[voltcrash]

t3_thread_launch accepted requests for new worktrees in plain folders, created a thread, and then failed during workspace preparation. The caller received success for a launch that could not work.

The existing precreation check now rejects confirmed non-Git projects with invalid_request, names the project and folder, and suggests the valid root strategy or another project. Repository detection runs before the special commit-search shortcut. Uncertain detection failures retain the existing provisioning behavior.

Fixes #34254.

This is a small, focused fix for an obvious validation defect under CONTRIBUTING's exception. It extends the existing MCP/CLI precheck and error mapping; no defaults, contracts, client code, or scheduled-task behavior change.

Verification

• Added regression cases for origin/master and :/initial in non-Git projects. Both fail on base 9ef52de293 because validation accepts the request. The fix passes, with controls for root/existing-worktree strategies and uncertain repository detection.
• vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.test.ts apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.test.ts: 60 tests pass.
• vp run check:changed upstream/main --concurrency 2: formatting, lint, both knip checks, GraphQL, affected typechecks, and 62 tests across 3 files pass.

Runtime proof used real HTTP MCP requests against source servers, an isolated T3 home, synthetic projects, and a free local ACP fixture. The request used workspaceStrategy: {type: "worktree", baseRef: "origin/master", startFromOrigin: true}:

Before (9ef52de293): isError=false, thread created, status=preparing
Readback: status=failed; "Failed to resolve the VCS driver for this Git command."

After: isError=true, code=invalid_request
"Project \"Plain folder\" (<fixture>/plain) is not a Git repository.
 No thread was created. Use workspaceStrategy: {type: \"root\"},
 or pass the projectId of a Git repository."
Thread count before/after refused request: 1 / 1

Control: root launch in that same plain folder -> completed
Control: worktree launch from main in a Git repository -> completed

The existing MCP worktree eval's request dry-run succeeded. A live eval was attempted but could not start because the required vibeproxy model provider is not configured. No browser or native-client verification was performed; this changes the MCP precreation path.

Created with GPT-6.1 Sol in the Codex harness through T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 09f5797

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Worktree launch preflight now rejects non-Git projects before creating a thread and explains how to use the project’s root workspace instead. The change is narrowly scoped and leaves valid Git launches and workspace defaults unchanged.

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Walkthrough

Worktree base validation now detects projects that are confirmed not to be Git repositories. The MCP launch error gives guidance for that case. Tests cover non-Git projects, accepted workspace strategies, and Git-detection failures.

Changes: Worktree base validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Non-Git project detection apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.test.ts	For worktree strategies, checkWorktreeBase checks whether the project has a repository root and can return ThreadLaunchNotRepositoryError when the result is null. Tests cover non-Git projects, accepted root and existing-worktree strategies, and a Git-detection failure.
MCP launch error guidance apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts	The handler directs callers to use a root workspace strategy or a Git repository project for ThreadLaunchNotRepositoryError. Other base-reference errors retain their existing guidance.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#34439: This issue concerns Scratch worktree launches, and the PR changes how Scratch projects are handled during worktree-base checks.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#29328: Both changes extend ThreadLaunchService.checkWorktreeBase validation and MCP error guidance.
• pingdotgg/t3code#34452: Both changes update handling of invalid worktree base references in ThreadLaunchService.
• pingdotgg/t3code#22018: Both changes address worktree launch validation involving Git repository state.

Suggested reviewers: tris203

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 21aac

Worktree launches in confirmed non-Git projects are now rejected up front with clear guidance. Scratch and root launches keep working, and uncertain Git detection leaves existing behavior unchanged. No merge-blocking risk is evident.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: rejecting worktree launches in non-Git projects. It uses an appropriate conventional commit format.
Description check		The description provides the problem, implementation approach, scope rationale, linked issue, detailed verification results, test commands, limitations, and runtime evidence. It does not use the templ…
Linked Issues check		Issue #34254 requires rejection before thread creation for worktree launches in confirmed non-Git projects. checkWorktreeBase now calls repositoryRoot before base-reference validation and returns …
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to the worktree precheck, its MCP error mapping, and focused regression tests. The changes support issue #34254 and do not alter defaults, client code, scheduled-task behavior,…

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The description provides the problem, implementation approach, scope rationale, linked issue, detailed verification results, test commands, limitations, and runtime evidence. It does not use the template's exact Problem, Change, and Scope and approval headings, but the required information is present and sufficiently complete.

