Frequent problems on first keosd autolaunched request

[spoonincode]

I've been suffering some problems recently where the first request to an auto-launched keosd fails. This appears to be some sort of race condition because doing something like running cleos in strace masks the problem.

$ programs/cleos/cleos wallet list
"/home/spoon/eos/build.rel/programs/keosd/keosd" launched
Wallets:
Error 3110002: Missing Wallet API Plugin
Ensure that you have eosio::wallet_api_plugin added to your node's configuration!
Otherwise specify your wallet location with --wallet-url argument!
Error Details:
Wallet is not available
$ programs/cleos/cleos wallet list
Wallets:
[]
$ 

This isn't anything to do with wallet list -- it appears to be any command suffers

$ programs/cleos/cleos wallet create -n banana --to-console
"/home/spoon/eos/build.rel/programs/keosd/keosd" launched
Error 3110002: Missing Wallet API Plugin
Ensure that you have eosio::wallet_api_plugin added to your node's configuration!
Otherwise specify your wallet location with --wallet-url argument!
Error Details:
Wallet is not available
$ programs/cleos/cleos wallet create -n banana --to-console
Creating wallet: banana
Save password to use in the future to unlock this wallet.