fix(server): propagate linked pr changes and settle threads immediately

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closing, reopening, or merging a pr in the right panel left other clients stale and linked threads waiting for the one-minute settlement sweep. successful mutations now notify subscribed clients after invalidation, including routed credentials. new links sync immediately, and persisted link updates trigger settlement after newly discovered stack siblings are linked. failed stack reads or sibling writes retain the previous snapshot for retry.

verified with a real github pr: close and reopen propagated to other open clients without refresh; close settled its linked thread 14 ms after the snapshot persisted; linking a second thread to the already-closed pr settled it immediately. blacksmith passed 202 focused tests across the service, reactors, and client state, server and client typechecks, and scoped lint (two existing reactor warnings). merge and open-stack guards are covered by the focused tests; no pr was merged for verification.

regressions cover two independent clients receiving close/reopen/merge updates and reader notifications arriving before merge confirmation. removing the server broadcast or client summary refresh trigger makes the corresponding new test fail; restoring them passes.

implemented with gpt-6 in codex.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Pull request linking and syncing now trigger targeted updates immediately, without waiting for the next scheduled sweep.
  • Thread settlement reacts promptly to pull request and session changes.
  • Connected clients receive refresh notifications after pull request mutations, including close, reopen, and reaction updates.
  • Updates now propagate automatically across open pull request views.

• Bug Fixes

  • Failed stack reads or link operations no longer trigger incomplete synchronization or settlement.
  • Settlement correctly waits for unresolved pull request or session conditions.
  • Concurrent updates avoid duplicate processing and synchronize related links consistently.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The changes alter production behavior across PR synchronization, automatic thread settlement, websocket invalidation, and client-visible refresh propagation. Because these cross-component timing and lifecycle changes have a broad runtime impact, they require human review.

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The pull request adds event-driven targeted sweeps for pull request synchronization and thread settlement. It also broadcasts refresh notifications after pull request mutations and expands tests for both behaviors.

Changes

Event-driven orchestration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Targeted pull request synchronization apps/server/src/orchestration/PullRequestSyncReactor.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/PullRequestSyncReactor.test.ts	thread.pull-request-linked events enqueue targeted synchronization sweeps. Sibling links dispatch before terminal pull-request synchronization. Failed work is retried. Tests cover immediate synchronization, retry behavior, concurrent stack reads, and settlement projections.
Targeted thread settlement apps/server/src/orchestration/ThreadSettlementReactor.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/ThreadSettlementReactor.test.ts	Settlement targets threads affected by pull request and session events. Tests cover merged, closed, open, unsynced, and running-session states.

Pull request refresh notifications

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Mutation refresh broadcasting apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts, apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.test.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/pullRequests.test.ts	Invalidation accepts an optional reader-notification flag. Mutation paths and the WebSocket invalidation handler update the refresh subscription reference after invalidation. Tests verify refresh delivery and client-runtime updates for merge, reaction, close, and reopen actions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

Targeted synchronization

sequenceDiagram
  participant OrchestrationEngineService
  participant PullRequestSyncReactor
  participant PullRequestSyncWorker
  OrchestrationEngineService->>PullRequestSyncReactor: publish thread.pull-request-linked
  PullRequestSyncReactor->>PullRequestSyncWorker: enqueue pull request key
  PullRequestSyncWorker->>PullRequestSyncReactor: run targeted sweep
  PullRequestSyncReactor->>OrchestrationEngineService: dispatch sibling links and sync command

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Targeted settlement

sequenceDiagram
  participant OrchestrationEngineService
  participant ThreadSettlementReactor
  participant SettlementWorker
  OrchestrationEngineService->>ThreadSettlementReactor: publish thread.pull-request-synced or thread.session-set
  ThreadSettlementReactor->>SettlementWorker: enqueue thread ID
  SettlementWorker->>ThreadSettlementReactor: run targeted sweep
  ThreadSettlementReactor->>OrchestrationEngineService: dispatch settlement command

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main changes: propagating linked pull request updates and settling threads immediately.
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🟡 Minor · Emit one refresh for successful stack actions. · PullRequestService.ts:1801-1805

apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts:1801-1805
🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Emit one refresh for successful stack actions.

Effect.ensuring refreshes after both successful and failed provider actions. On success, runActionAndInvalidate also increments listingsEpoch and publishes at line 2907. SubscriptionRef.changes sends both distinct epochs to the same WebSocket subscribers, causing duplicate listings.

Make the inner refresh run only when the provider action fails. Keep the outer success notification. This preserves refreshes for partial remote failures while avoiding refreshes for validation and permission failures.

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In `@apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts` around lines 1801 - 1805,
Update the stack-action cleanup around refreshAfterTurn so the inner refresh
executes only when the provider action fails, rather than via unconditional
Effect.ensuring. Preserve the outer success notification and the existing
stackNumber guard, including refreshes for partial remote failures while
avoiding duplicate successful-action refreshes.

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In `@apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts`:
- Around line 1801-1805: Update the stack-action cleanup around refreshAfterTurn
so the inner refresh executes only when the provider action fails, rather than
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In `@apps/server/src/orchestration/PullRequestSyncReactor.ts`:
- Around line 191-227: Abort the current syncEntry when the required
pullRequests.stack read fails or any sibling-link dispatch fails, rather than
continuing to the changed-root thread.pull-request-link.sync; update the stack
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