fix(server): merged-worktree cleanup removes worktrees after squash merges

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Closes #14742. Replaces the squash-cleanup part of #14651, scoped to the constraints in the triage comment on the issue. Supersedes #14849, whose extra test cases are folded in here.

Problem

Delete merged worktrees only counts a worktree as merged when its head is an ancestor of the primary remote's default branch. A squash merge fails that test, and cleanup returned before it ever read the pull request, so the worktree was kept.

Fix

When the ancestry test fails and Delete merged worktrees is on, the worktree is now eligible if a fresh pull-request read for its branch shows all of:

• the pull request is merged
• its head branch is the worktree's branch
• its base is the project's default branch
• its head SHA equals the checkout's current HEAD

The pull-request read had no head SHA, so the GitHub head lookup now asks for headRefOid (both the batched GraphQL read and its gh pr list fallback) and branchPullRequest returns it as headSha. It is not added to the status payload sent to clients.

What is unchanged:

• The ancestry path behaves as before: an ancestor head plus a merged pull request still qualifies.
• Delete unchanged worktrees is still an ancestry check only. It never reads the pull request, so squash evidence does not satisfy it.
• A later local commit, a different head branch, a non-default base (release branch, stack parent), a pull request that is not merged, a stale merged snapshot, a missing head SHA, or a failed lookup all keep the worktree.
• The clean-checkout, idle, ownership, ignored-file, and final policy and HEAD checks still run. Branches and thread history are kept.
• No new setting and no target resolver.

GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and Forgejo reads do not report a head SHA, so those hosts keep the ancestry-only behavior. The storage guide sentence that sent squash merges to the inactivity rule is updated to say this.

One cost to know about: with the merged rule on, a worktree that is clean, idle, solely owned and not an ancestor of the default branch now gets one pull-request lookup per hourly sweep. Before, the sweep stopped at the ancestry test.

Evidence

No UI change, so no images.

Cleanup cases in ThreadSettlementReactor.test.ts (the existing storage cleanup table), each with the ancestry test failing:

Case	Result
squash-exact-head: merged, same branch, default base, head SHA equals HEAD	removed
squash-later-commit: pull request head SHA differs from HEAD	kept
squash-different-branch: pull request head branch differs	kept
squash-release-base: base is release	kept
squash-stack-base: base is a stack parent	kept
squash-closed: pull request closed without merging	kept
squash-stale-merged: the thread's saved snapshot says merged, the fresh read says open	kept
squash-missing-head: read has no head SHA	kept
squash-lookup-failed: lookup fails	kept
squash-head-moved: HEAD changes between the evidence read and removal	kept
unchanged-squash: only the unchanged rule is on; the test fails if the pull request is read	kept

With the storageCleanup.ts change reverted and the tests kept, only the removal case fails:

× retains protected worktrees (squash-exact-head) and expires only old artifacts and rotated logs
AssertionError: expected true to equal false
Tests  1 failed | 48 passed | 21 skipped (70)

With the change:

vp test run src/orchestration/ThreadSettlementReactor.test.ts src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts \
  src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts src/git/GitManager.test.ts
Test Files  4 passed (4)
     Tests  221 passed (221)

The other three files assert that the head SHA survives the GraphQL read, its gh pr list fallback, the provider mapping, and a refreshed branchPullRequest (a new pull request on the same branch returns the new head, not the cached one).

The list read does report the head of a squash-merged pull request. Same field set as the lookup, against #13469:

$ gh pr list -R pingdotgg/t3code --state all --head yordis/fix-otel-resource-attributes --json number,baseRefName,headRefName,headRefOid,state,...
{"number":13469,"state":"MERGED","baseRefName":"main","headRefName":"yordis/fix-otel-resource-attributes","headRefOid":"9a8ed8e9c59e99fb00a7870b421cc472a762907c"}

Its merge commit on main is 87d8428019, a different SHA, which is why ancestry cannot prove it.

Integrated run at this PR's head (35351e6). Script, reports and logs. The production cleanup worker ran against real Git worktrees, local bare remotes and actual squash commits, with fresh SQLite state created through orchestration commands and real GitManager and GitHub adapter code. Only the gh process responses, settings, and the idle session and terminal services are manufactured, and the gh fixture returns only the --json fields it was asked for. The worker drain is awaited, with no sleeps. The baseline swaps in storageCleanup.ts from the merge base (4804036).

Fixture	Baseline	This PR
Exact pull request head, merged into main	kept, no lookup	removed, one lookup
Later local commit	kept, no lookup	kept, one lookup
Release base	kept, no lookup	kept, one lookup
Stack-parent base	kept, no lookup	kept, one lookup
Missing head SHA	kept, no lookup	kept, one lookup
Failed lookup	kept, no lookup	kept, one lookup
Different head branch	kept, no lookup	kept, one lookup
Closed without merging	kept, no lookup	kept, one lookup
Unchanged rule only	kept, no lookup	kept, no lookup

All nine fixtures fail default-branch ancestry. The branch and the persisted thread survive in every case, including the removed one. The script is the one from #14849; the only edit is the baseline commit it reads.

