fix(server): turn diffs follow branch switches#23299

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Problem

When an agent commits changes on branch A and switches to branch B in the next turn, that turn’s diff includes A-only files as deletions. Files edited on both branches also use A’s contents as the old side instead of B’s starting contents.

Change

Record a validated HEAD reflog cursor with checkpoints. When a turn checks out a different commit, construct its starting tree with the checkout changes applied and retain that baseline as a checkpoint parent. Patch and line-count queries use it only when it belongs to the requested preceding checkpoint. Resets remain visible; older checkpoints or unavailable reflogs retain the existing fallback.

Scope and approval

Fixes #8204

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow: #8204. The change stays in shared server checkpoint capture and diff calculation; web, desktop and mobile consume the same result.

Verification

Reproduced on Linux in the real web dev app at ed9b7ca9c5: commit a.txt on A, switch to B in the following turn, write b.txt, then open that turn’s diff. It shows the false a.txt deletion. The original red test failed with expected Set{ b.txt, a.txt } to deeply equal Set{ b.txt }.
Focused CheckpointStore and CheckpointDiffQuery tests: 23 passed across 2 files after main integration. They cover same-file baselines, named/detached switches, reset controls, short reads, premature EOF and non-UTF-8 paths. The rerun on final head 26511d7c40 also passed: 23/23 tests across 2 files.
Server typecheck and scoped lint over the five fix files: exit 0 before the final branch rebuild. All five fix files are byte-identical after rebuilding on the verified main base.
Fresh normal-provider turn through the real server: C2 persisted only shared.txt +1/-1; getTurnDiff(1→2, ignoreWhitespace=false) returned -base / +B edit. No a.txt appears in the summary or patch. Actual RPC transcript and checkpoint provenance, actual patch.

Evidence

These are separate reproduction fixtures, not a matched pixel-comparison pair. The original fixture uses a.txt/b.txt; the candidate adds a shared-file edit to check the old hunk contents and counts too.

Before: original false deletion	Candidate: corrected shared-file turn
Before: latest turn includes a false deletion from branch A	Candidate: shared.txt is the only changed file and its hunk starts from base
ed9b7ca9c5	ce07f0babe

Candidate recording: provider turn completion → summary → Open diff → shared-file hunk. Recording began at 02:54:56 UTC; dispatch at 02:55:06; C2 ready at 02:55:36; recording ended at 02:59:08. Rendering environment, fixture commands and provenance: Linux, T3 preview, light appearance, reported CSS viewport 1440×900; saved screenshot raster 1280×800.

The runtime capture is from the earlier integration head ce07f0babe. The final head 26511d7c40 removes an unrelated integration commit; the five checkpoint-fix files are identical. It is not a fresh final-head capture.

Unverified: matching baseline interaction recording, zero/threshold pixel diffs, final-head browser capture, pure-switch empty review, remaining compatibility fixture matrix, Electron, native iOS and Android. Infrastructure stalls prevented the complete capture set; the proof audit does not certify it as complete. No claim of historical checkpoint repair or changed nonadjacent whole-thread diffs.

Models: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1-Sol through T3 Code’s Claude Agent and Codex harnesses.

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#8204

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fix(server): a turn that switches branches diffs from the branch it switched to3a5784e
fix(server): branch-switch baselines survive short reflog reads and non-UTF-8 file names7e37d9c

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Thread transfer impact

✅ 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	0 B (0.0%)	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	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	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	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 3a8c250 · PR result: c1679eb · 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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Added 1 commit24d ago

Merge main into fix/issue-820426511d7

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Walkthrough

Checkpoint capture now tracks HEAD reflog changes and can create a baseline commit after branch switches. Turn diff resolution uses checkpoint parent data to select its starting revision. The capture inputs and tests now include the preceding checkpoint reference and branch-switch scenarios.

Changes: Branch-Switch Checkpoint Diffs

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Capture contract and reflog tracking `apps/server/src/checkpointing/CheckpointStore.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CheckpointService.ts`, `apps/server/src/vcs/VcsDriver.ts`, `apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts`	Checkpoint capture passes the preceding checkpoint reference for ordinals above zero. Git resolves and reads the HEAD reflog, tracks a cursor, and resolves the turn start against a matching baseline when available.
Branch baselines and diff resolution `apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts`	Git may construct a baseline commit from branch-switch changes and add it as a second checkpoint parent. Diff and authored-path resolution use the updated checkpoint parent and log data.
Branch-switch checkpoint validation `apps/server/src/checkpointing/CheckpointStore.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts`	Tests cover branch switches, resets, renames, submodules, carried edits, reflog read conditions, and non-UTF-8 paths. The newline-path test expects the updated Git command order.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid

1	sequenceDiagram
2	participant CheckpointServiceV2
3	participant GitVcsDriver
4	participant Git
5	CheckpointServiceV2->>GitVcsDriver: capture with previousCheckpointRef
6	GitVcsDriver->>Git: read HEAD reflog
7	Git-->>GitVcsDriver: return reflog moves
8	GitVcsDriver->>Git: create baseline and checkpoint commits
9	GitVcsDriver-->>CheckpointServiceV2: return captured checkpoint

Possibly related issues

#27336: It concerns changed-file attribution after a branch switch, which overlaps with this PR’s branch-switch checkpoint baseline and authored-path changes.
#28925: It concerns checkpoint diff fallback behavior, which shares checkpoint comparison and fallback handling with this PR.
#30876: It concerns diffs after moving between worktrees and branches. This PR handles branch-movement baseline resolution but does not address worktree isolation or restore safety.

