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Daemon stability phase 4: the destructive engine earns its paranoia

Phase 4 of docs/daemon-stability-audit-2026-08.md (RT-81), folding RT-51 and RT-52. Ran as a design lane: brainstorm, spec, plan, subagent-driven TDD, with independent Opus reviews of the spec and the plan before execution. Spec at docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-28-p4-destructive-engine-design.md.

What changed

Pool root and retention (RT-52, S078, S079)

  • Ephemeral pool root moves out of the clone to ~/.mattstack/rt/worktrees/<repo identity>/; existing trees age out in place, worktrees.root override honored
  • Retention store follows the tree's root; the reaper sweeps every root and only rt-stamped entries

Recoverable disposal (RT-51)

  • Dispose writes a per-entry manifest kept with the retained tree; rt worktree restore <name> rehydrates, re-registers, re-runs ready steps, refuses if the branch now lives elsewhere

Kill and stash discipline (S017, S018, S019, S064)

  • Process kill matches the exact tree root (realpath, nested trees excluded); caller pid, multiplexers and editors spared
  • Freshen never pops a stash it did not push; idle-main freshen is opt-in and aborts on live edits

Critical writes and holds (S025, R040, S063)

  • Registry and claim writes go through the critical-write path; destructive callers abort on a dropped write
  • Dispose re-reads the record under the lock; a transiently missing path is held for 3 passes, not pruned

Claims, adoption, consent (S068, S056, S077)

  • Endpoint liveness compares process start-time so a recycled pid reads dead; rt endpoint release <worktree> escape hatch; start_time column added by a guard that runs on every open, outside the version gate (no SCHEMA_VERSION bump)
  • rt worktree adopt leaves foreign trees unmanaged; --claim opts in
  • Unowned rt.worktreeApp default flips to enabled:false, with an on-deck ceiling, a free-disk precheck, and a dormant-pool notice in status/list

Follow-up

  • Team-scope ready shell review before execution (filed as its own ticket)
  • Four parked minors recorded in the SDD ledger (all idempotent, no data loss)

Checklist

  • Anything that should be behind a feature flag is behind a feature flag
    • N/A. New verbs and the consent flip are the fixes; owned machines keep their explicit settings.
  • Appropriate tests have been created or updated
    • Unit 4871 pass / 0 fail; e2e 102 pass / 0 fail; tsc 0; picker 52 leaves clean; docs and purity gates green.

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  • New Features

    • Added worktree restore to recover recently disposed worktrees, with interactive selection, listing, JSON output, and recovery diagnostics.
    • Added endpoint release to manually release development-endpoint claims, supporting worktree selection, roles, and JSON output.
    • Added --claim to worktree adoption for explicitly managing foreign worktrees.
    • Worktree pools now use safer shared locations and report when they require enabling.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved process cleanup, endpoint claim validation, persistence reliability, and safeguards against accidental worktree removal.
    • Added safer handling for missing paths, stash conflicts, disk limits, and restoration conflicts.
  • Documentation

    • Added command reference documentation for endpoint release, worktree restore, and adoption claiming.