Also run: tsc --noEmit in apps/server, vp lint and vp fmt --check on the changed files. All clean.

Not done: a cleanup sweep in a full running server against a live squash-merged GitHub pull request. The host side of the integrated run is a fixture; the real gh read above is the only live GitHub call.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This change broadens production worktree cleanup: an enabled merged-worktree policy can now remove clean worktrees after squash or rebase merges based on a fresh GitHub head-SHA check. The implementation is well scoped and tested, but the cross-layer propagation and destructive cleanup side effect warrant human review.

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Walkthrough

The change carries GitHub pull request head SHAs through source-control records and GitManager. Merged-worktree cleanup now checks that SHA, along with the branch and base, when the worktree head is not integrated.

Changes

Merged worktree cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Carry pull request head SHA packages/contracts/src/sourceControl.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitHubPullRequests.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts	Pull request reads request headRefOid. Normalization, source-control records, and GitManager results carry it as headSha. Tests check SHA retrieval and propagation, including cached and refreshed PR results.
Check merged-worktree eligibility apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts, docs/user/project-settings.md	Integrated worktrees qualify when the PR is merged. Otherwise, cleanup requires the merged PR’s head branch, base branch, and head SHA to match the worktree. Tests cover matching and non-matching cases; the settings guide describes squash and rebase merge cleanup.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#9443: Adds and propagates GitHub pull-request head commit data that this change also uses.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 52846

The new squash-merge rule is tested in isolation, but not through a cleanup sweep. Service-level coverage would improve confidence before merge; no production failure is established.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 52846

Exact commit matching and the existing local safety checks limit the exposure. However, pull-request merge evidence is not explicitly tied to the repository used for the integration check, leaving a conditional cross-repository cleanup risk.

Retained concerns

• Low · security · inferred: The new non-integrated path checks branch names and commit identity but not the PR target repository. When GitHub CLI repository selection differs from the primary remote, merge authority in that other repository could qualify a checkout that remains unintegrated in the intended repository. Exact head identity and local deletion guards constrain this conditional exposure.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The identified exposure is local checkout availability in projects with merged-worktree cleanup enabled. It requires matching branch and commit evidence and passage through the existing ownership and local-state guards; the inspected path does not grant general filesystem deletion authority.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — A conditional attack path exists if PR lookup selects another target repository and a party with merge authority there merges a PR matching the expected head repository, branch and SHA into a same-named base branch. Cleanup lacks a target-repository comparison. This is not a verified end-to-end exploit, and arbitrary PR metadata cannot bypass the exact commit and local-state checks.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — GitManager rejects conflicting known PR head-repository identities and revalidates cached head and target remote identities. These are meaningful controls, but they do not compare the returned PR target repository with cleanup's primary-remote integration context.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — A changed local HEAD, new checkout owner, resumed activity, active session, changed policy or unsafe ignored file cancels removal at the final checks. No final PR re-read occurs after eligibility; that remote-state window alone does not establish deletion of new local work.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Bind non-integrated merge evidence to the intended target repository as well as branch and SHA, or explicitly define alternate GitHub target selection as part of cleanup policy. An alternate-target case would help validate that authority boundary.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 28.57% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 11 files. (1 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: merged-worktree cleanup now removes worktrees after squash merges.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, fix, scope constraints, issue reference, verification results, limitations, and test evidence. It uses "Fix" and "Evidence" instead of the template's "Change" and…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #14742 requires an exact current-HEAD path for squash-merged worktrees, while preserving ancestry fallback, the unchanged-worktree rule, and existing cleanup guards. storageCleanup.ts now requ…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within Issue #14742. GitHub, GitManager, contract, provider, and test updates support the exact-head verification. The guide documents the supported squash or rebase behavior. The PR …

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apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts (1)

135-136: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Exercise squash-merge cleanup through the service.

The direct helper tests are valid for the pure-function exception, but they do not test the cleanup capability. They cannot detect if StorageCleanup stops calling storageCleanupPullRequestMerged or bypasses the final HEAD and removeWorktree checks.

Add a service-level test through StorageCleanup.make and drain. Use test layers for external dependencies. Do not mock the cleanup logic.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts around lines 135 -
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Add a service-level squash-merge cleanup test using StorageCleanup.make and
drain, with test layers for external dependencies and real cleanup logic. Verify
the service calls storageCleanupPullRequestMerged and reaches the final HEAD
validation and removeWorktree checks; retain the existing direct helper test.

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