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fix(server): unchanged-worktree cleanup waits for the thread to settle or archive #35941

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In storageCleanup.ts the unchanged-worktree rule removed any idle worktree whose HEAD is an ancestor of the default branch. A worktree has no commits until its first commit, so every new worktree thread whose turn ended without one (a review, an investigation, a plan) lost its worktree at the next sweep, including the one at server start. The fix adds unchangedApplies = settings.worktreeUnchanged && (settledThread !== undefined || thread.archivedAt !== null), using the existing settlement chain so subagent chains settled through their parent count. That value now replaces settings.worktreeUnchanged where the rule decides eligibility, where Git is skipped, where the no-remote path runs, and in the kept reason. A worktree kept only because its thread is not finished reports 'Not settled'. Age, settled-after-days, merge and delete rules are unchanged, and deleted threads stay eligible through the existing deleted path. The repro test is kept and extended: after the thread settles, the next sweep removes the worktree ('No commits beyond the project branch'). Three default-branch-discovery tests used an unsettled fixture thread, so their thread is now archived, matching the existing local-only archived test, and they still exercise discovery. One sentence in docs/user/project-settings.md now says the unchanged rule waits for settle or archive. No new regex or parser.

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#35934

Reproduction on main

Commit 2e0bd97e86 (origin/main). Ran T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev with a fresh database and settings.json storageCleanup {worktreeSettledAfterDays: 11, worktreeOnMerge: true, worktreeUnchanged: true}. Created a local git repo with one commit on main and added it with t3 project add. Ran t3 thread start --provider devReplay --model showcase --worktree main --branch review-readonly --wait <repo> "Review this codebase, read-only": the worktree was created and stayed clean (git status shows nothing, HEAD equals main) and the thread was completed and unsettled. Stopped the dev server and started it again; the sweep at startup logged storage cleanup removed worktree about 20 seconds after the turn ended, git worktree list no longer listed the worktree, and branch review-readonly remained. Then ran t3 thread send --wait <thread> "continue": the worktree was recreated on the same branch and commit, and the only sign was the server log warning recreating missing worktree. Failing test: storageCleanup.test.ts "keeps an unsettled new thread's unchanged worktree after its first turn" expects kept and gets removed on main.

Evidence

Created a clean read-only replay worktree with HEAD equal to main, left its thread unsettled and unarchived, then restarted the server to trigger startup cleanup. Same synthetic seed and browser driver on both commits; Linux web client, Chromium 151, 1280×800, light theme.

Before	After
2e0bd97e86	c45c9da256


Before recording	After recording

Base reports “No commits beyond the project branch” and removes the directory and worktree registration. Head reports “Not settled” and retains both. The branch survives on both sides. Recordings show inspection after the startup sweep, not the server restart itself. The replay's canned reply mentions edits, but filesystem checks confirmed it made none.

Seed, capture, launcher, and verification drivers · Runtime transcript · Sanitized run logs

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Did not wait for the hourly timer or exercise setting-change sweeps; reproduced using the startup sweep.
Did not exercise subsequent-message recreation, preparation scripts, or cleanup after settling, archiving, or aging the thread.

Tests

vp test run src/storageCleanup.test.ts in apps/server: 1 failed / 207 passed on the repro branch before the fix (the repro test); 208/208 after. vp run check:changed: format failed until vp fmt, then format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages) and tests (2 files, 210) all passed.

Not in this change

The in-app settings description for 'Delete unchanged worktrees' still reads 'Remove worktrees with no commits beyond the default branch.'; left alone because it is visible wording.
ProviderTurnStartService.recreateMissingWorktree still recreates a missing worktree silently and skips workspace preparation and setup scripts (#30765).
In a repo with no remote, with merge cleanup on and the thread not yet settled or archived, the kept reason is now 'Not merged' rather than 'No remote is configured for merged-worktree cleanup'.

Who did the work

Written by Claude Opus 5.5, in Claude Code
Reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol, in Codex, and by Claude Opus 5.5, each on its own
Proof captured by GPT-6.1 Sol and checked by Claude Opus 5.5

Run by the t3code factory in T3 Code.

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Verdict: Approved at c45c9da

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Unchanged-worktree cleanup now waits until the thread settles or is archived, protecting unfinished worktrees from premature removal. Existing cleanup safeguards and other removal rules remain unchanged.
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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	✅

Other scenarios

All 64 scenario measurements match main.

