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The pending-attachment sweep used `readdirSync`/`statSync`/`unlinkSync` and ran inside the upload-URL request handler (and at startup), stalling the event loop that serves every WebSocket client while it walked a potentially large attachments directory.

`sweepStalePendingAttachments` is now async (`fs.promises`), and both callers await it via `Effect.promise`. Existing sweep tests updated; no behavior change.

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Verdict: Approved at 14675f5

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Attachment cleanup now uses asynchronous filesystem operations to avoid blocking the event loop. Existing deletion eligibility, retention thresholds, and caller sequencing remain unchanged.

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The stale pending-attachment sweep now returns a promise and uses promise-based filesystem operations. Server callers and tests adapt to the asynchronous API.

Changes: Attachment sweep

Layer / File(s) Summary
Asynchronous sweep implementation
apps/server/src/attachmentStore.ts, apps/server/src/attachmentStore.test.ts
The sweep uses promise-based operations to read the directory, inspect file modification times, and delete stale files. Directory-read failures still return { deleted: 0 }, and per-file failures are skipped. The test awaits the sweep and checks that four files were deleted.
Effect callers and test adaptation
apps/server/src/config.ts, apps/server/src/assets/AttachmentUpload.ts, apps/server/src/guest/GuestShareService.test.ts
Server setup and upload URL issuance wrap the sweep promise in Effect.promise. Server setup captures the current time before calling the sweep. The guest service test also wraps the call in Effect.promise.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Refactor

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Suggested labels: size:S

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 14675

The attachment sweep should use the repository’s Effect-native filesystem service before merging to preserve consistent service composition and testability.

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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: making the server attachment sweep asynchronous to avoid event-loop blocking. It is concise and follows the repository's conventional commit style.
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- Line 197: Update sweepStalePendingAttachments to use the injected
FileSystem.FileSystem service instead of NodeFS.promises, and yield the sweep
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Preserve the existing best-effort error handling and stale-file deletion
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  • apps/server/src/assets/AttachmentUpload.ts
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  • apps/server/src/attachmentStore.ts
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  • apps/server/src/guest/GuestShareService.test.ts

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Comment thread apps/server/src/config.ts
nowMs: yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis,
});
const nowMs = yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis;
const swept = yield* Effect.promise(() =>

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Major · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '220,315p' apps/server/src/attachmentStore.ts
sed -n '175,215p' apps/server/src/config.ts
sed -n '70,110p' apps/server/src/assets/AttachmentUpload.ts
sed -n '1,220p' docs/internals/effect-services.md
rg -n 'FileSystem|NodeFS\.promises|Effect\.promise|sweepStalePendingAttachments' apps/server/src packages --glob '*.ts' | head -160

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 32474


Script executed:

set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- attachmentStore imports and sweep context ---'
sed -n '1,45p' apps/server/src/attachmentStore.ts
sed -n '235,315p' apps/server/src/attachmentStore.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- config owner and caller context ---'
sed -n '1,35p' apps/server/src/config.ts
sed -n '150,210p' apps/server/src/config.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- AttachmentUpload owner and caller context ---'
sed -n '1,55p' apps/server/src/assets/AttachmentUpload.ts
sed -n '55,130p' apps/server/src/assets/AttachmentUpload.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- nearby Effect-native filesystem patterns ---'
sed -n '190,250p' apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts
sed -n '220,275p' apps/server/src/guest/GuestShareService.ts
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' 'yield* fs.readDirectory' apps/server/src
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' 'yield* fs.stat' apps/server/src
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' 'yield* fs.remove' apps/server/src

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 34818


Use the injected FileSystem service for the stale-attachment sweep.

sweepStalePendingAttachments is persistence code and currently uses NodeFS.promises directly. AttachmentUpload.issueAttachmentUploadUrl is a service operation, not an application-boundary adapter, but calls the sweep through Effect.promise. Implement the sweep with FileSystem.FileSystem and yield it directly from both callers. Preserve the current best-effort error handling and deletion behavior.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/config.ts at line 197:
Update sweepStalePendingAttachments to use the injected FileSystem.FileSystem
service instead of NodeFS.promises, and yield the sweep directly from both
callers, including AttachmentUpload.issueAttachmentUploadUrl. Preserve the
existing best-effort error handling and stale-file deletion behavior.

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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

the verification rule requires observed results, not just updated tests and an expectation that ci will cover the change. the description gives no executed test command/result or runtime sweep result for the asynchronous cleanup and its upload/startup callers. it also expressly has no measurement for the event-loop claim.

report a focused sweep-test command and results for stale-file deletion and retention, and check the caller behavior after making the sweep asynchronous. if retaining a performance claim, provide evidence matched to that claim; otherwise limit it to the demonstrated asynchronous implementation. state any unavailable checks and request reconsideration.

this is an unexecuted dry-run draft.

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