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Why reviews ended early

Reviews that hit the 10-minute pass limit with only 7 to 15 model calls spent nearly all of it inside sandbox tools. Every one overlapped other reviews of the same repository: six Maple reviews started within 25 s at 15:48 UTC today, and four superwall reviews overlapped between 12:50 and 13:05.

One container serves a repository per org, and each review checks out its own commit there. Every clone ended by keeping the newest 3 directories, and the glob also matched other clones' in-flight .clone-* scratch directories. With more than 3 commits in flight:

  • running clones lost their scratch directory and failed partway;
  • finished checkouts were deleted. Their clone process still read "completed, exit 0", so ensureCheckout answered "has just finished. Call again." forever, and each tool call waited its full 90 s. In prod the ff890e76 checkout probe failed every 2 s for ten minutes.

Separately, calls into the sandbox Worker hung about 255 s before failing with HTTP error! status: 500, so two calls used most of a pass.

Changes

  • Eviction (apps/sandbox/src/checkout.ts): least recently used, since a ready checkout is now touched on every use. Anything used in the last 15 minutes (SANDBOX_CHECKOUT_GRACE_MINUTES) is kept past the count, and a clone's scratch directory is named after its PID and removed only once that process is gone.
  • Evicted checkout: now handled by feat(sandbox): move to Sandbox SDK 1.0 and DirectoryBackup #1349 on main, whose status script re-clones a finished clone whose checkout was pruned. This PR's version was dropped in the merge.
  • Call cap (CloudflareRepoSandbox): one call into the Worker is capped at the command's wall clock plus 60 s. Past that it is reported as the sandbox being unavailable.
  • Per-turn breaker (apps/ai/src/chat/sandbox-breaker.ts): for each repository, sandbox tools are refused at once after the sandbox reports unavailable, after the kickoff clone could not start, or after two missed clone waits. A success resets the count. The refusal points the model at read_source_file and search_source_code, which worked in every failing run.

Testing

  • apps/sandbox: 57 tests, plus new ones for the grace window, the touch, and re-cloning an evicted checkout. I also ran the generated prune lines in a shell against aged fixture directories: old ones were removed, recent ones and in-flight clones were kept, and the script exits 0.
  • packages/backend sandbox: 24 tests, plus a hung Worker call reported as unavailable.
  • apps/ai: new breaker tests plus the sandbox tool and run tests.
  • Typecheck is clean for sandbox, backend, ai and domain; oxlint and oxfmt are clean.
  • Not run: bun run --cwd apps/sandbox verify:image, which needs Docker. The clone script changed, so it is worth running before merge.

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Some failures on the gpt-6.1-sol org are slow inference, not the sandbox: about 478 s across 7 calls. This PR doesn't change that.

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  • New Features
    • When a repository sandbox is unavailable, the assistant avoids repeated attempts and can use source-reading tools instead.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Sandbox commands that take too long now return a clear timeout error instead of waiting indefinitely.
    • Recent checkouts are preserved during cleanup, and active clone work is protected from premature removal.
    • Ready checkouts are marked as recently used, helping keep frequently accessed repositories available.

…kouts

Reviews that ran out their 10-minute pass on sandbox calls all overlapped
other reviews of the same repository. One container serves a repository,
and every clone ended by keeping the newest 3 directories, its glob
including other clones' in-flight scratch directories. With six reviews
at once, checkouts and running clones were deleted out from under them.
A deleted checkout whose clone had succeeded then answered "call again"
forever, so each tool call waited its full 90 s and gave up.

- Eviction is least recently used (a ready checkout is touched on each
  use) and skips anything used in the last 15 minutes; scratch
  directories are only removed once that old.
- A finished clone whose checkout is gone is cleared and cloned again.
- One call into the sandbox Worker is capped at the command's wall clock
  plus 60 s and reported as unavailable past that (calls hung 4+ min
  before a 500).
- Per turn and repository, sandbox tools are refused at once after the
  sandbox is unavailable or the checkout missed two waits, pointing the
  model at read_source_file and search_source_code.
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  • apps/ai/src/chat/sandbox-breaker.test.ts
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Sandbox calls now have a time budget, and chat turns track sandbox availability by repository. Checkout cleanup now applies an age threshold to checkout eviction, checks clone process status before removing scratch directories, and touches ready checkouts.

Changes

Sandbox availability

Layer / File(s) Summary
Worker call timeout
packages/backend/src/services/sandbox/CloudflareRepoSandbox.ts, packages/backend/src/services/sandbox/CloudflareRepoSandbox.test.ts
Worker calls receive a 60-second allowance beyond the requested wall-time limit. Calls that exceed the combined budget produce SandboxRunUnavailable. A test covers a call that does not answer.
Per-repository sandbox breaker
apps/ai/src/chat/sandbox-breaker.ts, apps/ai/src/chat/turn-runner.ts, apps/ai/src/chat/sandbox-breaker.test.ts
The executor wrapper tracks sandbox results and preparation errors by normalized repository. It refuses later calls for repositories marked down and is applied to the chat turn. Tests cover breaker state, repository isolation, and non-sandbox calls.

