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Review item confirmed: nothing invalidated the watch's saved checksPending=false between an agent's push and the next watch read, so a fix-and-push turn released its thread on the previous head's green answer. Fix (apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestWatchReactor.ts): (1) A new reactor service method, reopenChecks(threadId), removes checksPending from that thread's visible watches whose answer is false, via the existing thread.pull-request-watch.sync command (record). It runs under the reactor's passes permit, so a host read already in flight finishes and records first and cannot write its old-head answer over the clear. (2) start() subscribes to engine.streamDomainEvents and calls reopenChecks when a command_execution turn item reaches a non-active status. Any shell command counts, not just recognised pushes, so no new command parser is needed; the cost is that a release can wait up to one sweep after the agent's last command. (3) planRead forces a detail read (allowStale:false) for a passed watch whose checksPending is absent, so the next sweep re-reads the head even when the host fingerprint is unchanged. A moved head resets passed and holds the thread until its checks finish; the same head sets false again and releases it. The shared derivation is unchanged: a watch releases only when passed && checksPending === false, so a cleared answer holds as on main. Test: the existing 'wakes once for a state it reported' reactor test now asserts checksPending false after the green read, absent after reopenChecks, and false again after the next sweep with no repeated wake. It fails with the forced read reverted. Not verified in the live app.

Fixes #34770

Reproduction on main

Commit ddc4f57 (origin/main). Started T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev in a fresh worktree (fresh database) and enabled the OpenCode provider in the worktree's settings.json. Added the checkout as a project and ran t3 thread start --provider opencode --model opencode/big-pickle, asking the agent to call watch_pull_request on #14420 (all checks finished) and later on #20437 (finished checks, some awaiting maintainer approval), and to reply to any later wake with a one-line summary without calling unwatch_pull_request (standing in for the model ignoring the wake text's instruction). For each thread the watch reactor delivered one wake ('#14420: checks passed, merge conflict' and '#20437: checks await approval'), the agent replied in one sentence, and run 2 completed with no active run. In the web client both threads then stayed under Working as 'Waiting', and the composer read 'Waiting · Watching pull request #14420' / '#20437' with Details and Stop. Neither thread returned to the inbox. I found no green open PR without a conflict or an approval wait, so neither wake was a pure 'checks passed' one like the reporter's. A unit test on the shared derivation (reproBranch) shows the same hold for a watch whose checks all passed.

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Being captured: before and after in the real app. This section is filled in before the pull request can merge.

Tests

apps/server: vp test run src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts -t 'wakes once for a state it reported': passes; fails with the planRead change reverted. apps/server: vp test run src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts src/orchestration-v2/pullRequestWatch.test.ts src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.ts src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.test.ts: 271 passed. vp run typecheck (apps/server): no errors. vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (37 packages), tests (6 files) all pass.

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Repro for #34770. Fails on main: every active PR watch is an awaited task.

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Every active, unmerged PR watch was an awaited task, so a thread whose
checks had all passed stayed "Waiting · Watching pull request" until the
agent called unwatch_pull_request.

A watch whose head passed with no checks still owed now stays listed but
is not awaited, and no longer counts as a per-line monitor for a wake
run's completion, so the thread returns to the inbox. Auto-settle still
skips any watched thread, since settling ends the watch.

Fixes #34770

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A watch stays passed when a non-required check reruns on the same head,
so releasing on passed alone let the thread return to the inbox while a
review bot was still running. The watch now records whether a check was
pending at its last read, and releases the thread only when none was.

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… is read

The saved finished-checks answer described the old head until the next
watch read, so a fix-and-push turn could release its thread while the
new head's checks ran. When a shell command in a watched thread ends,
the watch reactor now forgets that answer, under the same permit as its
reads so an in-flight read cannot restore it, and the next sweep reads
the head again.

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Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The visible changes display PR watches as waiting even when they no longer hold thread completion. An unresolved review concern identifies premature thread release when check listings are incomplete; whether that hold remains protected needs resolution.

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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: 62dc589 · PR result: 6f8e257 · 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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Pull-request watch tasks are now labeled “Waiting” in task status displays. Pending background work is also presented as waiting when every listed task is a pull-request watch. A test checks the resulting title.

Changes: Pull-request watch presentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Present pull-request watches as waiting
packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/BackgroundWorkDetails.tsx, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts
Pending background work is marked as waiting when all listed tasks are pull-request watches. Task status displays label pull-request watch tasks as “Waiting.” A test checks the pending-work title.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 988e0

This change only relabels pull-request watches as waiting in the UI and is low risk by itself. An earlier concern remains open: a partial checks read could release a watch before all checks have settled. Resolve or accept that concern before merging.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Description check Warning The description follows the template. It has a Problem-like opening that states the bug and its root cause, a Change section that explains the reopenChecks command, the command_execution hook, and the… Fill in the Evidence section with before and after captures or a recording from the real app that show the thread leaving the Waiting state after checks pass. If capture is not possible, state that clearly in Verification and explain why. U…
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title is a conventional commit that names the main change: a watched PR whose checks passed no longer holds its thread. The changeset adds reopenChecks, a command_execution hook, and a forced deta…
Linked Issues check Passed The only directly linked issue, #34770, is closed and completed. Per the assessment rules, it supplies background only. No active directly linked target remains, so no linked-issue coding requirements…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The observed changes relate to PR watch release and display. They include the reactor planRead change (apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestWatchReactor.ts), the presentation change in packages…
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Explanation

The title is a conventional commit that names the main change: a watched PR whose checks passed no longer holds its thread. The changeset adds reopenChecks, a command_execution hook, and a forced detail read in the PR watch reactor. The title names the outcome, not the mechanism, and it does not list files. Its scope tag is (shared), but the main edits are in apps/server, so the scope is slightly off. The title is still related to the main change.

