[juliusmarminge]

Problem

A thread resumes in an existing managed worktree folder even when cleanup left only node_modules or .next and removed its Git checkout. The next turn runs without the thread's files, and storage cleanup repeatedly fails when it stats the missing .git.

Change

Recover managed folders without .git when their only entries are node_modules and/or .next: remove the leftovers, prune stale Git metadata, and recreate the thread branch before starting the provider. Keep folders containing other files and existing checkouts intact. Storage cleanup treats a missing .git as “Not a linked worktree.”

Scope and approval

Fixes #24390

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. GitCafe: #24390.

Verification

• Two focused test files: vp test run src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts src/storageCleanup.test.ts from apps/server: 158 passed, including after integrating current main. Red log, green log.
• Server typecheck passed. Targeted lint passed with three existing unused-variable warnings. Two independent reviewers found no blocking defects.
• Real web dev app on Linux with Codex: created a worktree thread, installed a pnpm dependency, removed everything except node_modules, then sent another message. Before, the provider saw only node_modules. After, it saw .git and tracked files on the original branch. Also verified node_modules plus .next without pruning, an existing checkout, and preservation of unrelated notes.md.

Server behavior	Before (27e0c684c5)	After (3d76e10d01)
Resume leftover folder	Provider transcript	Provider transcript, runtime controls
Cleanup and preservation	Red assertions	Nine real filesystem/Git service controls and kept report

Proof matrix, public reproduction driver, and evidence scope and limitations. Service controls use synthetic provider dependencies; the composer/provider transcripts are the integrated app proof. No rendering changes, so the visual matrix is empty. All clients/providers share this server recovery path. Empty folders and .next alone also recover.

Unverified: actual Windows NTFS junction and locked-directory removal. Linux verification simulates the resulting leftover folders. Dev-server watch restarts interrupted two control turns; both resumed and completed.

Models: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1-Sol through T3 Code (Claude Agent and Codex harnesses).

Fixes #31136

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at f40a41a

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Restores checkouts from managed folders containing only dependency/build leftovers, while preserving folders with other entries. Directory-type checks address the reported regular-file deletion concern, and missing checkout metadata is handled safely by cleanup.

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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	✅

Baseline: 3a8c250 · PR result: f40a41a · 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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Walkthrough

Provider turn startup now detects and recreates certain managed worktree directories that lack .git. Storage cleanup handles missing .git metadata as “not a linked worktree.”

Changes: Managed worktree recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Detect and recreate leftover worktrees apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts	Startup treats a managed directory without .git as a leftover when its only entries are node_modules and/or .next, and those entries are directories. It removes eligible leftovers before recreating the worktree. Tests cover eligible directories and directories containing user files.
Handle missing worktree metadata apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts	The linked-worktree check returns “not a linked worktree” when .git is absent. A test verifies cleanup keeps the remaining directory and its node_modules.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#24156: Both changes address recovery for removed managed worktrees. This PR adds recovery during terminal open and attach.
• pingdotgg/t3code#18359: Both changes modify managed worktree recovery during provider turn startup. This PR handles missing paths and branch reuse or recreation.
• pingdotgg/t3code#30773: This PR runs the project setup script after restoring a managed worktree, using the restoration flow changed here.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, yash-singh1

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to f40a4

Recovery of leftover worktree folders now only removes folders holding node_modules and .next directories, and leaves anything else alone. Storage cleanup keeps folders with a missing .git and reports them as not a linked worktree. No merge-blocking risk remains. Windows junction behavior is still unverified, as the author notes.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main server change: restoring checkouts from leftover worktree folders. It uses a conventional commit format.
Description check		The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the failure, the fix, linked issues, focused test results, runtime validation, limitat…
Linked Issues check		The changes meet the coding requirements for #24390 and #31136. In ProviderTurnStartService.ts, a managed existing path is classified as leftover only when it has no .git and all entries are node_modu…
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole pull request changes only provider startup recovery, storage cleanup, and focused regression tests. Each change directly supports #24390 or #31136. The preservation tests and filesystem chec…

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The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the failure, the fix, linked issues, focused test results, runtime validation, limitations, and unverified Windows behavior.

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The changes meet the coding requirements for #24390 and #31136. In ProviderTurnStartService.ts, a managed existing path is classified as leftover only when it has no .git and all entries are node_modules or .next directories. The service removes that path, prunes worktree metadata through the existing recreation flow, and recreates the thread branch. Other entries remain untouched. The added tests cover node_modules-only, node_modules plus .next, and preservation of user files. In storageCleanup.ts, a missing .git returns "not a linked worktree" before stat. The cleanup test verifies that residual content remains preserved.

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The whole pull request changes only provider startup recovery, storage cleanup, and focused regression tests. Each change directly supports #24390 or #31136. The preservation tests and filesystem checks support the required safety behavior. No unrelated product or rendering changes appear in the reviewed diff.

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Require leftover entries to be directories.

If a managed folder has no .git and contains a regular file named node_modules or .next, this name-only check marks it as a leftover. Line 521 then deletes the file and its contents. Check each entry’s type before allowing removal, while retaining support for directory junctions. As per the PR objective, folders with other files must remain intact.

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

someone else pushed to fix/issue-24390 (head is now 7e369b6); the pipeline does not build on commits it did not review

It stays open for a person to finish or close.

Dismissing prior approval to re-evaluate f40a41a