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Problem

Storage cleanup decides which threads share a worktree by comparing path.resolve strings, which do not follow symlinks. When two threads store one checkout under different spellings (its real path, and a path through a symlinked parent such as macOS /tmp → /private/tmp), each lands in its own one-thread group. So the "Shared by N threads" guard never fires, and the checkout is deleted while the other thread still points at it. Two spellings reach the database through, for example, t3_thread_launch with an existing_worktree strategy, which validates worktreePath through realPath but stores the caller's spelling.

Reproduced on main 354f6c8 with a dev server on a fresh database: two threads were bound through MCP to <T3 home>/worktrees/repo/wt-split and <alias → T3 home/worktrees/repo>/wt-split, with "Delete unchanged worktrees" on. The next sweep logged storage cleanup removed worktree and deleted the checkout while both threads still referenced it. Two threads on the same spelling (wt-same) were kept as shared.

Change

Storage cleanup compares real paths wherever it decides whether something refers to the candidate worktree. A per-sweep canonical helper resolves a path with fs.realPath, falls back to path.resolve when that fails, applies the existing Windows case folding (pathKey), and caches each result for the sweep. The keys are only compared, never opened. It is used for:

• grouping live and deleted threads by worktree;
• the re-read of thread bindings and shells before removal;
• the open-terminal and live provider-session checks, which match a cwd against both the worktree's stored spelling and its real path, so a session in a deleted folder under the stored alias still protects it;
• the project-root containment check, which matches either the worktree's stored spelling or its real path, so a missing project root stored through the alias still protects the worktree.

Report entries, the existence check, the "worktree is a symbolic link" check, git commands, measuring and removal still use the thread's own stored spelling. Nothing is persisted differently.

Scope and approval

Fixes #9245

The issue names the v1 CheckpointReactor drift-follow and the SQL guard proposed in https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/9185. Neither exists on main: v1 orchestration was removed in https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/2829, and https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/9185 was closed unmerged. Storage cleanup is the automatic guard with the failure mode the issue describes (a worktree removed while another thread still points at it through a different spelling), so the fix is there. CheckpointRestoreSafety already compares real paths. Server only; no contract, client, adapter or MCP change.

Verification

Focused test in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts, "keeps a checkout two top-level threads store through a symlinked parent". It covers two top-level threads, one storing the real worktree path and one storing it through a symlinked parent, both settled 20 days ago with "settled after 8 days" on.

• On main 354f6c8 it fails:

FAIL  src/storageCleanup.test.ts > subagent worktree ownership > keeps a checkout two top-level threads store through a symlinked parent
AssertionError: expected [ { kind: 'worktree', …(8) } ] to deeply equal [ ObjectContaining{…} ]
-     "outcome": "kept",
-     "reason": "Shared by 2 threads",
+     "outcome": "removed",
+     "reason": "Settled for 20 days",
      Tests  1 failed | 122 skipped (123)

• On this branch it passes.
• The existing "keeps a worktree protected by a missing project root" test now also runs with the worktree and the missing project root stored through a symlinked parent, both before the check and during measurement. Main keeps those worktrees; comparing only real paths would remove them.
• "keeps a checkout two top-level threads store in different case on Windows" (host platform win32) covers the case folding.
• "keeps a worktree for a live session in a missing folder under its stored alias" covers the session check.
• vp test run src/storageCleanup.test.ts: 127 passed.
• vp run check:changed passes on the merged head: format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests.

Runtime transcript: one driver run against each side's own dev server (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0, fresh database), with synthetic data only. The driver:

1. creates a throwaway repo and three checkouts in the managed worktree folder, plus an alias that reaches that folder through a symlink;
2. launches threads through MCP t3_thread_launch with existing_worktree, each running one claude-haiku-5-5 turn;
3. turns on "Delete unchanged worktrees" and restarts so sessions end and the startup sweep runs.

wt-solo (one thread) is a positive control that cleanup removes on both sides.

