[chomamateusz]

Problem

Settings ‚Üí Source Control ‚Üí Git fetch interval says "Set to 0 to avoid automatic Git prompts". With 0, VcsStatusBroadcaster skips the upstream fetch (poller, getStatus, refreshStatus; #13253 added the window-focus half for #13235). The Git driver core still fetches on its own: refreshStatusUpstreamIfStale runs git --git-dir <common-dir> fetch --quiet --no-tags --no-auto-gc <remote> from every statusDetails() call and from statusDetailsRemote() whenever the caller does not pass refreshUpstream: false, with a 15 s success TTL and a failure backoff capped at 15 minutes.

Paths that reached that fetch with the interval at 0 (line numbers on main before this change):

• apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts:2392 statusDetails(cwd) refreshes unconditionally; :2405 statusDetailsRemote(cwd, options) refreshes unless options.refreshUpstream === false.
• apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts:1463 remoteStatusResultCache ‚Üí readRemoteStatus(cwd) with no options, reached by GitManager.remoteStatus(input) without options (:2433) and GitManager.status (:2437, via GitWorkflowService.status :324).
• apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts:1959 buildCompletionToast, :2294 runPrStep, :2873 preparePullRequestThread, :2894 ensureExistingWorktreeUpstream, :2948 reuseExistingWorktree, :3153 runStackedAction ‚Üí gitCore.statusDetails.
• apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts:2669 pushCurrentBranch ‚Üí statusDetails (from GitManager.pushCurrentBranch :747, runStackedAction :3282, SourceControlRepositoryService.publishRepository :506).
• apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup.ts:209 auto-pull projects at startup; apps/server/src/sourceControl/SourceControlRepositoryService.ts:495 publishing a repository without commits.

Environment where it shows: a project whose origin is an SSH remote and whose key lives in a GUI SSH agent that asks for approval per use (1Password SSH agent, macOS). Each attempt raises an approval dialog attributed to T3 Code; unattended attempts time out after 60 s and are retried on the backoff schedule. The agent's log on the reporting machine shows 25 to 63 unattended prompts per day with the interval at 0. #13912 (accepted) describes the same fetch retrying every 15 minutes against a macOS Keychain prompt for an HTTPS remote.

Expected: with the interval at 0, no automatic git fetch runs anywhere in the server, as the setting copy promises and as #13253 established for the window-focus path.

Change

refreshStatusUpstreamIfStale returns before spawning Git when the configured automatic fetch interval is zero. VcsAutomaticFetchInterval (the Context.Reference holding the settings-backed interval) and its layer move from VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts into apps/server/src/vcs/VcsAutomaticFetchInterval.ts, so the driver core can read the interval without importing the broadcaster (which would cycle through GitWorkflowService and GitManager). server.ts provides the layer once at the root of layerRuntimeDependencies: GitVcsDriver.layer is memoised and some of its build sites live outside server.ts (orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.ts, per-connection in ws.ts), so the interval has to be in context before the first build captures it. The broadcaster's own provision becomes redundant and is removed. Every non-zero interval keeps today's behaviour: same cache, same timeouts, same backoff.

Behaviour note for maintainers: with the interval at 0, the implicit upstream refresh inside git action flows (runStackedAction, runPrStep, worktree reuse) is skipped too, so a create_pr action decides wantsPush from the last known origin/<branch>. Push, pull, explicit fetch, PR checkout and thread launch fetches are unaffected (they do not go through refreshStatusUpstreamIfStale).

Scope and approval

One underlying defect: the 0 setting is honoured by the broadcaster but not by the driver core's staleness fetch. The intended behaviour is already established by the triaged issue #13235 and its fix #13253 ("a zero Git fetch interval also stops the fetch on window focus"); this change closes the remaining paths of the same defect and removes the retry loop of #13912 for users who set the interval to 0. No new behaviour, no new setting, no change to defaults.

Verification

• New test in apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts, "does not fetch for status when the automatic fetch interval is zero", next to "does not fetch for status when the branch tracks a local branch": a repo whose branch tracks a bare origin, driver built with the interval at zero, statusDetails then statusDetailsRemote; asserts upstreamRef === origin/<branch> and no fetch spawn. Against main's GitVcsDriverCore.ts it fails with expected [ [ '--git-dir', …(7) ] ] to deeply equal [] (one fetch spawned); with the change it passes. The existing case "can read cached remote divergence without fetching upstream" keeps covering the default interval (one fetch).
• pnpm exec vp test run src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts (246 tests; two pre-existing cases need an unsandboxed run and a canonical TMPDIR on this machine, identical on main), src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts 26/26.
• node scripts/check-changed.ts: format, lint, knip 1/2 and 2/2, graphql (apps/server), typecheck (3 packages), test (3 files, 274 tests) all pass.
• Not checked yet: a running desktop build with the interval at 0 against the 1Password SSH agent. The build with this change is being installed on the reporting machine; the before/after count of agent prompts will be added here. Also not checked: Windows, Linux desktop.

Code written with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (T3 Code harness); reviewed by Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at f21bb9f

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Git status refresh now honors a zero automatic-fetch interval instead of contacting the upstream remote. The existing default remains unchanged, and the change is limited to suppressing automatic fetch activity.

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Walkthrough

The server provides the VCS automatic-fetch interval through runtime dependencies. Git status checks skip upstream refresh when the configured interval is zero. Tests verify that local and remote status reads still report the upstream ref without starting a fetch.

