[juliusmarminge]

Problem

When usage-limit auto-resume sends "Continue where you left off." at the reset and the provider refuses that continuation with usage_limit and no reset later than now, recovery stops for good. Codex records the refusal with resetAt: null; a provider can also repeat the window that just expired. The recovery worker and its candidate query drop any failure without a reset later than the run's end, so the thread stays failed until the user continues it by hand.

Reproduced on main with the real orchestrator, event sink, SQLite projection and recovery sweep: run R0 fails usage_limit with a future reset, auto-resume arms and dispatches the continuation R1 at the reset, R1 fails usage_limit with a null or expired reset, and no continuation of R1 is ever created.

Change

• A continuation that the provider refuses with no later reset now retries 2, 5 and then 15 minutes after the refusal. The fourth refusal in a row gives up and leaves the thread in today's failed state. The count comes from the existing usageLimitContinuationOfRunId chain, so there is no new persisted field, setting or wire field.
• One shared rule (usageLimitRecoveryResetAt in packages/shared) decides the retry time. Arm validation, continuation validation, Stop, the recovery worker and the candidate SQL all use it. The SQL bounds the chain with three indexed lookups, so a thread that gave up is no longer a candidate.
• A "Resume at reset" chosen for the refused run carries over to its retry. An automatic arm keeps a manual snooze that ends later than the retry time.
• The web banner and the mobile card show the armed retry time with Cancel auto-resume, and Wake now while the retry owns a snooze. After Cancel, Stop or giving up, they show the provider's reset as before. Worktree cleanup holds a thread while its retry is armed.
• The thread sidebar guide now says that a refused scheduled continuation is retried a few times.

Scope and approval

Fixes #33708

Verification

• New rows in apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts (suite usage-limit recovery, retries a usage-limit continuation the provider refuses with …): no-reset, expired-reset, no-reset under a per-thread resume, and expired-reset past a later manual snooze. They check that no continuation exists 1 ms before each deadline and that one exists at it. After the fourth refusal they check that the thread is not re-armed and is no longer returned by getLimitRecoveryCandidates, with global auto-resume on and off.
  • On the test-only commit 8bfc0a1c0d: 2 failed, AssertionError: a refused continuation with no later reset should be retried after a backoff: expected undefined to not equal undefined.
  • At cbe1b7d96b: all rows pass.
• New rows in apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts: a missing or expired provider reset with an armed retry is held; the same with auto-resume off is not.
• New rows in packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts for the notice reset: armed retry, cancelled, after Stop, an owned snooze still pending, and one that has passed.
• Focused suites pass: runtimeLayer, UsageLimitRecoveryWorker, ProjectionStore, Orchestrator.control-reads, DelegatedCompletionDelivery, TaskCancelUsageLimit.integration, storageCleanup, threadExecution, UsageLimitRecoveryCard, ChatView.logic. vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 35 packages, 14 test files, react compiler.

State	Before	After	Diff0	DiffT
Web banner and mobile card: refused continuation, retry armed	not attached	not attached	—	—
Web banner and mobile card: after Cancel or Stop	not attached	not attached	—	—
Web banner and mobile card: retry owns a snooze (Wake now)	not attached	not attached	—	—
SHA	934c7f8d8e	cbe1b7d96b

Not checked: before/after captures of the web banner and mobile card in these states are not attached yet. The client change is covered only by the threadExecution rows above. A live provider refusal at a real reset was not exercised; the provider failure is injected as provider events.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Fixes #22026

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at cbe1b7d

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds bounded backoff retries for already-enabled usage-limit recovery, with matching notices and cleanup protection. Automatic recovery remains off by default, and retries respect existing snoozes and thread-state safeguards.

No code changes detected at edc9c03. Prior analysis still applies.

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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	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	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	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 871b009 · PR result: edc9c03 · 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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Walkthrough

The changes add shared helpers for usage-limit recovery timing and bounded retries after refused continuations. Server recovery and cleanup use derived reset times. Mobile and web views use derived timing for recovery notices and snooze handling.