Checkout	main 354f6c8	this branch 85a2a29 (later commits, the project-root, Windows case-folding and live-session fixes, don't change these rows)
wt-solo, 1 thread (control)	removed	removed
wt-same, 2 threads, same spelling	kept	kept
wt-split, 2 threads, real path and symlinked spelling	removed, both threads still bound to it	kept

Before: main 354f6c8

server: http://127.0.0.1:16008, checkout 354f6c86dd
## threads (title|branch|worktreePath)
New thread||
same-A|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
same-B|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
solo|solo|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-solo
split-A|split|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-split
split-B|split|/tmp/issue-lead-9245-r1/run-before-024020/fixture/alias/wt-split
## storage cleanup log lines
[02:40:56.509] INFO (#6453): storage cleanup removed worktree
[02:40:56.695] INFO (#6453): storage cleanup removed worktree
## managed worktrees after the sweep
wt-same
## threads after the sweep
New thread||
same-A|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
same-B|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
solo|solo|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-solo
split-A|split|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-split
split-B|split|/tmp/issue-lead-9245-r1/run-before-024020/fixture/alias/wt-split
MISSING: /home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-solo
exists:  /home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
MISSING: /home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245-base/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-split
MISSING: /tmp/issue-lead-9245-r1/run-before-024020/fixture/alias/wt-split

After: this branch 85a2a29

server: http://127.0.0.1:15240, checkout 85a2a29409
## threads (title|branch|worktreePath)
New thread||
same-A|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
same-B|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
solo|solo|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-solo
split-A|split|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-split
split-B|split|/tmp/issue-lead-9245-r1/run-after-024020/fixture/alias/wt-split
## storage cleanup log lines
[02:40:56.421] INFO (#6459): storage cleanup removed worktree
## managed worktrees after the sweep
wt-same
wt-split
## threads after the sweep
New thread||
same-A|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
same-B|same|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
solo|solo|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-solo
split-A|split|/home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-split
split-B|split|/tmp/issue-lead-9245-r1/run-after-024020/fixture/alias/wt-split
MISSING: /home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-solo
exists:  /home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-same
exists:  /home/ubuntu/wt/issue-9245/.t3/worktrees/repo/wt-split
exists:  /tmp/issue-lead-9245-r1/run-after-024020/fixture/alias/wt-split

Driver: repro-9245.sh (scratch, not committed)

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Runtime repro for pingdotgg/t3code#9245 against a T3 Code checkout's own dev server.
# usage: repro-9245.sh <checkout> <scratch-run-dir>
# Needs the checkout's dev server stopped and no <checkout>/.t3 (a fresh database).
# Synthetic data only: a throwaway git repo, two worktrees, four threads that each run one
# claude-haiku-5-5 turn ("Reply with exactly: ok").
set -euo pipefail
CHECKOUT=$1
RUN=$2
HERE=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
T3=$CHECKOUT/.t3
mkdir -p "$RUN"
[ ! -e "$T3" ] || { echo "$T3 exists; start from a fresh database" >&2; exit 1; }

start_server() {
  # `cd; setsid … &` (not `cd && …`) so $! is setsid's process: the server's process group leader.
  (cd "$CHECKOUT"; T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 setsid vp run dev:server >"$RUN/server-$1.log" 2>&1 & echo $! >"$RUN/server.pid")
  for _ in $(seq 1 90); do grep -q "Listening on" "$RUN/server-$1.log" 2>/dev/null && break; sleep 1; done
  ORIGIN=$(grep -o "Listening on http://[0-9.:]*" "$RUN/server-$1.log" | head -1 | sed 's/Listening on //')
}
stop_server() {
  local pid
  pid=$(cat "$RUN/server.pid")
  [ "$(readlink "/proc/$pid/cwd")" = "$CHECKOUT" ] || { echo "server $pid is not ours" >&2; exit 1; }
  kill -TERM -- "-$pid"
  sleep 8
}
mcp() { python3 -I "$HERE/mcp_driver.py" "$ORIGIN" "$RUN/mcp-token" "$@"; }