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#27370: It changes authored-path selection for branch-switch diffs, which is related to this PR’s Git checkpoint changes.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: External image Moderate · up to c1679

This change makes turn diffs follow branch switches. If a branch switch happens while a checkpoint is being captured, the turn's diff can show a reverse checkout patch and later diffs can be wrong too. The window is narrow, but it should be closed or guarded before merge. CI failures on the final head are also still unexplained.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: server turn diffs now follow branch switches.
Description check	Passed	The description follows the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the bug, implementation, linked issue, focused test results, integration verification, …
Linked Issues check	Passed	Issue `#8204` requires the latest-turn diff to start from the destination branch after a branch switch. `GitVcsDriver.ts` records and validates a HEAD reflog cursor, reconstructs the switched-to baselin…
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The reviewed diff is limited to checkpoint capture and diff calculation in `GitVcsDriver.ts`, `VcsDriver.ts`, `CheckpointStore.ts`, `CheckpointService.ts`, and their tests. These changes support issue…

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Issue #8204 requires the latest-turn diff to start from the destination branch after a branch switch. GitVcsDriver.ts records and validates a HEAD reflog cursor, reconstructs the switched-to baseline, stores it as a checkpoint parent, and resolves that parent only for the matching checkpoint range. CheckpointService.ts passes the preceding checkpoint reference. CheckpointStore.test.ts covers branch switches, shared-file content, resets, detached and named switches, carried edits, short reads, premature EOF, and non-UTF-8 paths. The reported focused tests pass 23/23.

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The reviewed diff is limited to checkpoint capture and diff calculation in GitVcsDriver.ts, VcsDriver.ts, CheckpointStore.ts, CheckpointService.ts, and their tests. These changes support issue #8204. The unrelated webhook changes identified in the previous assessment are not present in the current diff.

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apps/server/src/checkpointing/CheckpointStore.test.ts
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🟠 Major · Evaluate wildcard exists before discarding non-scalar elements. · webhookFilter.ts:39-41

apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/webhookFilter.ts:39-41 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Evaluate wildcard exists before discarding non-scalar elements.
For a request with labels: [{name: "bug"}], the filter {path: "body.issue.labels[]", op: "exists"} fails. scalarText drops the object, so texts.some(...) sees an empty list. The contract says a non-empty wildcard list satisfies exists, and the delivery is incorrectly filtered. Check the resolved list’s length before converting elements to scalar text.

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Preserve arrays at non-wildcard leaf segments.
For body.groups[].members[].tags, lookup flattens the tags arrays because the remaining path contains members[]. The tags segment has no [], so its array must remain a leaf value. The current result exposes individual tags to matchesWebhookFilter, allowing a scalar filter to match a tag that the path did not select.
Change the resolver to flatten only arrays produced by wildcard traversal. Do not use the presence of any wildcard in the remaining path as a proxy for that result.

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JJulius Marminge24d ago

The webhook findings refer to the superseded integration head ce07f0babe. The branch was rebuilt against verified main. Current head 26511d7c40 changes exactly five checkpoint/VCS files; the webhook, contract and MCP changes are absent from this PR. Both isolated final reviewers approved that scope. Focused tests on the current head passed 23/23.

JJulius Marminge24d ago

CI on 26511d7c40 reports failures in run 39714623085: all eight server shards, Build and Typecheck, and the aggregate Test check. Local focused tests passed 23/23; CI failure causes remain unverified.

GitCafe exposes check metadata but returns no CI runs for this head. Its typed view command rejects numeric provider IDs; the run and job-log API endpoints return HTTP 400 (request IDs 234a01523a6d958eaebc26ddb9ceed69 and c2667ef2c76a66675b9100c507d6bf7a). No source change was made without a confirmed cause.

Added 4 commits4d ago

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-8204be9516d
fix(server): read the HEAD reflog path in checkpoint capture's single rev-parse0fdbe25
fix(server): branch-switch baselines keep local edits git switch -m carried232e596
fix(server): branch-switch replay ignores later commits and submodulesc1679eb

JJulius Marminge4d ago

The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

the reviewers still had findings after 3 rounds (the work is on https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/compare/main...fix/issue-8204):

[major] apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts:1426: Worse than main: the reflog is sampled after write-tree freezes the snapshot. A checkout between those operations adjusts the baseline to B while the snapshot still contains A, inventing a reverse checkout patch. Confirmed using both implementations: this head returns -B/+A and authoredPaths includes f.txt; origin/main returns an empty patch. Validate that the reflog stayed unchanged across snapshot collection, and retry or use the existing fallback for an inconsistent capture. Fails with: A has f.txt='A\n'; B has f.txt='B\n'. Capture the preceding checkpoint on A. During the next capture, run git switch B immediately after its first write-tree finishes, before readHeadReflogTail. Make no file edits. Users switching branches from a terminal, or another agent sharing the workspace, can hit this during end-of-turn capture.

