Keep running app status off hot paths

[pablopunk]

Summary

• return cached running-app status immediately and refresh snapshots in the background
• notify the renderer when running-app snapshots change so decorative row state updates in place
• replace slow macOS AppleScript running-app detection with bounded ps-based process inspection
• document the incident in src/docs/solutions/running-app-status-background-refresh.md

Verification

• mise exec -- pnpm typecheck
• mise exec -- pnpm build

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• src/App.tsx
• src/docs/solutions/running-app-status-background-refresh.md
• src/electron/main.ts
• src/electron/os.ts
• src/electron/preload.ts
• src/preload-api.ts

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