From 84fe55452e903fd2d74c238b59932a26da03066c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Longwell <tlongwell@squareup.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:22:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix debug UI connection to external goosed server

---
 ui/desktop/src/goosed.ts | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/goosed.ts b/ui/desktop/src/goosed.ts
index 16c8398f3f52..c0d18270b870 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/goosed.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/goosed.ts
@@ -47,10 +47,20 @@ const checkServerStatus = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
 
 const connectToExternalBackend = async (
   workingDir: string,
-  port: number = 3000
+  port: number = 3000,
+  serverSecret: string
 ): Promise<[number, string, ChildProcess]> => {
   log.info(`Using external goosed backend on port ${port}`);
 
+  // Configure client for external backend before checking status
+  client.setConfig({
+    baseUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`,
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      'X-Secret-Key': serverSecret,
+    },
+  });
+
   const isReady = await checkServerStatus();
   if (!isReady) {
     throw new Error(`External goosed server not accessible on port ${port}`);
@@ -94,7 +104,7 @@ export const startGoosed = async (
   dir = path.resolve(path.normalize(dir));
 
   if (process.env.GOOSE_EXTERNAL_BACKEND) {
-    return connectToExternalBackend(dir, 3000);
+    return connectToExternalBackend(dir, 3000, serverSecret);
   }
 
   // Validate that the directory actually exists and is a directory