# Fixture: a repo with an origin whose HEAD is main.
F=$RUN/fixture
mkdir -p "$F"
git init -q --bare -b main "$F/origin.git"
git init -q -b main "$F/repo"
git -C "$F/repo" -c user.email=t@example.com -c user.name=t commit -q --allow-empty -m init
git -C "$F/repo" remote add origin "$F/origin.git"
git -C "$F/repo" push -q -u origin main
git -C "$F/repo" remote set-head origin main

start_server 1
echo "server: $ORIGIN, checkout $(git -C "$CHECKOUT" rev-parse --short HEAD)"
PROJECT=$(cd "$CHECKOUT" && node apps/server/src/bin.ts project add --base-dir "$T3" "$F/repo" | grep -o "project [0-9a-f-]*" | cut -d' ' -f2)
(cd "$CHECKOUT/apps/server" && REPRO_BASE_DIR=$T3 node --input-type=module-typescript <"$HERE/issue-mcp-token.ts" >"$RUN/mcp-token")

# Two checkouts in the managed worktree folder; an alias reaches it through a symlinked parent.
W=$T3/worktrees/repo
mkdir -p "$W"
git -C "$F/repo" worktree add -q -b same "$W/wt-same"
git -C "$F/repo" worktree add -q -b split "$W/wt-split"
# Positive control: one thread alone on a checkout, which cleanup removes on both sides.
git -C "$F/repo" worktree add -q -b solo "$W/wt-solo"
ln -s "$W" "$F/alias"

: >"$RUN/threads.txt"
for spec in "same-A:$W/wt-same:same" "same-B:$W/wt-same:same" "split-A:$W/wt-split:split" "split-B:$F/alias/wt-split:split" "solo:$W/wt-solo:solo"; do
  IFS=: read -r name path branch <<<"$spec"
  id=$(mcp t3_thread_launch "{\"projectId\":\"$PROJECT\",\"title\":\"$name\",\"message\":\"Reply with exactly: ok\",\"modelSelection\":{\"instanceId\":\"claudeAgent\",\"model\":\"claude-haiku-5-5\"},\"workspaceStrategy\":{\"type\":\"existing_worktree\",\"worktreePath\":\"$path\",\"branch\":\"$branch\"}}" |
    python3 -c 'import json,sys; r=json.load(sys.stdin)["result"]; print(r.get("structuredContent", r)["threadId"])')
  echo "$id" >>"$RUN/threads.txt"
done
for id in $(cat "$RUN/threads.txt"); do mcp t3_thread_wait "{\"threadId\":\"$id\",\"timeoutMs\":90000}" >/dev/null; done

rows() {
  sqlite3 -readonly "$T3/userdata/statev2.sqlite" "select json_extract(payload_json,'\$.title'), json_extract(payload_json,'\$.branch'), json_extract(payload_json,'\$.worktreePath') from orchestration_v2_projection_threads order by 1"
}
echo "## threads (title|branch|worktreePath)"
rows

# Delete unchanged worktrees; restart so provider sessions end and the startup sweep runs.
cat >"$T3/userdata/settings.json" <<'EOF'
{"worktreeCleanup":{"mode":"custom","rules":{"worktreeKeepWhen":"uncommitted-changes","worktreeAfterDays":null,"worktreeSettledAfterDays":null,"worktreeOnMerge":false,"worktreeOnDelete":false,"worktreeUnchanged":true}}}
EOF
stop_server
start_server 2
sleep 30
echo "## storage cleanup log lines"
grep -i "storage cleanup" "$RUN/server-2.log" || echo "(none)"
echo "## managed worktrees after the sweep"
ls "$W"
echo "## threads after the sweep"
rows
for p in "$W/wt-solo" "$W/wt-same" "$W/wt-split" "$F/alias/wt-split"; do
  [ -e "$p" ] && echo "exists:  $p" || echo "MISSING: $p"
done
stop_server