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… and report truncation at 100 files (S053, S086)
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…/gitq/deck) on a same-named PATH collision (S066)
… a configured root that is an ancestor of the repo (S079)
… (S054)
api-server captured the token once at boot while the secrets handler
called loadOrCreateApiToken() fresh on every request; an external
rotation or an unwritable token dir left the two permanently
disagreeing about the current token. getApiToken/reloadApiToken share
one in-memory cache between both consumers, and a persist failure now
logs a warning instead of failing silently.
…pid after binds
Boot failures on the prod path used to leave a live-pid zombie: a stale
rt.pid could get written before the socket/API binds even attempted, so a
failed boot exited without ever removing it. runDaemon() now wraps its body
in try/catch (log.fatal + flush + exit 1 on any failure), and rt.pid is only
written once both servers.socket and servers.api are assigned.
installCrashHandlers gains an opts.booting predicate: unhandledRejection is
fatal + exit 1 while true (boot phase, nothing worth staying up for), and
logs only (today's behavior) once bootPhase flips to "ready" right before
"daemon ready".
…rly instead of racing a retry into a second pane (S087)
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Review fix (round 1): runDaemon() now catches and exit(1)s internally on
boot failure, so startDaemon()'s outer try/catch never runs, and its JSDoc
claiming otherwise was misleading. Replaced with a one-line comment stating
the real constraint.
…per-chunk, so a split multibyte char survives (S095)
…scope side effect
Hoists redirectNativeStderr() to the first executable statement and
installCrashHandlers() to right after the logger resolves, both before
createEventsBus, cron, sweep timers, and home-snapshot construction.
A pre-startDaemon throw (e.g. a corrupt events.db) now lands in
daemon-stderr.log instead of vanishing down a discarded fd 2.
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…linked or case-variant root matches lsof (S097)
m4tthewericand others added 20 commits August 28, 2026 22:33
…ery root
retainedTrashRoot now takes the pool root directly (join(poolRoot, ".trash"))
instead of deriving .worktrees/.trash from repoPath. retireTree derives the
pool root from dirname(path), the root the tree actually lives in, so a
legacy tree retains under the old root and a new tree under the new pool
root with no migration step. ensureInfoExclude only runs when that pool
root sits inside the repo.
reapExpiredTrash now takes an array of roots (matching reapTrashInRoots)
so reapRepoTrash in worktree-reconciler.ts sweeps both the legacy
<repo>/.worktrees and the configured cfg.root for expired retained trees,
not just one hardcoded location.
…uctive callers abort on a dropped write
setKvValueCritical (kv-blob.ts) and replaceEndpointClaimsCritical
(endpoint-claims-store.ts) retry on busy and report whether the write
landed, instead of warn-and-drop. saveRegistry and saveClaims now return
that boolean; saveRegistry only bumps the epoch on a landed write.
patchTree (handlers/worktree.ts) returns the boolean; the provision claim
aborts with claim-write-failed on a dropped write instead of proceeding as
though it owned the tree. create.ts's final registry flip aborts the same
way, leaving the row "creating" for the reconciler's existing orphan sweep
to retry.
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…sion), caller pid and multiplexers/editors spared
…sh aborts the pass
stashChangesAsync now returns the GitResult instead of void. freshenOne
checks the push exit code and the resolved Desktop marker before ever
setting stashName, aborting (fail + return false, no pop) on either
failure, and re-checks git status is clean before the ff, mirroring
autoReturnMain's existing re-check.
…p emits a user-visible event
Gate freshenCandidate's main branch behind loadWorktreeAppConfig().enabled
(idle-main freshen touches the user's live checkout, so it stays opt-in even
when the worktree:freshen daemon handler is invoked directly, bypassing
runOnce's own pass-level gate). Re-check blockers for main right after the
discard reset, before the stash block: a blocker there means the user
started editing during the fetch's up-to-5-minute window, so freshenOne
aborts without stashing and without counting it as a failure. A failed
stash pop is now a hard failure: popStash returns a boolean, emits
worktree:stash-conflict on pop failure, and the post-ff call site fails the
pass instead of silently continuing.
… of pruning it
A registered worktree path absent from git ground truth for one pass no
longer gets pruned outright: it holds for MISSING_PRUNE_PASSES (3)
consecutive passes, tracked via TreeRecord.missCount, before the row is
dropped. A path that reappears clears missCount. The unconditional git
worktree prune is skipped for a pass where any registered tree's parent
directory is currently unreadable. scrapTree now refuses to trash a
directory with no .git entry, so a desynced registry row can't rm -rf
content rt did not create.
…nto ephemeral ownership
adopt's final promotion block (the foreign hand-made path, not the
parking-lot branch) now leaves a tree exactly as reconcileRepoRegistry
stamped it (kind unmanaged) unless the caller passes --claim, which
promotes it to ephemeral/claimed/merge as before. Payload, handler
data, CLI output (human + json), and the command-tree-def flag all
carry claim through; the adopt handler test is flipped to pin
unmanaged as the default and adds a claim:true case.
… and dormant-state is surfaced
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…_DEFAULTS comment
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roleFlagIdx + 1 was 0 when --role was absent, so the arg-index filter
dropped the worktree at position 0 (the primary documented form).
Extracts parseEndpointReleaseArgs as a pure helper and covers it with
four positional/flag-order cases.
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killWorktreeProcesses' excludes filter admitted e === target, which
attributeCwds' ownedByNested check would then match against every cwd
in the target, making the kill silently a no-op. Extracts the filter
as nestedExcludes (target-equal excludes dropped, only strictly
nested ones kept) and adds coverage.
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This PR hardens worktree storage, persistence, reconciliation, disposal, restoration, endpoint claims, adoption, and CLI behavior. It also adds daemon status reporting, command-tree wiring, tests, and reference documentation.

