From 9e0346552082f5dcdec2222053495420334fa171 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: firestar5683 <168790843+firestar5683@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 14:42:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] blankity blankity blank

---
 system/manager/process_config.py    | 9 ++++++++-
 system/manager/test/test_manager.py | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/manager/process_config.py b/system/manager/process_config.py
index d5b33cd900..6c957e3381 100644
--- a/system/manager/process_config.py
+++ b/system/manager/process_config.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def python_ui_process_start_method(uses_python_ui: bool, is_pc: bool = PC) -> st
 
 PYTHON_UI = python_ui_enabled(device_type)
 PYTHON_UI_PROCESS_START_METHOD = python_ui_process_start_method(PYTHON_UI)
+THE_GALAXY_PROCESS_START_METHOD = "fork" if PC else "subprocess"
 
 from openpilot.system.manager.process import PythonProcess, NativeProcess, DaemonProcess
 
@@ -169,7 +170,13 @@ procs = [
 
 # StarPilot variables
 procs += [
-  PythonProcess("the_galaxy", "starpilot.system.the_galaxy.the_galaxy", always_run, nice=19),
+  PythonProcess(
+    "the_galaxy",
+    "starpilot.system.the_galaxy.the_galaxy",
+    always_run,
+    nice=19,
+    start_method=THE_GALAXY_PROCESS_START_METHOD,
+  ),
   PythonProcess("galaxy", "starpilot.system.galaxy.galaxy", always_run, nice=19),
 ]
 
diff --git a/system/manager/test/test_manager.py b/system/manager/test/test_manager.py
index d4fde7810d..9b4611fb3d 100644
--- a/system/manager/test/test_manager.py
+++ b/system/manager/test/test_manager.py
@@ -125,12 +125,13 @@ class TestManager:
   def test_python_ui_subprocess_is_scoped_to_ui(self):
     ui_proc = managed_processes["ui"]
     uses_python_ui = python_ui_enabled(HARDWARE.get_device_type())
+    subprocess_scoped_procs = {"the_galaxy"}
 
     assert isinstance(ui_proc, PythonProcess) == uses_python_ui
     if uses_python_ui:
       assert ui_proc.start_method == python_ui_process_start_method(uses_python_ui)
     for proc in procs:
-      if isinstance(proc, PythonProcess) and proc.name != "ui":
+      if isinstance(proc, PythonProcess) and proc.name not in subprocess_scoped_procs | {"ui"}:
         assert proc.start_method is None
 
   def test_python_ui_env_override(self, monkeypatch):