All 64 scenario measurements

Provider	Scenario	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	`short turn resume`	`WebSocket decoded`	10.5 KiB	10.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	12.7 KiB	✅
Codex	`short turn resume`	`WebSocket messages`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	`long turn running, cold open`	`HTTP decoded`	281.7 KiB	281.7 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	302.7 KiB	✅
Codex	`long turn running, cold open`	`rows`	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	`long turn running, history page`	`HTTP decoded`	92.4 KiB	92.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	107.4 KiB	✅
Codex	`long turn running, history page`	`rows`	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	`long turn finished, cold open`	`HTTP decoded`	381.5 KiB	381.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Codex	`long turn finished, cold open`	`rows`	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Codex	`long turn finished, socket cold open`	`WebSocket decoded`	381.6 KiB	381.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Codex	`long turn finished, socket cold open`	`WebSocket messages`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	`long turn finished, socket cold open`	`rows`	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Codex	`long turn finished, work page`	`HTTP decoded`	186.2 KiB	186.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	200.2 KiB	✅
Codex	`long turn finished, work page`	`rows`	150	150	0 (0.0%)	150	✅
Codex	`idle thread resume`	`WebSocket decoded`	65 B	65 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Codex	`idle thread resume`	`WebSocket messages`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Codex	`fleet shell snapshot`	`HTTP decoded`	42.4 KiB	42.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Codex	`fleet shell snapshot`	`rows`	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Codex	`fleet shell subscribe`	`WebSocket decoded`	65 B	65 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Codex	`fleet shell subscribe`	`WebSocket messages`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Codex	`fleet shell resume check`	`HTTP decoded`	18 B	18 B	0 B (0.0%)	100 B	✅
Codex	`fleet shell resume check`	`rows`	0	0	0	0	✅
Codex	`stale shell reload`	`HTTP decoded`	42.4 KiB	42.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Codex	`stale shell reload`	`rows`	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Codex	`stale shell resume`	`WebSocket decoded`	140 B	140 B	0 B (0.0%)	400 B	✅
Codex	`stale shell resume`	`WebSocket messages`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	`stale todo list cold open`	`HTTP decoded`	72.4 KiB	72.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	83.0 KiB	✅
Codex	`stale todo list cold open`	`rows`	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	`stale todo list cold open`	`nodes`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Codex	`stale todo list cold open`	`subagents`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Codex	`stale todo list cold open`	`plans`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	`stale todo list cold open`	`providerTurns`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	`stale todo list cold open`	`checkpoints`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	`short turn resume`	`WebSocket decoded`	10.6 KiB	10.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	12.7 KiB	✅
Claude	`short turn resume`	`WebSocket messages`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	`long turn running, cold open`	`HTTP decoded`	283.3 KiB	283.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	302.7 KiB	✅
Claude	`long turn running, cold open`	`rows`	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	`long turn running, history page`	`HTTP decoded`	93.4 KiB	93.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	107.4 KiB	✅
Claude	`long turn running, history page`	`rows`	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	`long turn finished, cold open`	`HTTP decoded`	384.2 KiB	384.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Claude	`long turn finished, cold open`	`rows`	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Claude	`long turn finished, socket cold open`	`WebSocket decoded`	384.3 KiB	384.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Claude	`long turn finished, socket cold open`	`WebSocket messages`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	`long turn finished, socket cold open`	`rows`	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Claude	`long turn finished, work page`	`HTTP decoded`	188.1 KiB	188.1 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	200.2 KiB	✅
Claude	`long turn finished, work page`	`rows`	150	150	0 (0.0%)	150	✅
Claude	`idle thread resume`	`WebSocket decoded`	66 B	66 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Claude	`idle thread resume`	`WebSocket messages`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Claude	`fleet shell snapshot`	`HTTP decoded`	43.0 KiB	43.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Claude	`fleet shell snapshot`	`rows`	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Claude	`fleet shell subscribe`	`WebSocket decoded`	66 B	66 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Claude	`fleet shell subscribe`	`WebSocket messages`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Claude	`fleet shell resume check`	`HTTP decoded`	18 B	18 B	0 B (0.0%)	100 B	✅
Claude	`fleet shell resume check`	`rows`	0	0	0	0	✅
Claude	`stale shell reload`	`HTTP decoded`	43.0 KiB	43.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Claude	`stale shell reload`	`rows`	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Claude	`stale shell resume`	`WebSocket decoded`	140 B	140 B	0 B (0.0%)	400 B	✅
Claude	`stale shell resume`	`WebSocket messages`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	`stale todo list cold open`	`HTTP decoded`	73.4 KiB	73.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	83.0 KiB	✅
Claude	`stale todo list cold open`	`rows`	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	`stale todo list cold open`	`nodes`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Claude	`stale todo list cold open`	`subagents`	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Claude	`stale todo list cold open`	`plans`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	`stale todo list cold open`	`providerTurns`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	`stale todo list cold open`	`checkpoints`	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅

Baseline: 97cfc07 · PR result: c45c9da · 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

Updated in place by a trusted workflow. PR artifacts are strictly validated and never executed.

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Walkthrough

Cleanup now limits the unchanged-worktree rule to threads that are settled or archived. It adjusts eligibility, Git-check gating, and not-due reasons, with tests for unsettled and archived threads and updated setting documentation.

