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Problem

Every vcs.refreshStatus call runs a full refresh: it clears the status caches, reads remote status with an uncached PR lookup, then scans the working tree. Calls for one repository wait on the remote write lock, then each run their own refresh. The web client sends this RPC on window focus, on tab visibility changes and when the Git menu opens, so a few windows on one repository queue one full refresh per event. In #7076 these requests took 15.8 to 24.1 seconds.

To reproduce, open one repository in several windows, start a refresh, then focus the other windows while it runs.

Change

VcsStatusBroadcaster.refreshStatus now tracks whether a refresh is running for a cwd. A call that arrives during it cannot reuse it, since that refresh may have read Git before the caller's change, such as a PR an agent just opened. So every call that arrives during the running refresh waits for one shared follow-up, which starts when the running one ends. N calls during one refresh now cost one more refresh instead of N.

• The refresh itself is unchanged; the new code wraps it. It does not overlap fix(server): publish local git status before remote lookup #21046's rewrite of the refresh body, and the production file merges cleanly with that branch.
• The broadcaster scope owns the shared work. A caller that goes away (a closed window) no longer cancels the refresh, so the other callers still get their result and subscribers still get the update.
• Calls are grouped by the cwd string the client sent, so each refresh keeps its caller's auto-pull policy input. Two different paths to one repository (a symlink and its target) still queue on the lock as before.
• A failed refresh fails only the calls waiting on it. The next queued refresh still runs.

Nothing on screen changes. Clients show the same status, sooner and with less Git work.

Scope and approval

Fixes #7076. A maintainer asked for a fresh PR against the new code once V2 landed (comment), and later for a focused fix with before/after measurements through the affected path (comment). This PR changes one service method and adds one test. No RPC contract or client changes.

Verification

vp test run src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts in apps/server. The new test starts a refresh and sends two more while it runs. The later two must share one refresh that started after their request: they see a PR the first did not, and remote status is read twice, not three times.

On main the new test fails: three overlapping refreshes read remote status three times.

On this branch all 9 broadcaster tests pass, including the new one.

Through the RPC path. A script started a real server on an empty temp home and opened 4 WebSocket clients on a temporary repository with a local remote. Client 0 refreshed, then all 4 clients refreshed 300 ms later while that refresh still ran. A git wrapper counted every Git process and slowed git fetch to 2 s to stand in for the network. Three runs each:

	Git processes	Burst finished
main	112, 112, 112	3038, 2747, 2776 ms
this branch	46, 46, 46	2241, 2264, 2294 ms

On main the four later calls were answered after 2.0 to 2.7 s, each waiting for the refreshes ahead of it. On this branch all four were answered together after 1.9 to 2.0 s. Each run did one fetch, since fetches are throttled to one per 15 s. The fixture has no GitHub remote, so no PR lookups ran; with GitHub, each extra refresh on main adds an uncached PR lookup, which #22159 measured at about 4 to 5 s.

Per-call timings and Git process counts from the first run of each, with the three-run totals at the bottom.

Throwaway tests, not committed, also showed: interrupting the first two callers does not cancel the shared refresh for the third; a failed refresh fails only its own waiters; two repositories still refresh in parallel. vp run check:changed passes.

Not checked:

• Real GitHub PR lookups, and other forges.
• Desktop, mobile or web clients sending the RPC; the script used the same WebSocket RPC.
• Windows and macOS.

Prior PRs

• fix(vcs): share in-flight status refreshes per repository #7185 by maslinedwin shared one in-flight refresh per repository. Closed during the V2 server rewrite.
• fix(server): coalesce overlapping VCS status refreshes #19478 by luke2x coalesced overlapping refreshes into a per-repository worker. Closed for missing measurements through the client path.
• soupslurpr reported Overlapping VCS status refreshes multiply Git and network work #7076 and fixed it in their fork.
• fix(server): avoid expensive diff minimization in status refreshes #21872 by voltcrash and fix(web): VCS status refresh no longer trips the slow-request toast #22159 by t3dotgg made each refresh cheaper and stopped the slow-request toast; this PR removes the repeated refreshes.

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Verdict: Approved at aeb18a1

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused server-side fix that coalesces overlapping VCS refresh requests into one follow-up while preserving existing refresh, locking, and auto-pull behavior. The added concurrency coordination is localized and covered by a targeted test, with no API, schema, deployment, or sensitive-area changes.

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Walkthrough

VcsStatusBroadcaster now shares non-localOnly refresh work for requests with the same raw working directory. Requests during an active refresh share one follow-up refresh. Tests cover shared results, failure handling, interruption, and later refreshes.

