IAs writes to the logs that the Mac is rebooting, then IAs cleans up after itself.

Here's the relevant code:

https://github.com/macadmins/installapplications/blob/main/payload/Library/installapplications/installapplications.py#L415-L419

Running `/usr/bin/osascript -e delay 5 -e tell application "System Events" to restart` manually doesn't seem to do anything on macOS Sonoma beta 7, either, so I don't think this is an IAs-specific issue.

Any objection to changing this to something like `/sbin/shutdown -r now` instead?

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Research direction

Review payload/Library/installapplications/installapplications.py around lines 415-419 and the linked LaunchDaemon configuration. Reproduce the reboot behavior on macOS Sonoma beta 7, then verify that the selected reboot command actually restarts the Mac and that the existing cleanup still completes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos, python
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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