Driver helper: mcp_driver.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Repro driver for pingdotgg/t3code#9245: calls the dev server's MCP tools over HTTP.

usage: mcp_driver.py <origin> <token-file> <tool> <json-args>
"""
import json
import sys
import urllib.request

origin, token_file, tool, args = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3], json.loads(sys.argv[4])
token = open(token_file).read().strip()
session = {"id": None, "proto": None}


def post(message):
    headers = {
        "content-type": "application/json",
        "accept": "application/json, text/event-stream",
        "authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
    }
    if session["id"]:
        headers["mcp-session-id"] = session["id"]
    if session["proto"]:
        headers["mcp-protocol-version"] = session["proto"]
    req = urllib.request.Request(f"{origin}/mcp", data=json.dumps(message).encode(), headers=headers)
    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=120) as res:
        session["id"] = res.headers.get("mcp-session-id") or session["id"]
        body = res.read().decode()
    payloads = []
    for line in body.splitlines():
        if line.startswith("data:"):
            payloads.append(json.loads(line[5:]))
    if not payloads and body.strip():
        payloads.append(json.loads(body))
    return payloads


init = post({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "initialize",
    "params": {"protocolVersion": "2025-06-18", "capabilities": {},
               "clientInfo": {"name": "repro-9245", "version": "0"}},
})
session["proto"] = init[0]["result"]["protocolVersion"]
post({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "notifications/initialized"})
result = post({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": tool, "arguments": args}})
print(json.dumps(result[-1], indent=2))

Driver helper: issue-mcp-token.ts (run from apps/server)

// Repro helper for pingdotgg/t3code#9245: issues an MCP client session the way `t3 thread` does.
// Run from apps/server: node --input-type=module < /tmp/issue-lead-9245-r1/issue-mcp-token.ts <baseDir>
import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
import * as Option from "effect/Option";
import * as References from "effect/References";
import * as Net from "@t3tools/shared/Net";
import * as EnvironmentAuth from "./src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.ts";
import { resolveCliAuthConfig } from "./src/cli/config.ts";
import * as ServerConfig from "./src/config.ts";

const baseDir = process.env.REPRO_BASE_DIR!;
const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const config = yield* resolveCliAuthConfig({ baseDir: Option.some(baseDir) }, Option.none());
  return yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
    const auth = yield* EnvironmentAuth.EnvironmentAuth;
    const issued = yield* auth.issueMcpClientSession({
      label: "repro-9245 driver",
      access: "full-access",
      client: { deviceType: "bot" },
    });
    return issued.token;
  }).pipe(
    Effect.provide(
      EnvironmentAuth.layerRuntime.pipe(
        Layer.provide(ServerConfig.layer(config)),
        Layer.provide(Layer.succeed(References.MinimumLogLevel, config.logLevel)),
      ),
    ),
  );
});

console.log(await Effect.runPromise(program.pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.provide(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, Net.layer)))));

Not checked:

• macOS itself. The fix has no platform-specific code; the symlinked parent was exercised on Linux.
• Windows.
• A live terminal or provider session opened through the symlinked spelling during a sweep. That is covered by code reading and reviewer probes, not by a committed test.

Server only; no visible surface, so no captures.

Fix, tests, transcript and description by Claude Opus 5.5 in T3 Code (issue triage flow); reviews by GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5.

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Verdict: Approved at c78e85e

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a localized server-side bug fix that makes storage cleanup recognize symlinked and case-variant spellings of the same worktree while preserving existing deletion mechanics. Focused tests cover the new path identity and protection cases, with no defaults, schemas, or static-analysis settings changed.

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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+7 B (+0.1%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	+7 B (+0.6%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	−7 B (−0.1%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	−7 B (−0.6%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 5127de8 · PR result: c78e85e · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Storage cleanup now canonicalizes worktree paths when grouping thread references and checking whether terminals, project roots, and provider sessions protect a worktree from removal. Tests cover shared worktrees referenced through symlinked or differently cased paths, missing project roots, and provider sessions using symlink aliases.

