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fix(server): keep Claude background work alive past idle pin limit - #29354
Claude background agents can still be killed by idle cleanup after four hours without provider progress: the session manager releases the process even while the adapter reports pending work. Keep the session pinned while that work would die with its process; release it normally after the work finishes. Background work that can outlive its process keeps the existing cap.
Refs #29319. This addresses the reproducible four-hour silent-pin expiry only. The maintainer's short real-Claude reproductions did not fail, and this does not establish the cause of the report's other restarts or change compaction, manual Stop, or update/shutdown behavior. It qualifies as the small, focused bug-fix exception: an idle cleanup was terminating explicitly reported live work.
Verification on Linux:
Added a parameterized regression to the existing session-manager fixture. With the original condition, the process-bound case fails after five simulated hours (expected live=true, got false); the case where work survives its process passes.
vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts: 50 tests pass. The regression also verifies eventual release and roster cleanup once pending work ends, and preserves the other session's roster.
vp run check:changed upstream/main: format, lint, both knip passes, GraphQL generation, typechecks for three affected packages, and 51 tests across two files pass.
Service-runtime transcript (fixture provider and Effect TestClock, not a five-hour real Claude session; temporary diagnostics removed):
Trade-off: this replaces forced release of live process-bound work with an indefinite pin if the provider's background roster leaks. Stop or server shutdown can still release it. No client or wire changes; the shared server path covers web, desktop, mobile, and remote connections.
Reviewed with review-loop: 1 round with Claude Opus 5.5. Reviewer verdict: approved.
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Claude background work will keep its process alive beyond the default four-hour idle pin cap while work remains pending. A human must accept this default lifetime change and its trade-off of potentially indefinite resource retention.
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Walkthrough
Idle release now keeps sessions pinned while process-bound background tasks remain pending, even beyond maxIdlePinMs. The release check reports whether it deferred, and the wrapper repeats checks after each deferral. Tests cover both background-task settings and verify session and roster state.
Changes: Idle session pinning
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Summary
Pending-work pin behavior and validation apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts
releaseOrDeferIdle returns whether it deferred release. Process-bound pending work remains pinned beyond maxIdlePinMs; the wrapper repeats checks after each idle-timeout sleep. Tests check session and roster state for both task settings.
pingdotgg/t3code#27487: Both changes govern session release behavior when runtime background tasks end with the process.
Suggested labels:bugfix
Suggested reviewers:juliusmarminge, stienswout
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to e8d3b
Sessions with background work that would die with their process now stay pinned until that work finishes. Work that can outlive its process keeps the existing cap. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains in the reviewed changes.
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The title names the main change: idle cleanup was releasing Claude background work that dies with its process, and the fix keeps it alive past the idle pin limit. It is a conventional commit with a ty…
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The description covers the problem (four-hour idle cleanup terminating live Claude background work), the change (keep the session pinned while work would die with its process, release normally after),…
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The title names the main change: idle cleanup was releasing Claude background work that dies with its process, and the fix keeps it alive past the idle pin limit. It is a conventional commit with a type, scope, and a plain-language summary. The changed files (ProviderSessionManager.ts and its test) match the title's subject.
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The description covers the problem (four-hour idle cleanup terminating live Claude background work), the change (keep the session pinned while work would die with its process, release normally after), and scope (a bug fix tied to Refs #29319, with the bug-fix exception justified). Verification is detailed: a parameterized regression, specific test counts, a check:changed run, and a service-runtime transcript. It also states the trade-off and what was not checked. The template's comment about 'Problem' and 'Change' headings is not reproduced as explicit section headings, so the structure differs from the template. The required headings (Problem, Change, Scope, Verification) are effectively covered but not labeled, and the agent-attribution line is present. Overall it is mostly complete.
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Use a loop for deferred checks.
1168-1168: Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Use a loop for deferred checks.
The new condition permits indefinite deferral. Each recursive call retains a suspended generator and, when tracing is enabled, a span until the task finishes. A silent task accumulates 1,440 calls in 30 days. Use a loop to keep memory bounded. (github.com)
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts at
line 1168:
Update releaseIfStillIdle to handle deferred checks in an iterative loop rather
than recursively yielding another call, keeping memory bounded across repeated
deferrals while preserving the existing check and release behavior.
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Merged current main (merge commit, no rebase). The only conflict was the comment above scheduleIdleReleaseInternal; kept this PR's wording plus main's "progress events can be frequent" note.
Addressed the CodeRabbit "use a loop for deferred checks" finding. With process-bound work now pinned indefinitely, the recursive releaseIfStillIdle call would nest one generator frame and span per recheck. The check body now returns whether it deferred, and releaseIfStillIdle repeats it with Effect.repeat({ while }), so memory stays constant. Span name is unchanged.
vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, ProviderSessionManager.test.ts 57/57).
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Claude background agents can still be killed by idle cleanup after four hours without provider progress: the session manager releases the process even while the adapter reports pending work. Keep the session pinned while that work would die with its process; release it normally after the work finishes. Background work that can outlive its process keeps the existing cap.
Refs #29319. This addresses the reproducible four-hour silent-pin expiry only. The maintainer's short real-Claude reproductions did not fail, and this does not establish the cause of the report's other restarts or change compaction, manual Stop, or update/shutdown behavior. It qualifies as the small, focused bug-fix exception: an idle cleanup was terminating explicitly reported live work.
Verification on Linux:
expected live=true, got false); the case where work survives its process passes.vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts: 50 tests pass. The regression also verifies eventual release and roster cleanup once pending work ends, and preserves the other session's roster.vp run check:changed upstream/main: format, lint, both knip passes, GraphQL generation, typechecks for three affected packages, and 51 tests across two files pass.Service-runtime transcript (fixture provider and Effect TestClock, not a five-hour real Claude session; temporary diagnostics removed):
Trade-off: this replaces forced release of live process-bound work with an indefinite pin if the provider's background roster leaks. Stop or server shutdown can still release it. No client or wire changes; the shared server path covers web, desktop, mobile, and remote connections.
Reviewed with review-loop: 1 round with Claude Opus 5.5. Reviewer verdict: approved.
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