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Issue #34254 requires rejection before thread creation for worktree launches in confirmed non-Git projects. checkWorktreeBase now calls repositoryRoot before base-reference validation and returns ThreadLaunchNotRepositoryError when the result is null. The MCP handler maps this error to invalid_request, names the project and workspace folder, states that no thread was created, and recommends workspaceStrategy: {type: "root"} or a Git project ID. Tests cover origin/master, :/initial, root and existing-worktree controls, Scratch handling, and uncertain detection failures.

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The changes are limited to the worktree precheck, its MCP error mapping, and focused regression tests. The changes support issue #34254 and do not alter defaults, client code, scheduled-task behavior, or unrelated launch behavior.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts:
- Around line 288-289: Update the repository validation in the
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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Ran vp run dev for github/main (2828f28145) and then for this PR's head (09f57976c1), one at a time, each with its own .t3 state. In each web app I added two local projects through the UI: gitrepo (a git repo with one commit on main) and plain (a plain folder, no git). From a gitrepo thread on Claude claude-haiku-5-5, I asked the agent to call t3_thread_launch once for project plain with workspaceStrategy {"type":"worktree","baseRef":"origin/master","startFromOrigin":true}.

main, before. The tool returned success with "status":"preparing". A plain worktree thread appeared in the sidebar and moved to Failed: Workspace preparation failed during provision worktree: ... resolveWorktreeBaseRemote (/home/user/scratch/plain): Failed to resolve the VCS driver for this Git command.

PR, after. Same prompt and same data. The tool returned invalid_request: Project "plain" (/home/user/scratch/plain) is not a Git repository. No thread was created. Use workspaceStrategy: {type: "root"}, or pass the projectId of a Git repository. No thread was added to the sidebar. t3 thread list --project <plain> later showed only the root thread from the check below.

Nearby behavior on the PR head, from one Haiku turn:

• Root launch in plain was accepted, and the thread completed with a Haiku reply.
• Worktree launch in gitrepo from main was accepted. It created worktree t3/say-hi and completed with a Haiku reply.
• Worktree launch in gitrepo from does-not-exist still returns the existing base-ref invalid_request message.

$ t3 thread show mcp:5bdcd00d-...   # plain root
mcp:5bdcd00d-6d4e-4c5a-93b3-5cd89384a289  completed  claudeAgent/claude-haiku-5-5
$ t3 thread show mcp:a44fb5af-...   # gitrepo worktree
mcp:a44fb5af-855f-47c1-90c3-5307d69603e0  completed  claudeAgent/claude-haiku-5-5
t3/say-hi  <worktree path>

CI checks on 09f57976c1 are green.

Not verified

• The :/text commit-search base ref in a non-git project, and the path where git detection itself fails. Both are covered by the PR's unit tests, but I did not exercise either one live.
• Desktop and mobile clients. This change is server-side in the MCP precheck, so their path is identical to the web one.

[juliusmarminge]

Evidence

Add a non-Git folder containing two repositories, create a root context thread, then submit worktree launches for origin/master and :/initial through the CLI's MCP path. List the project's threads afterward. Both sides used fresh synthetic state, Chromium, a 1280×800 viewport, and light theme.

Before	After
31eea883c7	21aacf4393
Both requests succeed, create threads, then fail workspace preparation. Server transcript and thread list	Both requests immediately reject with project/folder identification and root/projectId guidance. No launch threads exist afterward. Server transcript and thread list
Repeated launch recording	Repeated launch recording

Manual seed/driver, recording driver, attempted scenario. Scratch paths are sanitized; screenshot project paths are masked and videos show the sidebar only.

Scope: the CLI supplies projectId and omits startFromOrigin; the exact inherited-project request was not verified. Scenario automation failed on sidebar interaction, so this evidence comes from the manual runs.

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

Not shown:

• The exact agent-originated request omitting projectId and setting startFromOrigin:true was not exercised: the CLI supplies an explicit projectId and omits startFromOrigin.
• The raw invalid_request error code was not captured because the CLI prints the MCP failure message rather than its structured error code.