Function current_channel 

pub fn current_channel() -> String

Handle the auto-start CLI verbs, if present. Returns true when one was handled and the process should exit.

Without this the module would be unreachable in a shipped build — nothing could opt in, query, or remove the registration (Codex P1 on PR #2999). A CLI surface rather than only a UI toggle is deliberate: it gives an uninstaller something to call, which is precisely what Workstream 4’s “one complete, independently-testable uninstall path” needs. A GUI toggle can be layered on later and should call the same functions.

Verbs (checked before any heavy startup work, so they are cheap and cannot disturb a running instance):

• --enable-autostart — register, using this executable’s own path
• --disable-autostart — remove; idempotent, safe to run unconditionally
• --autostart-status — print enabled / disabled, exit 0 either way The channel this launcher belongs to, which owns any entry it writes (SPEC_START_WITH_OS_2026_09_25.md §3.5). Resolved the same way as the data dir; "unknown" only if that resolution fails.