fix(server): a thread whose worktree and branch were deleted recovers on the next message

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• A thread whose worktree folder and branch were both deleted outside T3 could never run again; every message failed with an error asking to restore a folder the user had no way to recreate.
• When recreating the worktree failed, the reason was only logged, so the user saw a misleading message instead of git's actual error.

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PR Summary

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Changes provider turn-start git recovery and run settlement when recreation fails; scope is localized but affects every turn that starts with a missing worktree.

Overview
Provider turn start now recovers when a thread’s worktree folder was removed outside the app, instead of leaving every message stuck on “restore the folder.”

Missing worktree handling moves into recreateMissingWorktree: prune stale worktree metadata, re-add on the thread branch if it still exists, or create a new local branch with the same name from the project workspace’s current branch when that branch was deleted too. Failures become WorktreeRecreateError messages that name the branch and path—no raw git output or generic restore-folder text.

On the last start attempt, a failed recreate settles the run as failed with that message; with willRetry, the error propagates so retries are not terminalized early. Tests cover branch-gone recreation, failure copy, and retry behavior; fork doc 0028 documents the behavior.

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Walkthrough

The turn-start service now recreates missing worktrees from an existing local branch or the project’s current ref. It returns recreation errors on retryable attempts and records final failures with Git error details.

Changes

Missing Worktree Recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Recreate missing worktrees apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/WorktreeRecreate.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts	The helper recreates a worktree from its recorded local branch. If that branch is absent, it creates the branch from the project’s current ref. Tests cover the missing-branch case.
Handle recreation failures at turn start apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts	Turn startup returns the recreation error when a retry is planned. Otherwise, it settles the run as failed with the recreation error. Tests cover both paths and projection-failure behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ProviderTurnStartService
  participant recreateMissingWorktree
  participant GitWorkflowService
  participant RunState
  ProviderTurnStartService->>recreateMissingWorktree: recreate missing worktree
  recreateMissingWorktree->>GitWorkflowService: prune, list branches, and create worktree
  GitWorkflowService-->>recreateMissingWorktree: recreation result
  recreateMissingWorktree-->>ProviderTurnStartService: success or recreation error
  alt retryable attempt
    ProviderTurnStartService-->>ProviderTurnStartService: return ProviderTurnStartError
  else final attempt
    ProviderTurnStartService->>RunState: settle run as failed with error details
  end

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Workspace-recreation failures can display underlying diagnostic text. Use safe failure messages before merge, or explicitly accept this bounded risk.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description explains the problem, but it omits the required Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It does not explain the implementation, provide issue or approval details, or des…	Add the required sections. Explain how worktree recreation and Git error reporting fix the problem. Link the triaged issue or maintainer approval, or explain why this focused obvious bug needs no prior approval. Describe the focused tests t…

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the primary fix: recovering a thread when its worktree and branch were deleted. It is specific and uses a conventional commit format.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The description explains the problem, but it omits the required Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It does not explain the implementation, provide issue or approval details, or describe focused tests and observed results.

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Add the required sections. Explain how worktree recreation and Git error reporting fix the problem. Link the triaged issue or maintainer approval, or explain why this focused obvious bug needs no prior approval. Describe the focused tests that were run and their observed results, including any checks that were not run.

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/WorktreeRecreate.ts (1)

42-75: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Move worktree recreation into the Git domain service.

recreateMissingWorktree is a free function. The caller passes gitWorkflow to it as a parameter. The work has several Git steps (prune, list branches, read status, create), so it is a capability. Make it a method on GitWorkflowService, or on another service in git/. That method then gets its dependencies from the Effect environment, and MCP, the CLI, and scheduled tasks can use it too.

As per coding guidelines: "A server capability is a method on a service in its domain folder" and "Dependencies come from the environment ... never as parameters."

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/WorktreeRecreate.ts around
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Move recreateMissingWorktree into the Git domain service as a service method,
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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	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+24 B (+0.5%)	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	+24 B (+2.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: faf14e1 · PR result: 28a63d0 · 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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