Inline variables flag failing and not giving error on Windows

[priyanshugahlot2004]

kane-cli version

0.4.8

Operating System

Windows (x64)

Installation method

npm

What happened?

The kane-cli run command fails to parse JSON variables on Windows unless they are escaped with backslashes and the entire JSON string is wrapped in double quotes. The same commands work perfectly on macOS with both single quotes and unescaped JSON.

Additional details

Steps to Reproduce

On macOS (both work correctly):

# With single quotes and not escaping the JSON
kane-cli run "open google.com and type {{test2}} in the search field" --variables '{"test2": {"value": "testvar2"}}'

On Windows (both fail silently):

# With single quotes - FAILS
kane-cli run "open google.com and type {{test2}} in the search field" --variables '{"test2": {"value": "testvar2"}}'

# Without escaping - FAILS
kane-cli run "open google.com and type {{test2}} in the search field" --variables '{\"test2\": {\"value\": \"testvar2\"}}'

There is no Error logging:

On Windows (only workaround that works):

# Escaped with backslashes and the entire JSON string is wrapped in double quotes work - WORKS
kane-cli run "open google.com and type {{test2}} in the search field" --variables "{\"test2\": {\"value\": \"testvar2\"}}"

Expected Behavior

• The command should parse the JSON variables correctly on Windows, same as macOS

Actual Behavior

On Windows:

• No error message is displayed
• The action does not execute
• Only the command escaped with backslashes and the entire JSON string is wrapped in double quotes work

Environment

• OS: Windows
• kane-cli version: 0.4.8
• Node version: v24.16.0

Error output / logs

C:\Users\priyanshug>kane-cli run "open google.com and type {{test2}} in the search field" --variables '{"test2": {"value": "testvar2"}}' --agent
{"type":"recording_state","enabled":true,"session_id":"468efb7f-a624-4942-8fef-9d7845af1901","persist":false}