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Explanation

The only directly linked issue, #34770, is closed and completed. Per the assessment rules, it supplies background only. No active directly linked target remains, so no linked-issue coding requirements apply. For context, the PR targets the #34770 symptom: a passed PR watch keeps its thread in Waiting after the agent hands back. At head, PullRequestWatchReactor.ts planRead treats a watch with checksPending === undefined as due for a detail read, which is the forced re-read the PR describes. The threadExecution.ts and BackgroundWorkDetails.tsx changes make a watch-only task list display as Waiting. The reopenChecks method and its start() subscription were not visible in the truncated evidence, so this verdict does not rely on them. Unresolved: the path-scoped diff of PullRequestWatchReactor.ts returned empty, which conflicts with the PR description and with the forced-read code seen at head. The live-app evidence section is not captured.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The observed changes relate to PR watch release and display. They include the reactor planRead change (apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestWatchReactor.ts), the presentation change in packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts with its test, and the label change in apps/web/src/components/chat/BackgroundWorkDetails.tsx. The previous review also linked packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork.ts, ThreadSettlementService.ts, and docs/user/source-control.md to this behavior. No change was shown to be unrelated. The PR description is inaccurate in two places: it says the shared derivation is unchanged, and it does not list the web, client-runtime, shared, settlement, or documentation changes. The description should list them. The path-scoped reactor diff was empty, so the full reactor diff, including reopenChecks, was not verified against the description.

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Explanation

The description follows the template. It has a Problem-like opening that states the bug and its root cause, a Change section that explains the reopenChecks command, the command_execution hook, and the forced read, and a Scope note that links issue #34770 as the bug. Verification lists focused tests, typecheck, and the check run with observed results, and it lists the limitations. The Evidence section says before/after captures are pending and that the section must be filled in before merge. The template's Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification headings are not all labeled as in the template, and the description does not state the live-app result. The Evidence gap is a required item for a UI-visible behavior, so the description is not complete.

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packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork.ts-331-331: 1

331-331: Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

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Verification ran but could not confirm this finding. It is shown for review, not as a verified issue.

Keep failed checks in the completion-hold condition.

If a required check succeeds and an advisory check fails, evaluatePullRequestWatch sets passed: true, checksPending: false, and a nonempty failedChecks list. This condition removes awaited. The monitor exclusion also prevents that watch from holding wake completion.

Require an empty failedChecks list before releasing the thread. The current condition violates the stated behavior that watches with failed checks still hold the thread.


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const failed = checks.filter(isFailedCheck);
const awaiting = checks.filter((check) => check.status === "action-required");
if (checks.length > 0) {
checksPending = checks.some((check) => check.status === "pending");

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Keep the completion hold when a read includes unlisted checks.

A placeholder check stands for checks the host could not list. A read that has only successful visible checks plus a placeholder currently sets checksPending to false. When the watch already has passed: true, the unread && passedNow guard keeps passed true. The shared derivation then drops awaited, and the thread is released while the unlisted checks may still be pending.

Clear checksPending when the read is incomplete. The watch then stays held until a complete read sets the value again.

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     awaitingApproval = [
       ...awaitingNow,
       ...awaitingApproval.filter(
         (key) =>
           !awaitingNow.includes(key) &&
           (workflowRunOf(key) === key ? !finished.has(key) : nameUnfinished(key)),
       ),
     ];
   }
+  // A placeholder stands for checks the host could not list, so this read cannot show that none are pending.
+  if (unread) checksPending = undefined;
   const required = checks.filter((check) => check.required === true);
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/pullRequestWatch.ts at line 66:
Update the checksPending derivation in the pull request watch flow so an incomplete read marked by unread leaves the pending state unknown rather than false. Preserve the completion hold until a complete read provides the pending-check value, including when passed is already true.

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Once a watch stopped holding its thread, the composer and the background
work details called it "Running" although nothing ran: the watch only
waits on its host. The label now says "Waiting" for PR watches whether
or not they hold the thread.

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Main now releases a passed watch's thread and reopens its checks on a
recognized push (36254ab), so the server, shared, contract and docs
sides take main's version. The per-command reopen in
PullRequestWatchReactor is dropped as redundant with main's push-scoped
checks-reopen command. What remains is the idle watch label.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

the capture step could not show the problem on the base commit, so there is nothing to prove fixed.

On both commits: create a replay thread; register a watch for the open PR; open the thread before the first sweep and observe it in Working; send a replayed handback without unwatching; wait for the real sweep to persist checksPending=false; capture the thread and open Background work Details. Both recordings show the thread moving from Working to the inbox while retaining its watch. Base says Running; head says Waiting. The inbox assertion passed on both commits in the original and corrected comparisons. The separate harmless-shell follow-up was not executed, so the full supplied sequence remains incomplete.

It stays open for a person to finish or close.

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