[ferhtgoldaraz]

Problem

In a git repo with no remote, every status refresh records a failed resolvePrimaryRemoteName span, and Settings → Diagnostics counts each one as a failure. Behavior is fine: the status and base-branch callers catch "No git remote is configured" and fall back to local branches. Only the span is wrong. Repro steps are in #32904.

Change

In GitVcsDriverCore.ts the lookup now answers null when there is no remote, so its span (same name, resolvePrimaryRemoteName) succeeds. The public resolvePrimaryRemoteName wraps it without a span of its own. It turns null into the same GitCommandError with the same operation and message, so the driver interface and every caller stay unchanged:

• Status and base-branch callers keep recovering, as before, but no failed span is left behind.
• Callers that need a remote (fetchRefCommit, fetchRefIntoBranch, PR checkout) still fail with the same error, in their own span.
• Push keeps its own error ("Cannot push because no git remote is configured…") from resolvePushRemoteName. That function falls back to this lookup, so a no-remote push also stops leaving a failed child lookup span; the push span itself still fails.

Same idea as #29070: an expected answer is not a failed span, and real git errors (for example from git remote) still fail the span.

Scope and approval

Fixes #32904

This is a small fix for an obvious bug. One function in one file changes, plus one test. There is no behavior, setting or contract change.

Verification

Regression test in GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: "records no failed span reading status of a repository without a remote". It installs a recording tracer, runs statusDetailsRemote on a no-remote feature branch and asserts that no span failed, then runs fetchRefCommit and asserts it still fails with "No git remote is configured" in its own GitVcsDriver.fetchRefCommit span.

cd apps/server
vp test run src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts -t "records no failed span reading status"

• With main's GitVcsDriverCore.ts: fails, expected [ 'resolvePrimaryRemoteName' ] to deeply equal []
• With this change (head 3d4b2607cd, main merged): 1 passed; the full file passes 246/246, and GitManager.test.ts with it 376/376.
• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages) and tests pass.

Evidence

Real web app, each side built from its own checkout with a fresh database. Before = main bcee0f5d28, after = head 3d4b2607cd. Chromium 157 on Linux, 1440×1000, DPR 2, dark theme. The same driver runs on both sides: add a local-only repo (main plus a feature branch one commit ahead, no remotes), open its local Changes, run vcs.refreshStatus twice, then refresh Settings → Diagnostics.

Row N: no-remote status refreshes, 1440×1000 dark	Before (bcee0f5d28)	After (3d4b2607cd)
Failure tile and Latest Failures
Most Common Failures
Recording (local Changes, then refreshed Diagnostics)	before-N.mp4	after-N.mp4
Runtime transcript	before-N-runtime.txt	after-N-runtime.txt

Region diffs (before vs after)	Diff0 (zero threshold, amplified)	DiffT (threshold 16)
Failure tile
Latest Failures
Most Common Failures

• Both status refreshes succeed on both sides.
• Before: Diagnostics shows 11 failures, and failed resolvePrimaryRemoteName spans grow 0 → 3 → 6 across the refreshes.
• After: 0 failures, empty Latest and Most Common Failures, and successful resolver spans grow 0 → 3 → 6. The resolver row sits below the page's top-10 Top Span Names cap, so its counts come from the raw trace records in the transcripts.
• Rows F and E, F-E-before-after.txt:
  • F: with no remote, fetchRefCommit and fetchRefIntoBranch return the same GitCommandError on both sides. Before, the child lookup span fails too; after, only the enclosing fetch span fails.
  • E: a real git remote failure still fails the resolvePrimaryRemoteName span.
• What else changed: span totals, durations, Slowest Spans ordering, trace IDs and dev-server ports differ between runs. The diffs are limited to the regions this change affects; the full-page stills are above.
• Index: evidence-index.md. Fixture matrix: fixture-matrix.md. Scripts: N-scripts.zip and harness.mjs. Checks: N-verification.zip. All of these are uploaded, not committed.