Changes: Usage-limit recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared recovery timing packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2ThreadError.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts	Shared helpers derive provider reset times, continuation retry times, continuation chains, and notice reset times. The client runtime re-exports the notice helper, and tests cover its timing results.
Continuation retry scheduling apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/UsageLimitRecoveryWorker.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts	Recovery candidates include qualifying refused continuations and can carry forward per-thread auto-resume settings. Tests cover retries after 2, 5, and 15 minutes, snooze deadlines, and the retry limit.
Server recovery state apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.test.ts	Orchestration validates and initializes recovery with derived reset times and continuation history. Storage cleanup uses derived notice reset times. Tests cover missing and expired provider resets.
Recovery surfaces apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/UsageLimitRecoveryCard.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, docs/user/thread-sidebar.md	Mobile and web views derive reset times for snooze ownership and recovery notices. The documentation describes retry behavior and conditions that cancel or pause retries.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: shivamhwp, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · up to edc9c

In a rare edge case, a failed run that has no completion time may not be auto-retried after a usage limit. The normal path is unaffected. Align the fallback timestamp before or shortly after merge.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly states the main change: retrying usage-limit continuations that the provider refuses after reset.
Description check		The description covers the problem, changes, linked issues, and focused verification. It notes that UI screenshots are missing, but does not provide explicit maintainer approval or explain why the cha…
Linked Issues check		Both directly linked issues are open. The retry behavior addresses #33708 and #22026. usageLimitRecoveryResetAt uses the provider reset when it is later than the failed run. Otherwise, it schedules …
Out of Scope Changes check		The reported changes support the linked retry behavior. Server recovery logic and candidate selection implement bounded retries and give-up. Tests cover retries, cleanup eligibility, and notice timing…

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The description covers the problem, changes, linked issues, and focused verification. It notes that UI screenshots are missing, but does not provide explicit maintainer approval or explain why the change qualifies without it; it also omits the AI model and harness.

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Explanation

Both directly linked issues are open. The retry behavior addresses #33708 and #22026. usageLimitRecoveryResetAt uses the provider reset when it is later than the failed run. Otherwise, it schedules continuation refusals after 2, 5, and 15 minutes, then stops. The continuation chain supplies the refusal count. The recovery candidate query and worker use this rule, and the PR summary reports automated tests for missing and expired resets, per-thread resume, snooze timing, and the give-up state. The UI notice helper and recovery logic carry the retry time forward. The prior review also established that cancellation, settle, snooze, and archive conditions remain enforced. The optional grace period in #33708 and #22026 is not a required standalone criterion.

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The reported changes support the linked retry behavior. Server recovery logic and candidate selection implement bounded retries and give-up. Tests cover retries, cleanup eligibility, and notice timing. Web and mobile changes display the armed retry time and recovery controls. Storage cleanup preserves threads with an armed retry. The sidebar guide documents the retry behavior. No unrelated change is identified.

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- Line 4080: Update the retry candidate calculations around laterReset to use
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Use the run request time when completion time is null.

If a failed continuation has no completion time, the candidate retry time can differ from usageLimitRecoveryResetAt. The orchestrator can reject the automatic arm on every sweep.

Use r.requested_at for both candidate calculations. Pass that time to the worker and use it in its end-time guard too.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts at line
4080:
Update the retry candidate calculations around laterReset to use r.requested_at,
and pass that same request time to the worker and use it in the worker’s
end-time guard. Ensure a missing completion time cannot cause the candidate
retry time to diverge from usageLimitRecoveryResetAt.

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The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

the proof has no capture anyone can open:

• Permanent blocker: first-party ChatGPT OAuth usage, limit, and renewal flows are unavailable on this VM, preventing the required reproduction.
• Neither the base failure nor the head recovery was observed; both outcome flags are false because they remain unverified.
• Two-, five-, and fifteen-minute retries, stopping after the fourth refusal, and cancellation, Stop, snooze, archive, and settlement behavior remain unverified.
• No captures or driver scripts were produced, so no ghdrop upload was attempted.
• The base SHA was calculated using the existing origin/main reference because fetching origin failed.

It stays open for a person to finish or close.