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Problem

A delegated child that settles itself runs the project's settle action in the shared worktree while its parent is still running. Reproduced with a log-only action in a throwaway project on Linux: a Codex parent delegated a shared-worktree child, the child called t3_thread_organize(action="settle"), and the hook logged the parent's worktree before the parent settled.

Change

Skip the settle action when a subagent's worktree matches its parent's worktree, leaving that lifecycle hook to the owning parent. Child idle-terminal cleanup still runs. A subagent with its own worktree keeps its settle action.

Scope and approval

Fixes https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/17548

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow; GitCafe report. This is a focused server lifecycle fix with no client, contract, provider adapter, or MCP tool changes. Do not auto-land; the dispatcher owns merging.

Verification

  • Regression reproduced red: expected the owning parent's hook, received the delegated child's hook (22 passed, 1 failed). With the fix, all 23 settlement tests pass.
  • After merging current main, ./node_modules/.bin/vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.ts: 23 passed. Targeted lint of both changed files and the server typecheck pass.
  • An additional disposable fixture proves an isolated-worktree child still runs its own hook (24 passed); its patch and output are included in the evidence index.
  • Independent GPT-6.1-Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 reviews found no blocking defects.

Server-only change: the visual fixture matrix is empty. Runtime evidence came from the real web dev server with isolated state and a log-only project action. No screenshots or recordings are needed to prove hook execution.

Behavior Before After
Shared child settles while parent runs Child settled; parent running/unsettled; hook logged their shared worktree Child settled; parent running/unsettled; completed cleanup span; hook log empty
Owner settles after its turn completes Hook runs again Exactly one owner hook entry

Before runtime · After runtime · Evidence index, red/green output and isolated-child fixture.

Runtime captures use 70e5e384da and 95cddc290c. The final merge 0466db81b9 has byte-identical settlement service/test files and was retested. macOS desktop and native mobile were not exercised; this change is in the shared server service, with no platform-specific path. Shared-child terminal closure is source-inspected, not separately runtime-captured.

Models: GPT-6.1-Sol via Codex harness; Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Agent harness. Runtime fixture parent: GPT-6-Astra via Codex.

juliusmarminge and others added 3 commits October 21, 2026 22:51
…ts parent's worktree

Red test for #17548.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
…its parent's worktree

A delegated child sharing its parent's worktree ran the project's settle
hook there when it settled, while the parent could still be working. The
worktree's owner now runs it; the child still closes its idle shells.

Fixes #17548

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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Verdict: Approved at 0466db8

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused server bug fix that prevents shared-worktree subagents from running the parent-owned settle hook while preserving terminal cleanup and isolated-worktree behavior. It adds only a small ownership check and regression coverage, with no schema, default, deployment, security, billing, or static-analysis changes.

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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 +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 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 21.2 KiB 21.2 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 29.3 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 8 ✅

Baseline: 89fe509 · PR result: 0466db8 · 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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Settlement cleanup now skips a subagent when its parent uses the same worktree. A test verifies that the settle script runs for the parent after settlement events are published for both threads.

Changes: Shared-worktree settlement cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Skip cleanup for shared-worktree subagents
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.ts
cleanUpSettledThread skips cleanup when the settled thread is a subagent whose parent uses the same worktree. A test verifies that the parent’s settle script runs after both settlement events are published.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0466d

A parent lookup failure can leave an isolated child’s settle action unrun. Address that failure path before merging unless the risk is explicitly accepted.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts:
- Line 560: Update the settlement flow around projections.getThread so a failed
parent lookup does not prevent settling an isolated child with its own worktree;
retain or recover the child’s worktree ownership information and continue to
projectScripts.runForThread when applicable.