Checkout retention and cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Grace-based checkout retention
packages/domain/src/sandbox.ts, apps/sandbox/src/checkout.ts, apps/sandbox/src/checkout.test.ts
Checkout eviction applies a 15-minute grace period. Scratch directories include their creating process ID and are removed only when that process is no longer running. Ready checkouts are touched before their status is reported.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatTurn
  participant withSandboxBreaker
  participant McpToolExecutor
  participant CloudflareRepoSandbox
  participant SandboxWorker
  ChatTurn->>withSandboxBreaker: Execute sandbox tool
  withSandboxBreaker->>McpToolExecutor: Execute tool
  McpToolExecutor->>CloudflareRepoSandbox: Call Worker with time budget
  CloudflareRepoSandbox->>SandboxWorker: Execute command
  SandboxWorker-->>CloudflareRepoSandbox: No response before budget expires
  CloudflareRepoSandbox-->>McpToolExecutor: Return SandboxRunUnavailable
  McpToolExecutor-->>withSandboxBreaker: Return unavailable result
  withSandboxBreaker->>withSandboxBreaker: Mark repository down
  ChatTurn->>withSandboxBreaker: Execute another tool for repository
  withSandboxBreaker-->>ChatTurn: Refuse sandbox call
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/ai/src/chat/sandbox-breaker.ts:
- Line 48: Update the success path that checks result.isError so an in-flight
success cannot reset the breaker to UP after another call has marked it
unavailable; preserve the down state for the remainder of the turn.

Review comments at @apps/sandbox/src/checkout.ts:
- Line 293: Update the stale `.clone-*` cleanup in `find` so it cannot remove a
directory still used by an in-flight clone or checkout; use an ownership-process
check or an activity marker refreshed by active work before deleting. Do not
treat directory modification time alone as proof that the clone has finished.

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  • apps/sandbox/src/checkout.ts
  • apps/sandbox/src/handle.test.ts
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- A sandbox call that started before the breaker tripped and succeeded
  after it reset the repository to up. Down is now final for the turn.
- A clone's scratch directory is named after its script's PID, and
  eviction removes one only when that process is gone, instead of
  guessing from modification time.
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🟢 Confidence 8/10 · likely safe to merge
Clone-script pruning and the breaker's category strings check out; the shell prune was not run against a real container.
quality 100/100 · no findings · tests covered · risk medium

Stops concurrent reviews from evicting each other's checkouts: eviction is now LRU with a 15-minute grace window, an evicted-but-finished clone is re-cloned, sandbox Worker calls are capped, and a per-repository breaker refuses sandbox tools after the sandbox fails a turn. Sound to merge.

  • cloneScript prunes by mtime inside a grace window, not by count alone
  • ensureCheckout re-clones a commit whose finished clone was evicted
  • CloudflareRepoSandbox caps one Worker call at the command's wall clock plus 60s
  • withSandboxBreaker refuses sandbox tools for a repository after an unavailable failure

Before merge

  • Manual · Run bun run --cwd apps/sandbox verify:image (needs Docker) against the changed clone script
What was checked
  • refused sets failureCategory: "unavailable", the dispatcher's own string for McpUnavailableError (dispatcher.ts:154), so the breaker trips on real failures
  • Grace/touch path is consistent: present is only 0 when dir/.git exists, so the evicted branch runs only when the checkout is gone (checkout.ts:334,346)
  • The prune globs /workspace/maple/*/, which cannot match the mirror, seed or snapshot directories outside it (packages/domain/src/sandbox.ts:16..32)

9b31922 · Updated on every push. Reply "won't fix" to dismiss a finding, or mention @maple-review-bot to ask about one.

Main moved the sandbox Worker to Sandbox SDK 1.0 (#1349), which replaced
the process registry with a per-commit state directory. Its status script
already re-clones a finished clone whose checkout was pruned, so this
branch's cleanupCompletedProcesses fix is dropped. The eviction fix is
ported onto it: LRU with a grace window, a touch on every ready answer,
and scratch directories removed only when their clone's PID is gone.
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🟢 Confidence 8/10 · likely safe to merge
Prune, timer and breaker semantics all check out by reading; only the container-side shell behaviour is unverified because verify:image needs Docker and was not run.
quality 100/100 · no findings · tests partial · risk medium · 2/2 new units observable

Stops concurrent sandbox reviews from evicting each other: eviction now goes by last use with a 15-minute grace, a dead clone's scratch directory is pruned by pid, one Worker call is capped, and a per-turn breaker refuses a sandbox that already failed. Contained; safe to merge once the container image check runs.

  • checkout.ts evicts by last use and keeps anything touched within SANDBOX_CHECKOUT_GRACE_MINUTES
  • Clone scratch directories are named after the clone's pid and pruned only when that pid is gone
  • CloudflareRepoSandbox caps one Worker call at the command's wall clock plus CALL_HEADROOM
  • withSandboxBreaker refuses sandbox tools per repository for the rest of the turn

Before merge

  • Manual · Run bun run --cwd apps/sandbox verify:image (needs Docker): the clone and prune shell scripts changed and their container behaviour is unverified
What was checked
  • kill -0 on the .clone-$$-XXXXXX pid matches the pid cloneRunner records, and $$ in the runner's subshell is the runner's own pid (checkout.ts:232,253,313)
  • A ready checkout is touched on every poll, and the prune skips a directory younger than the grace window regardless of count (checkout.ts:251,291)
  • The breaker's executor is the one shared by the kickoff clone, every pass and the review_files children (turn-runner.ts:327); clone state lives under /var/lib/maple-clones, so the workspace prun…
Observability coverage: 2 of 2 changes observable
Change Kind Observable Evidence
Sandbox call budget in CloudflareRepoSandbox poll outbound call yes Existing exec span keeps maple.sandbox.checkout_polls; the new cap fails with SandboxRunUnavailable, which reaches the model as an error tool result
Per-turn sandbox breaker refusal (withSandboxBreaker.execute) in-turn tool gate yes The trip is logged with Logger.warn plus maple.mcp.tool log annotations; refusals surface as isError tool results in the session transcript

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