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Worktree engine hardening

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Storage paths and critical persistence
lib/rt-paths.ts, lib/worktree/config.ts, lib/state/*, lib/worktree/registry.ts, lib/repo-index.ts
Worktree pools now use identity-based external roots. Registry, KV, and endpoint-claim writes report critical-write success. Endpoint claim schema checks support existing databases.
Lifecycle safety and reconciliation
lib/daemon/worktree-process-kill.ts, lib/daemon/worktree-reconciler.ts, lib/worktree/create.ts, lib/worktree/dispose.ts, lib/worktree/trash.ts, lib/worktree/git-async.ts
Process attribution, pruning, freshening, stash handling, disk limits, retention, disposal snapshots, and cleanup paths now use additional safety checks.
Disposal manifests and restore flow
lib/worktree/restore.ts, lib/daemon/handlers/worktree.ts, commands/worktree.ts, lib/command-tree-def.ts, website/docs/reference/worktree/*
Disposed worktrees receive manifests and can be listed, restored, re-registered, and removed from retention. Restore failures return specific results.
Endpoint claim liveness and release
lib/endpoint/*, commands/endpoint.ts, lib/command-tree-def.ts, website/docs/reference/endpoint/*
Claims persist process start times and detect recycled PIDs. The CLI adds manual claim release with role, worktree, and JSON options.
Adoption and dormant-pool reporting
commands/worktree.ts, lib/daemon/handlers/status.ts, lib/daemon/handlers/worktree.ts, lib/worktree/config.ts, lib/command-tree-def.ts, website/docs/reference/worktree/*
Adoption leaves foreign worktrees unmanaged by default and claims them only with --claim. Disabled declared pools appear as dormant in status and list output.

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Merge Risk:🟠 High · up to 084ca

This PR adds destructive worktree restoration and endpoint lifecycle changes, but the current implementation can accept path segments outside the configured pool, leave partially restored worktrees behind after failure, and mishandle a few release and liveness edge cases. Those issues can cause unintended filesystem changes, failed retries, or overly broad endpoint release, so the PR should not merge until the high-impact restore paths are fixed.

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sequenceDiagram
participant CLI as rt worktree restore
participant Handler as worktree:restore handler
participant Restore as restoreTree
participant Git as Git worktree
participant Registry as Worktree registry
CLI->>Handler: submit restore request
Handler->>Restore: restoreTree(deps, treeName)
Restore->>Git: recreate worktree at recorded head
Restore->>Registry: register restored tree
Restore-->>Handler: restore result
Handler-->>CLI: restored metadata or failure
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sequenceDiagram
participant CLI as rt endpoint release
participant Daemon as endpoint:release
participant Claims as Endpoint claim store
participant Allocator as Endpoint allocator
CLI->>Daemon: release worktree and optional role
Daemon->>Claims: load claims
Daemon->>Allocator: release matching claims
Allocator->>Claims: persist replacement claims
Claims-->>Daemon: release count
Daemon-->>CLI: JSON or human-readable result
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lib/worktree/__tests__/manifest.test.ts (1)

167-171: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Rename this test or give it the fallback shape it claims.