Changes: VCS refresh coordination

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Coordinate and validate shared refreshes apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts	Non-localOnly refresh requests for the same raw working directory share an active refresh or one follow-up. localOnly requests bypass the queue. Tests check shared results, remote invalidation counts, failure and interruption handling, and subsequent independent refreshes.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~15 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Possibly related issues

• [Bug]: Remote VCS refresh takes 32s with recurring backend event-loop stalls #20254 — This change coalesces overlapping vcs.refreshStatus calls, which the issue identifies as a possible source of slow refreshes. Other latency causes described in the issue are not addressed here.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#22807 — That PR added the localOnly option that this change preserves by bypassing the shared queue.
• pingdotgg/t3code#24975 — That PR issues refreshStatus calls per checkout; this change coalesces overlapping server calls to that path.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25152 — That PR changes the client service that issues refreshStatus calls; this change coordinates overlapping calls on the server.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to bca39

The shared refresh behavior and its failure and interruption paths are covered by the added tests. No issue identified here needs resolution before merge.

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Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		[#7076] The expected behavior requires concurrent callers to share the active explicit refresh. The suggested fix requires one in-flight refresh per raw cwd. The reviewed head does not do this. In app…	Change the coordinator so concurrent callers that arrive during an active refresh await that active refresh, as #7076 requires. Add regression coverage for active-refresh sharing, queued-request coalescing, and caller interruption. If maint…

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check		The description is complete and follows the required sections. It explains the problem, implementation, scope and approval, focused verification, measurements, limitations, and the agent model and har…
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: overlapping VCS status refreshes share one follow-up refresh.
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole-PR diff against the merge base changes two files: apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts and its test file. The broadcaster change adds a per-raw-cwd queue, a Deferred-based shared foll…

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The description is complete and follows the required sections. It explains the problem, implementation, scope and approval, focused verification, measurements, limitations, and the agent model and harness.

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The whole-PR diff against the merge base changes two files: apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts and its test file. The broadcaster change adds a per-raw-cwd queue, a Deferred-based shared follow-up, and broadcaster-scope forking. Every change is in refreshStatus coordination, which supports #7076. The localOnly path bypasses the queue, which keeps local-only reads unchanged. The test fixture changes permit GitManagerError failures and add tests for the follow-up and interruption behavior. No RPC contract, client, or unrelated product code changed. The raw summary describes the test changes only in general terms. Test-level details were not checked in this review.

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Explanation

[#7076] The expected behavior requires concurrent callers to share the active explicit refresh. The suggested fix requires one in-flight refresh per raw cwd. The reviewed head does not do this. In apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts, shareQueuedRefreshStatus starts the first call directly. A call that arrives while a refresh runs gets a Deferred for one follow-up refresh (queuedRefreshesRef stores null, then a shared Deferred). The active refresh is not shared. The follow-up design is documented in the PR and is a valid correctness choice, since the active refresh may have read Git before the caller's change. Even so, the issue states the sharing behavior directly, and the code does not implement it. The implemented behavior is the same as the previous review. The AI-generated raw summary states that concurrent requests share the running refresh; the code evidence does not support that statement. Coalescing of queued client refresh commands is also not implemented. The PR excludes client changes, so that part of the issue is also unmet. Coalescing by raw cwd and broadcaster-owned work do exist on the server. Regression tests in VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts cover the follow-up sharing and caller interruption, but no test covers active-refresh sharing.

Resolution

Change the coordinator so concurrent callers that arrive during an active refresh await that active refresh, as #7076 requires. Add regression coverage for active-refresh sharing, queued-request coalescing, and caller interruption. If maintainers accept the follow-up-only design, update #7076 first to state that active refresh sharing is not required, and to state the client-command coalescing decision. Then reassess against the updated issue.

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apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts: 1

604-643: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add tests for caller interruption and failed refreshes.

This test covers the shared follow-up path. Two other behaviors of the coordinator have no committed test. The PR description says throwaway tests covered both.

• Caller interruption: An interrupted caller must not cancel the shared work for the remaining waiters.
• Failed refresh: After a failure, the queue entry must clear and the next queued refresh must still run. A stuck entry would make every later refreshStatus for that cwd wait forever.

Use Deferred gates, as this test does, so the tests need no sleeps or polling.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts around lines
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Add focused tests around VcsStatusBroadcaster.refreshStatus using Deferred
gates: verify interrupting one caller does not cancel shared refresh work needed
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subsequent refresh for the same cwd completes. Avoid sleeps or polling.

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