Changes: VCS automatic-fetch interval

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define and provide the fetch interval apps/server/src/vcs/VcsAutomaticFetchInterval.ts, apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts	A dedicated context reference resolves the interval from server settings and falls back to the default on failure. The server provides its layer through runtime dependencies. The broadcaster and its test use the dedicated module.
Apply the interval to Git status refresh apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts	The driver skips upstream refresh when the interval is zero. The test checks that local and remote status reads return the upstream ref without spawning a fetch.

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 2c2cc

Setting the automatic fetch interval to zero can make an explicit push report that the branch is already up to date when the remote branch has changed and the local tracking ref is stale. Fix the push path to validate the remote or run the push before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: a zero Git fetch interval now also stops the status upstream fetch in GitVcsDriverCore. The raw summary and objectives confirm that refreshStatusUpstreamIfStale skips …
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and it includes a conventional-style framing. Problem gives expected behavior and affected paths. Change…
Linked Issues check		The only directly linked issue is #13253. It is closed and completed, so it supplies background only. No active directly linked target remains, so no linked-issue coding requirements apply to this pul…
Out of Scope Changes check		All changed files relate to the PR's stated defect: a zero automatic fetch interval does not stop the fetch in GitVcsDriverCore.refreshStatusUpstreamIfStale. Changes: (1) GitVcsDriverCore.ts reads Vcs…

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Explanation

The title names the main change: a zero Git fetch interval now also stops the status upstream fetch in GitVcsDriverCore. The raw summary and objectives confirm that refreshStatusUpstreamIfStale skips fetching when the interval is zero, and that the interval reference moved to VcsAutomaticFetchInterval.ts. The title uses the conventional commit form and is specific, though it omits the move of the interval reference.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and it includes a conventional-style framing. Problem gives expected behavior and affected paths. Change explains the fix and why the layer moved. Scope links related issues (#13235, #13253, #13912) and explains the single underlying defect. Verification lists the new test, the commands run, the observed failure before the change, and what was not checked. The template's optional agent attribution line is present. The description is detailed and mostly complete.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The only directly linked issue is #13253. It is closed and completed, so it supplies background only. No active directly linked target remains, so no linked-issue coding requirements apply to this pull request. The PR objectives agree: no active directly linked issue targets remain. The PR's own stated goal (zero interval stops the driver-core staleness fetch) is a separate scope item and is assessed in the out-of-scope check.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

All changed files relate to the PR's stated defect: a zero automatic fetch interval does not stop the fetch in GitVcsDriverCore.refreshStatusUpstreamIfStale. Changes: (1) GitVcsDriverCore.ts reads VcsAutomaticFetchInterval and skips the upstream refresh at zero; (2) VcsAutomaticFetchInterval.ts is a new module that holds the interval reference and layer moved from VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts, which avoids an import cycle the PR describes; (3) server.ts provides the layer at the runtime root and VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts drops its now-redundant provision; (4) VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts updates its import to match the move; (5) GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts adds a regression test for the zero-interval case. The move is refactoring that supports the fix, so it is connected. The behaviour change to git action flows (create_pr decisions use the last known origin ref at zero) is an documented consequence of the same setting, not an unrelated change. Evidence comes from the whole-PR file summary and PR description. Diff hunks were not read line by line. No unrelated change was found.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts:
- Line 1715: Update the zero-interval guard around automaticFetchInterval so it
cannot cause pushCurrentBranch, through statusDetails, to treat stale tracking
refs as proof that an explicit push is unnecessary. When automatic fetches are
disabled, ensure the explicit push validates the remote state or proceeds with
the push; add a focused regression test for the remote-rewind scenario.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Do not let disabled automatic fetches suppress an explicit push.

If another clone rewinds remote main from A to its parent P, local HEAD and the stale origin/main can both remain at A. This guard skips the refresh called by pushCurrentBranch through statusDetails. The zero divergence then makes Line 3092 return skipped_up_to_date without running git push.

With interval zero, this false result persists until another operation refreshes the tracking ref. Make explicit push validate the remote or execute the push instead of treating stale tracking refs as proof that no push is needed. Add a focused regression case for this path.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts at line 1715:
Update the zero-interval guard around automaticFetchInterval so it cannot cause pushCurrentBranch, through statusDetails, to treat stale tracking refs as proof that an explicit push is unnecessary. When automatic fetches are disabled, ensure the explicit push validates the remote state or proceeds with the push; add a focused regression test for the remote-rewind scenario.

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[juliusmarminge]

Evidence

Set Maintenance → Advanced → Git fetch interval to 0 in the single environment. Edit README, idle 17 seconds, open the thread, choose Commit only, enter “Edit README,” wait past the 15-second status cache, clear the SSH monitor, and commit.

Both sides persisted automaticGitFetchInterval: 0, completed the local commit, and remained one ahead of origin/main. Base initiated one SSH connection; head initiated none. The monitor panel is scenario instrumentation reporting the persisted setting and SSH log.

Proven in the real app: fails on base and passes on head. Chromium, 1280×800, light theme, fresh synthetic data on each side.

	Before — 7bc474667d	After — 2c2ccbfea5
Result	One implicit SSH fetch; zero-fetch assertion fails	No SSH connection; assertion passes
Before clicking Commit
Completed commit and SSH monitor
Assertion failure capture		Passed
Commit interaction	Before recording	After recording
Full scenario	Before full recording	After full recording

Scenario source. Set T3_PROOF_SCRATCH to an existing scratch directory when rerunning. Short recordings hold the final frame for three seconds.

Not shown:

• A real credential approval dialog was not exercised; the synthetic SSH shim directly measured the connection that would trigger it.
• The default statusDetailsRemote entry point was not separately driven; this proof covers statusDetails inside the web client's commit-only action.