Changes: Storage cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Unchanged-worktree eligibility `apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts`	The unchanged-worktree rule now applies only when enabled and the thread is settled or archived. The cleanup path adjusts Git-check conditions and not-due reasons.
Regression tests and setting documentation `apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts`, `docs/user/project-settings.md`	Tests cover an unsettled thread and archived threads in default-branch cleanup cases. The documentation adds archived threads as an alternative to settled threads.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: stienswout, melvinmng, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Low · up to c45c9

Unchanged-worktree cleanup now applies only to settled or archived threads, which fixes the reported premature removal. A narrow race remains: a thread unarchived while cleanup is running can still lose its clean worktree. The impact is small and recoverable, so the change is mergeable with a quick follow-up fix.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix(server): unchanged-worktree cleanup waits for the thread to settle or archive" matches the main change. The storage cleanup rule for unchanged worktrees now applies only when the thread…
Linked Issues check		Issue `#35934` reports that the unchanged-worktree rule removes a clean worktree from an unsettled, unarchived thread. The issue lists 'only apply it to settled or archived threads' as a suggested fix. …
Out of Scope Changes check		All code changes in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts apply the single new `unchangedApplies` condition across the rule's eligibility, Git-skip, no-remote, and kept-reason paths. These changes follow …
Description check		The description explains the problem (unchanged-worktree rule removes idle worktrees of unsettled, unarchived threads), the change (an unchangedApplies condition using the settlement chain or archived…

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The title "fix(server): unchanged-worktree cleanup waits for the thread to settle or archive" matches the main change. The storage cleanup rule for unchanged worktrees now applies only when the thread is settled or archived, which the raw summary and objectives both confirm. It uses a conventional commit prefix and plain language. At 81 characters it is slightly long, but it stays within a readable single sentence.

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Issue #35934 reports that the unchanged-worktree rule removes a clean worktree from an unsettled, unarchived thread. The issue lists 'only apply it to settled or archived threads' as a suggested fix. The diff in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts adds unchangedApplies = settings.worktreeUnchanged && (settledThread !== undefined || thread.archivedAt !== null). This value gates eligibility, the Git skip, the no-remote path, and the kept reason. A worktree kept only because its thread is unfinished now reports 'not settled'. Age, settled-after-days, merge, and delete rules are unchanged. The PR adds a regression test that expects the worktree to be kept after the first turn and removed after settlement. It also updates docs/user/project-settings.md to state the settled-or-archived condition. The issue's recovery concerns (no workspace preparation, no setup scripts) are not addressed here. The PR states that #30765 covers that work. The issue presents recovery as a secondary 'should also' item, and the core removal defect is addressed. The in-app setting description is unchanged, which the issue treats as documentation only. The Evidence section of the PR description is still pending. It is not a coding requirement.

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All code changes in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts apply the single new unchangedApplies condition across the rule's eligibility, Git-skip, no-remote, and kept-reason paths. These changes follow from the same fix. The test changes add the regression test for the fix. Three default-branch-discovery tests now use an archived thread, so they still exercise discovery under the new condition. The docs change is one sentence that describes the new condition. The PR description identifies the deferred items (recovery workspace preparation, #30765, and the in-app setting wording). The diff does not change those areas. No unrelated change was found in the reviewed diff.

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The description explains the problem (unchanged-worktree rule removes idle worktrees of unsettled, unarchived threads), the change (an unchangedApplies condition using the settlement chain or archived state), and the scope (bug fix linked to issue #35934 with the rationale). Verification is thorough: a reproduction on main, before/after evidence, a focused test run, and a check:changed run. It also states what was not checked and lists related items left out of scope. Minor gaps: the template asks for the agent model and harness at the end, and the author included that under 'Who did the work'. The description also references many artifacts, but the template does not forbid them. Overall it is complete.

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11741174 settledFor !== null &&
11751175 settings.worktreeSettledAfterDays !== null &&
11761176 settledFor >= settings.worktreeSettledAfterDays * DAY_MS;
1177+ // A worktree is unchanged before its first commit, so only finished threads qualify.
1178+ const unchangedApplies =
1179+ settings.worktreeUnchanged && (settledThread !== undefined || thread.archivedAt !== null);
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Recheck archive state in blockedSinceCheck.

unchangedApplies uses the archive state read before Git inspection. blockedSinceCheck does not compare archivedAt. It also compares updatedAt only for settled threads. Unarchiving an unsettled thread changes only archivedAt and updatedAt. Neither field is part of the activity check, so the re-check passes. Cleanup can then remove the worktree of a thread the user just unarchived. The window covers Git inspection and measurement, which can take seconds.

Compare the archive state in the group check:

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latestGroup.some((shell, index) => { const previous = group.find((member) => member.id === shell.id); return ( previous === undefined || shell.branch !== thread.branch || + !Equal.equals(shell.archivedAt, previous.archivedAt) || !Equal.equals(shell.settledAt, previous.settledAt) ||

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