Verification log

• Main merged (through fa2f4ff2a2; captures were made on 3d4b2607cd, whose two changed files are identical to the final head). No code changes beyond the original fix.
• Review round 1: two independent reviewers, both MERGE, no open findings.
• Proof audit: the first pass of row N was insufficient (the recording skipped the local Changes view, and a mid-session frozen clock skewed durations). Row N was recaptured, and the re-audit was sufficient: every frame inspected, diffs rebuilt with delta 0.
• Not verified: macOS or Windows, native mobile (its Diagnostics screen does not render trace failures), and real hosted source-control remotes.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

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[macroscopeapp]

Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 6f5d96b

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This change stops normal remote discovery in local-only repositories from recording a failed span while preserving errors for operations that require a remote. Existing remote selection and operation behavior remain unchanged.

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Walkthrough

Remote selection now returns no name when a repository has no remotes. The resolver preserves the existing no-remote error. Tests check that remote status succeeds without a failed span and that ref fetching records the expected failure.

Changes: Remote lookup behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Remote lookup and tracing behavior apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts	Remote selection prefers origin, then the first configured remote, and returns null when none exists. The resolver preserves the existing no-remote error. Tests check status and ref-fetch span outcomes when no remote is configured.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, saphid

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 3d4b2

The change addresses misleading Diagnostics failures for repositories without remotes while preserving the error for operations that need one. No merge-blocking issue is identified.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check		Changes since the previous review add substantial behavior unrelated to issue #32904. The diff changes branch-name collision detection and suffix selection, refactors push-destination and push behavio…	Remove the unrelated branch-name, push-destination, and worktree checkout/path changes from this pull request, or link them to relevant active issues and assess them under those requirements.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: status refreshes for repositories without a remote no longer record failed spans.
Linked Issues check		Issue #32904 remains the only active directly linked issue. The prior review established that the lookup returns null inside the resolvePrimaryRemoteName span and that the public wrapper preserves…
Description check		The description covers the problem, change, scope and approval basis, and verification. It includes focused test results, UI evidence, and limitations.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #32904 remains the only active directly linked issue. The prior review established that the lookup returns null inside the resolvePrimaryRemoteName span and that the public wrapper preserves the existing GitCommandError. The regression test checks successful status without failed spans and preserves the fetchRefCommit error behavior. Changes since the previous review do not show changes to that implementation or test. The issue’s coding requirements remain met.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

Changes since the previous review add substantial behavior unrelated to issue #32904. The diff changes branch-name collision detection and suffix selection, refactors push-destination and push behavior, and changes worktree path generation and checkout setup, including a worktree checkout cache. These changes do not address failed resolvePrimaryRemoteName spans. The current PR description and linked issue do not identify these objectives.

Resolution

Remove the unrelated branch-name, push-destination, and worktree checkout/path changes from this pull request, or link them to relevant active issues and assess them under those requirements.

Finishing Touches

Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create a new PR

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[maria-rcks]

Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

verified unchanged head 6f5d96b5233f4123e8fc79c7240936e8e2944514 against github/main at e4d86abca9c0d0ddd8107ea557f2e0c879632cf3 on a linux boat vm. installed both checkouts with vp i, ran one background dev server at a time with isolated empty state, and drove the web app with repository playwright and system chrome.

added the same real local-only git repository through the app and sent real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the composer. status and provider turns succeeded on both. main recorded 12 failed resolvePrimaryRemoteName spans out of 12; the pr recorded zero failed out of 65. diagnostics displayed the main failures and no corresponding lookup failures on the pr. unrelated diagnostics remain visible.

neighboring behavior: a real codex-created commit appeared as +1/-0 in Changes against local main. authenticated client websocket calls preserved the no-upstream pull error and no-remote push error. after codex added a real local bare remote named upstream, the same server push path succeeded; the bare repository received the exact feature commit.

blacksmith: the focused regression passed, including preserved fetchRefCommit failure; 76 focused remote/upstream/push/pull/fetch tests passed. existing ci reports 33 successful checks, zero failing or pending. no source changes were needed.

command transcript

Not verified

native desktop and ios/android clients, macos/windows, and external hosted remote operations were not exercised. exact no-remote fetchRefCommit rejection was covered by the focused test, not end to end in the app, which rejects provider detection earlier. the vm lacks the native resource-monitor binary; its unrelated diagnostics are outside this change. uploaded video playback and seeking were checked in chrome.

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