Changes: Worktree Cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Canonical path grouping apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts	Cleanup resolves worktree paths to canonical paths and uses them to group live and deleted threads. Tests cover shared worktrees referenced through symlinked-parent paths and differently cased Windows paths.
Canonical cleanup protections apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts	Terminal, project-root, thread-binding, latest-thread, and provider-session checks compare canonical paths during cleanup and revalidation. Tests cover missing project-root protection across stored and symlinked-parent paths, including a check during paused measurement, and a provider session using a missing subfolder under a stored symlink alias.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#19681: The added symlink tests may encounter the Windows symlink-permission failure described by this issue.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#21545: Both PRs change terminal and provider-session path comparisons in storage-cleanup guards.
• pingdotgg/t3code#24140: Both PRs change how storage cleanup matches worktrees to thread references.
• pingdotgg/t3code#24156: Both PRs address cleanup of worktrees needed by terminal activity through related safeguards.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, t3dotgg, info-cado

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The change is mergeable after normal checks; no new blocking cleanup failure is established by the supplied evidence.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main server-side change: treating symlinked worktree path spellings as one checkout during storage cleanup.
Description check		The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the failure mode, implementation, issue scope, focused tests, runtime validation, limitati…
Linked Issues check		Issue [#9245] requires one worktree identity for different path spellings and protection of shared worktrees. The active storage cleanup now canonicalizes paths with fs.realPath, falls back to `path…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue [#9245]. The added tests and Windows case folding support worktree identity safety. Cleanup keeps stored path values and uses the stored spelling for reporting, filesyste…

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Issue [#9245] requires one worktree identity for different path spellings and protection of shared worktrees. The active storage cleanup now canonicalizes paths with fs.realPath, falls back to path.resolve, applies pathKey, and reuses keys during each sweep. The code uses these keys for thread grouping, binding rechecks, shell checks, terminal and provider-session checks, and project-root checks. Tests cover a symlinked parent, Windows case folding, missing project roots, and a live session under a stored alias. The named v1 CheckpointReactor and proposed SQL guard are not present in the reviewed tree. Existing CheckpointRestoreSafety already compares real paths.

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The changes stay within issue [#9245]. The added tests and Windows case folding support worktree identity safety. Cleanup keeps stored path values and uses the stored spelling for reporting, filesystem operations, Git commands, measurement, and removal. No unrelated client, contract, adapter, or MCP behavior changed.

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apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts: 1

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Explain why canonical and hasTerminal use Effect.fnUntraced.

The repository rule is to default to named Effect.fn spans. Effect.fnUntraced is allowed only when the reason is stated beside the function. Both helpers run inside the StorageCleanup.cleanWorktrees span and are called per thread and per terminal. Add a one-line comment saying so, or use Effect.fn("StorageCleanup.…").

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Add focused tests for the new canonical protections.

This test covers only thread grouping. The same PR changes four other protections to compare canonical paths:

• terminal cwd and worktreePath
• project-root containment
• provider-session cwd
• revalidation bindings in blockedSinceCheck

None of them has a test that uses a symlinked spelling. If one of these breaks, the worktree is removed while it is still in use. The fixture already has setOpenSessionCwd and setSessionLive. Add at least one test where a live session's cwd goes through linkedParent and cleanup keeps the worktree with "Provider session is still open".

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts:
- Around line 738-743: Normalize both canonical path values with pathKey before
equality checks in the terminal condition, including the worktreePath and cwd
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts:
- Around line 802-822: Add a focused cleanup test using cleanupFixture where a
live provider session’s cwd uses the symlinked linkedParent spelling of the
worktree; use setOpenSessionCwd and setSessionLive to configure the session,
then assert cleanup keeps the worktree with the “Provider session is still open”
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts:
- Line 724: Explain the use of Effect.fnUntraced beside the canonical and
hasTerminal helpers in StorageCleanup.cleanWorktrees, noting that the enclosing
operation span covers them and they run per thread or terminal.