The test name says "fallback trash rename", but the body only reads a manifest from a directory that does not exist. It never exercises the non-retained fallback path of retireTree. The assertion is still valid; only the name is misleading.

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In `@lib/worktree/__tests__/manifest.test.ts` around lines 167 - 171, Rename the
test describing readDisposalManifest so it accurately reflects that it returns
null when the manifest directory is absent; do not label it as testing the
fallback trash rename path unless the test is expanded to exercise retireTree’s
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Correct the retention-store location wording.

retainedTrashRoot returns <poolRoot>/.trash, so the store is a child of the pool root and a sibling of the trees inside it. The comment says "A sibling of the pool root", which points readers at <poolRoot>/../.trash. The retireTree doc at Line 113 already describes the correct placement.

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- * reinstallables, until the reconciler ages them out. A sibling of the pool- * root the tree itself lived in (see retainedTrashRoot), so it always shares- * the tree's volume; the name deliberately lacks the trailing dash so the+ * reinstallables, until the reconciler ages them out. It lives inside the pool+ * root the tree itself lived in, beside its trees (see retainedTrashRoot), so+ * it always shares the tree's volume; the name deliberately lacks the trailing dash so the
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In `@lib/worktree/trash.ts` around lines 32 - 34, Update the documentation comment
near retainedTrashRoot to describe the retention store as a child of the pool
root and a sibling of the trees within it, matching the placement documented by
retireTree; do not change the implementation.
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In `@commands/endpoint.ts`:
- Line 163: Update the argument parsing around roleFlagIdx and roleValueIdx to
reject --role when it has no following value or when the next token is
option-like, before endpointRelease sends the release request. Preserve valid
role values, and add coverage for both --role and --role --json.
In `@lib/daemon/handlers/worktree.ts`:
- Around line 616-623: Validate treeName in the restore handler before
constructing the withTreeLock key or calling restoreTree: reject path separators
and the dot segments "." and ".." with the existing no-target failure response.
Keep valid tree names and the subsequent restoreTree flow unchanged.
In `@lib/endpoint/allocator.ts`:
- Around line 144-147: Update resolveClaim so a renewal or new claim never
persists a PID identity with an unavailable startTime: when pidStartTime(pid)
returns undefined, fail the claim operation or preserve the existing verified
identity without overwriting it. Ensure recycled-PID protection remains intact,
and add a regression test covering renewal when pidStartTime is unavailable.
In `@lib/state/__tests__/db.test.ts`:
- Line 180: Update the schema inspection in the database test to retain the
Database instance, read table_info into columnsBefore, then explicitly call
close() on that instance before continuing.
In `@lib/state/db.ts`:
- Around line 324-328: Update ensureEndpointClaimsStartTimeColumn so a
concurrent duplicate-column failure from ALTER TABLE is treated as success when
start_time now exists, while still propagating unrelated database errors;
preserve the existing no-op path when PRAGMA table_info already finds the
column.
In `@lib/worktree/restore.ts`:
- Around line 204-210: In lib/worktree/restore.ts at lines 204-210 and 224-225,
update the restore flow after git worktree creation to remove the newly created
worktree and branch before returning copy-failed or register-failed. Reuse the
existing cleanup mechanism, keep the retained entry intact until restoration
fully succeeds, and apply the same compensation at both affected failure sites.
In `@website/docs/reference/worktree/restore.mdx`:
- Line 15: Update the worktree restore usage syntax to show the tree argument as
optional, changing the command declaration from the required tree form to [tree]
[flags] while leaving the rest of the documentation unchanged.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@lib/worktree/__tests__/manifest.test.ts`:
- Around line 167-171: Rename the test describing readDisposalManifest so it
accurately reflects that it returns null when the manifest directory is absent;
do not label it as testing the fallback trash rename path unless the test is
expanded to exercise retireTree’s non-retained fallback behavior.
In `@lib/worktree/trash.ts`:
- Around line 32-34: Update the documentation comment near retainedTrashRoot to
describe the retention store as a child of the pool root and a sibling of the
trees within it, matching the placement documented by retireTree; do not change
the implementation.
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