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// may still be working there and runs the settle script when it settles.
const { lineage } = settled;
if (lineage.relationshipToParent === "subagent" && lineage.parentThreadId !== null) {
const parent = yield* projections.getThread(lineage.parentThreadId);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
# Inspect parent lookup behavior and the lifecycle of parent threads.
ast-grep outline apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts \
  --match 'getThread|archive|delete' --view expanded
rg -n -C 5 'getThread:|getThread\s*=|parentThreadId|thread\.archived|thread\.deleted' \
  apps/server/src/orchestration-v2 -g '*.ts'

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 45670


🏁 Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- ThreadSettlementService cleanup ---'
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts | sed -n '500,640p'
printf '%s\n' '--- ProjectionStore declarations and getThread ---'
rg -n -F -e 'class ProjectionStoreV2' -e 'getThread' -e 'thread.deleted' -e 'thread.archived' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '700,900p'
printf '%s\n' '--- Settlement callers, retries, and failure handling ---'
rg -n -C 8 -F -e 'cleanUpSettledThread' -e 'SettlementFailed' -e 'getSettlementCandidates' -e 'retry' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/*Settlement* apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/*Completion* || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- PR diff for the relevant files ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=35 a12d6ed9428d8e64d76ca86d178abbf564b57cee 0466db81b951f7cd0e452a5bb3b7c82e6fe1a4fd -- apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 41694


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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- persistent getThread implementation ---'
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '4585,4665p'
printf '%s\n' '--- projection event application around archive/delete ---'
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '1880,1960p'
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '760,790p'
printf '%s\n' '--- in-memory getThread implementation ---'
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '6585,6640p'
printf '%s\n' '--- settlement service startup and stream consumption ---'
nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts | sed -n '618,715p'
rg -n -C 12 -F -e 'streamDomainEvents' -e 'subscribeDomainEvents' -e 'replay' -e 'thread.settled' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2 -g '*.ts' | sed -n '1,260p'
printf '%s\n' '--- archive/delete event producers and projection retention ---'
rg -n -C 10 -F -e 'thread.archived' -e 'thread.deleted' -e 'archivedAt' -e 'deletedAt' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2 --glob '*.ts' | sed -n '1,360p'

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 42046


Do not skip an isolated child’s settle action when the parent lookup fails.

When projections.getThread(lineage.parentThreadId) returns an error, the cleanup wrapper logs the error and completes before checking the child worktree or calling projectScripts.runForThread. This can skip the settle action for a child with its own worktree. Retain worktree ownership information or retry the parent lookup before returning.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts
at line 560:
Update the settlement flow around projections.getThread so a failed parent
lookup does not prevent settling an isolated child with its own worktree; retain
or recover the child’s worktree ownership information and continue to
projectScripts.runForThread when applicable.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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Checked CodeRabbit's parent-lookup finding against this head. getThread includes archived and soft-deleted threads; those lifecycle events retain the projection row. Projection rebuild deletes and restores rows in one transaction.

Creating an isolated child, deleting its parent, then settling the child still reads the parent and runs the child's hook because the paths differ. No supported lifecycle leaving a missing parent projection was identified. Handling storage/read failures or inconsistent projections here would be optional hardening, so resolving this finding without changing the fix.

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Thanks for the focused fix and runtime proof! #19665, originally by @mikeohuo, covers the same shared-worktree settle-hook guard and includes regression coverage for both shared and isolated child worktrees. Closing this as a duplicate in favor of that broader coverage.

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

the proof was not accepted:

  • New defect visible in the after captures: the pending merge row reads 'Replay (dev) → Multi turn' while the persisted row that replaces it reads 'Multi turn → Multi turn' (after-merged-before-send.png vs after-persisted-handoff.png, mobile-after-merged-before-send.png vs mobile-after-persisted-handoff.png, and both 'after' recordings). The new handoff.ts branch passes only the fork's provider instance id, so the preview names a provider where the persisted record names a model.
  • before-persisted-handoff.png and after-persisted-handoff.png are byte-identical (same md5, zero differing pixels): one file stands for both sides, so the web persisted pair is not two independent captures.
  • The diff's ChatView.tsx change (hide pendingHandoff while isSendBusy) is not shown by any uploaded capture; the drivers take a 'sending-merged-context' screenshot but it was not uploaded.
  • Mobile's resolvePendingHandoff call site (apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-composer-state.ts) has no matching send-busy guard, so a stale pending row during send on mobile is neither ruled out nor covered by the captures; Android not exercised.
  • provider-before-reviewed.mp4 is trimmed to start after the alternate instance is already selected, while provider-after.mp4 includes the picker interaction, so the provider-switch pair does not cover identical steps.
  • before.mp4 starts mid-flow (source already present) while after-reviewed.mp4 starts from the empty New thread screen; the relevant steps match, but the recordings are not trimmed the same way.

It stays open for a person to finish or close.

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