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Major · Fail closed when resolving a live terminal or provider-session cwd. · storageCleanup.ts:725-759

apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts:725-759
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Fail closed when resolving a live terminal or provider-session cwd.

canonical converts every fs.realPath failure into a lexical path.resolve value. A live terminal can retain its cwd after that path spelling becomes unresolved. The fallback can differ from the candidate's canonical key, so hasTerminal can return false.

The same gap exists for live provider sessions at storageCleanup.ts:999-1004. When both checks return no block, cleanup reaches removeLinkedWorktree at storageCleanup.ts:1008-1050.

Treat canonicalization failure for an active terminal or provider session as a protection result. withWorkspaceLease does not provide this protection: it keys a temporary semaphore by the raw string and the terminal manager holds it only while opening or restarting the session. This correction is independent of missing-project-root handling.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts around lines 725 - 759:
Update the active-cwd checks in hasTerminal and the live provider-session
cleanup check to fail closed when fs.realPath cannot resolve a cwd: treat the
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- Line 338: Update the missing-project-root cleanup guard around
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- Around line 725-759: Update the active-cwd checks in hasTerminal and the live
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cwd: treat the resolution failure as a protection result that blocks cleanup,
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@coderabbitai On the outside-diff finding (live terminal / provider-session cwd that cannot be resolved): fixed in c78e85e, but not by failing closed. Treating any unresolvable live cwd as protection would let one stray terminal block every candidate. The actual regression was narrower: when the thread stores the alias spelling and a live cwd is in a deleted folder under that alias, main matched it lexically and this branch did not. Terminal and session cwds (and a terminal's own worktreePath) are now matched against both of the worktree's spellings, stored and real, so every case main protected is still protected. New test: "keeps a worktree for a live session in a missing folder under its stored alias", red on the previous head, green now.

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@juliusmarminge Matching both the stored and real worktree paths addresses the regression you describe without making an unrelated, unresolvable cwd block every candidate.

I could not verify the fix. The sandbox checkout is at 7d989bf9, and c78e85e576 is unavailable. That checkout still uses canonical-only terminal and session comparisons, and it does not contain the named regression test.

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Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 15208
File: apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts:358-376
Timestamp: 2026-10-04T15:57:43.862Z
Learning: In pingdotgg/t3code, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts must keep worktree deletion fail-closed when resolveWorkspacePath fails for an active provider-session cwd or a live terminal path. An unresolved physical path cannot establish that the session or terminal is outside the candidate checkout. Do not use lexical path.resolve as a fallback to permit deletion. Emit a warning, preserve the checkout, and retry on a later sweep after the unresolved path is repaired.

Learnt from: Bil0000
Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 15208
File: apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-10-04T15:56:45.812Z
Learning: In pingdotgg/t3code, managed-worktree cleanup and startup must share a physical checkout path identity. apps/server/src/workspace/workspaceLease.ts exports resolveWorkspacePath for this purpose. A lexical path.resolve is insufficient because symlink aliases can refer to the same checkout. Apply the physical identity to persisted launch paths, legacy startup/rollback projections, cleanup grouping and safety checks, and terminal workspace lease keys. Keep the long-running provider turn outside the startup lease.

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@coderabbitai The fix is on the current head, c78e85e (pushed after the checkout you used). Please re-verify there: occupies in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts matches terminal and session cwds against both the stored and the real worktree path, and the test is "keeps a worktree for a live session in a missing folder under its stored alias".

On the learning from https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/15208: there is no resolveWorkspacePath on main. workspace/workspaceLease.ts only holds a semaphore keyed by the raw string, and main's session check compares path.resolve lexically. This PR keeps that lexical comparison and adds the real-path one, so no case main protected becomes unprotected.

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