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apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.tsline 1458Open thread

…	…	@@ -1292,8 +1403,141 @@ export const makeVcsDriverShape = Effect.fn("makeGitVcsDriverShape")(function* (
	1455	+	cwd: input.cwd,
	1456	+	args: [
	1457	+	"-c",
	1458	+	"core.quotePath=true",

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🟠 High vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts:1458

When checkpoint capture runs from a subdirectory with diff.relative=true, the switch baseline omits changes outside that workspace and emits workspace-relative paths; passing those paths to update-index builds an incorrect baseline tree and produces misleading diffs after branch switches. Both diff-tree calls inherit this setting, so set diff.relative=false on each to keep the edited-path set and replay repository-relative.

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8	- Around line 1431-1435: Update the checkpoint HEAD reflog warning handlers,
9	including the corresponding handler around the other cited location, to remove
10	String(cause) from log annotations. Log only bounded cause metadata, such as its
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apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.tslines 1426–1437Open thread

…	…	@@ -1292,8 +1403,141 @@ export const makeVcsDriverShape = Effect.fn("makeGitVcsDriverShape")(function* (
	1434	+	cause: String(cause),
	1435	+	}).pipe(Effect.as(null)),
	1436	+	),
	1437	+	);

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A checkout after write-tree can corrupt this checkpoint's baseline and its reflog cursor.

stageFiles and write-tree (Lines 1332-1395) freeze treeOid first. readHeadReflogTail runs only after that.

Assume that a process switches A→B in that window. This checkpoint then has the following state:

Its tree reflects A.
The A→B move is replayed into switchBaseline.
Its cursor is published past A→B.
-p HEAD at Line 1548 records B.

The turn diff then shows a reverse checkout patch. The next checkpoint never replays A→B, so its diff is wrong too. The PR's automated report reproduced this as -B/+A.

To fix this, read the reflog tail before staging. After write-tree, check that the reflog has not grown. If it has grown, drop the baseline and the cursor so the existing fallback applies.

Sketch of the fix

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1	- const reflog = yield* readHeadReflogTail(
2	+ // Read before staging (move this block above stageFiles), then confirm nothing moved.
3	+ const reflog = yield* readHeadReflogTail(
4	input.cwd,
5	previousCursor.join(" "),
6	reflogPath,
7	).pipe(/* ... */);
8	+ // After write-tree:
9	+ const reflogStable =
10	+ reflog?.cursor != null &&
11	+ (yield* readHeadReflogTail(input.cwd, reflog.cursor, reflogPath).pipe(
12	+ Effect.map((after) => after?.moves?.length === 0),
13	+ Effect.orElseSucceed(() => false),
14	+ ));
15	+ const usableReflog = reflogStable ? reflog : null;

Use usableReflog for switches and for the trailer at Line 1538.

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4	Update the checkpoint flow around stageFiles and readHeadReflogTail to capture the reflog before staging, then verify after write-tree that no new reflog moves occurred. If it grew or verification fails, invalidate the captured reflog so the existing fallback applies; use only the validated reflog for both switch processing and the published cursor.
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apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.tslines 1431–1435Open thread

…	…	@@ -1292,8 +1403,141 @@ export const makeVcsDriverShape = Effect.fn("makeGitVcsDriverShape")(function* (
	1432	+	Effect.logWarning("checkpoint HEAD reflog read failed", {
	1433	+	cwd: input.cwd,
	1434	+	cause: String(cause),
	1435	+	}).pipe(Effect.as(null)),

CcoderabbitaiBoton lines 1431–14354d ago

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Do not log String(cause) in the new warning annotations.

cause is often a VcsProcessExitError, and its detail carries raw Git stderr. The guideline excludes that text from log annotations. Log a bounded value instead, such as cause._tag and the exit code.

As per coding guidelines: "Attributes and log annotations stay bounded: no raw payloads, command arguments or output, ... or arbitrary defect text."

Also applies to: 1527-1533

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3	Review comment at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts around lines 1431 - 1435:
4	Update the checkpoint HEAD reflog warning handlers, including the corresponding handler around the other cited location, to remove String(cause) from log annotations. Log only bounded cause metadata, such as its tag and exit code when available; do not include VcsProcessExitError.detail or other raw cause text.
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JJulius Marminge1d ago

Thanks for this. It was finished and merged https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/36343 as 7bd9134824, with your commits kept.