fix(server): clean up worktrees shared by subagents

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delegate_task children share their parent's worktree path, so storage cleanup kept every such checkout as "shared by N threads" forever. A read-only scan of one host's database found 81 worktree paths shared only by a root thread and its subagents.

Cleanup now treats a complete subagent chain on one worktree path as one owner. The owner is the thread at the top of the chain on that path, so an isolated child that shares its own checkout with its subagents is covered too. Forks, incomplete chains, cycles, two possible owners, and unrelated threads on the same path still block removal with "shared by N threads". The owner supplies the project rules, branch check, settled retention, and merge checks. Every member must be idle with no pending work, and the newest activity in the group drives inactivity, so recent child work can't hide behind an old root timestamp. A group is kept while any subagent's branch differs from the owner's (including a missing branch), because that child couldn't restore its checkout. Every settled member gets the 60-second settle-script grace, and the pre-removal recheck catches settlement or activity changes on any member.

On Blacksmith at b71f087, storageCleanup.test.ts (107 tests), vp run --filter t3 typecheck, and lint for both touched files passed. On a dev server at the same head with a seeded database copy and settled retention enabled through the settings RPC, a manual cleanup RPC removed a root's checkout shared with two idle subagents on the root's branch. It kept a root and idle subagent on a stale temporary branch, and a root and subagent with a null branch, both with "A subagent thread's branch differs from this worktree's branch" (report JSON). The removed checkout was absent and both kept checkouts remained on disk. Live storage was only read.

Closes #16472
Closes #19144

Written by gpt-6.1-sol (Codex) in T3 Code on behalf of Maria.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The PR changes production worktree-cleanup eligibility so shared root/subagent checkouts can be physically removed, with new ownership, branch, activity, and settlement checks. Despite focused tests and localized scope, this is a material filesystem behavior change requiring human review.

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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	4.9 KiB	5.0 KiB	+23 B (+0.5%)	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	+23 B (+1.9%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.8 KiB	20.9 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	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	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: e536bfd · PR result: b71f087 · 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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Cleanup now evaluates shared worktrees by their subagent ownership group. It uses group activity and settlement state to determine cleanup eligibility, then reloads and compares the group before removing a worktree.

Changes: Shared worktree cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate ownership and select candidates apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts	Cleanup identifies a valid owner for a complete subagent chain. It checks that all group members are idle and have the owner’s branch. Tests cover ownership and retention cases.
Apply group activity to cleanup timing apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts	Inactivity checks, settlement grace, and reported elapsed days use activity across the worktree group.
Recheck the group before removal apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts	Cleanup reloads the full group and checks ownership, membership, branches, timestamps, idle state, paths, and settlement state before removal. Tests cover group and owner-branch changes during measurement.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to b71f0

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### Architecture Summary

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Changed systems: apps/server

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• observed — apps/server (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts: Added ownership-group cleanup scenarios covering descendants, isolated or fork owners, invalid/shared lineage, branch mismatches, active or pending work, and recent activity or settlement. The tests assert worktree removal for eligible groups and retention with the corresponding report reason for other cases.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts: Added measurement-race tests asserting cleanup keeps the worktree when a child’s status, pending work, activity, settlement, branch, or group membership changes after measurement begins.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts: Added measurement-race cases where the owner’s branch is cleared or changed; both are expected to cancel removal.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts: storageCleanupThreadIdle no longer requires thread.branch to be non-null; its other idle-state checks remain.

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Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		The owner-group cleanup logic addresses the complete-chain case in [#16472] and [#19144]. It checks group idleness, activity, settlement, branch consistency, and revalidation. However, [#16472] requir…	For [#16472], distinguish message-capable delegated children from provider-native or otherwise non-message-capable children. Allow a null-branch child only when it cannot receive messages; otherwise keep the worktree. Add tests for both cas…
Description check		The description explains the problem, implementation, verification steps, and observed results. It does not provide the required Scope and approval section with explicit triage or maintainer approval …	Add a Scope and approval section. Link the triaged issues or include the maintainer approval comment and explain how the change stays within the approved scope. If no prior approval was required, explain why this qualifies as a small, obvio…

Passed checks: 2 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to storage cleanup ownership, group activity and settlement checks, removal revalidation, and focused storage cleanup tests. These changes support [#16472] and [#19144].
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: cleaning up worktrees shared by subagents.

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Explanation

The owner-group cleanup logic addresses the complete-chain case in [#16472] and [#19144]. It checks group idleness, activity, settlement, branch consistency, and revalidation. However, [#16472] requires safe handling of delegated children with branch: null. The implementation treats every null child branch as different from the owner branch and keeps the worktree. It does not check whether that child can receive messages. The implementation also does not implement [#19144]'s requirement that subagent cleanup state follow the parent across open, archived, and deleted states. readThreads still reads only the active snapshot, and no parent-state mapping was added.

Resolution

For [#16472], distinguish message-capable delegated children from provider-native or otherwise non-message-capable children. Allow a null-branch child only when it cannot receive messages; otherwise keep the worktree. Add tests for both cases. For [#19144], make subagent cleanup state follow the parent for open, archived, and deleted states. Add tests for those state transitions.

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