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Problem

An agent that launches a worktree thread with an explicit branch such as werkstatt/baseline, in a repo that already has a werkstatt branch, gets its launch accepted. The thread then fails in provisioning with Git command failed in GitVcsDriver.createWorktree.createBranch (<repo>): git worktree add failed. Git refs are paths, so refs/heads/werkstatt blocks every refs/heads/werkstatt/*, and the reverse holds too (foo/bar blocks foo). The message names the wrong git step and drops the cause, so the agent cannot correct the name and every retry fails the same way.

Reproduced on main 47f2c8d with an isolated server: t3 thread start --worktree main --branch werkstatt/baseline (the t3_thread_launch MCP tool) exits 0, and the thread fails as above. --branch foo while foo/bar exists fails the same way, and --branch werkstatt-baseline succeeds.

Change

• ThreadLaunchService.checkWorktreeBase, the check t3_thread_launch runs before it accepts a launch, now also compares an explicit worktree branch with the project's local branches (listLocalBranchNames). A branch that would nest under an existing branch, or contain one, fails with a new ThreadLaunchBranchConflictError naming both branches. Temporary t3code/… names keep their existing flattening, and explicit names are never renamed. As with the base-ref check, a failure to read the project or its branches lets the launch through.
• The MCP handler maps that error to invalid_request with its own hint: Branch "werkstatt/baseline" cannot be created in project "acme-app": branch "werkstatt" exists. No thread was created. Use a name that does not nest under or contain an existing branch, such as "werkstatt-baseline". Base-ref failures keep their old message unchanged.
• GitVcsDriverCore classifies git's 'refs/…' exists; cannot create 'refs/…' as a new fixed reason, ref_name_conflict, added to GitCommandFailureReason in contracts. Older clients decode an unknown reason as absent. Stderr is still never quoted. The branch step of createWorktree now reports git branch failed instead of git worktree add failed. Launches that do not go through the pre-check (the composer, scheduled tasks) now fail with git branch failed (ref_name_conflict).

Scope and approval

Fixes #29297

Triaged via the automated issue flow; the bug was reproduced on main before the fix.

Verification

Focused tests. Each new test failed on main for this bug:

• ThreadLaunchService.test.ts, refuses a new worktree branch $requested that collides with branch $blocking: two rows (werkstatt/baseline vs werkstatt, foo vs foo/bar) against a real temp repo, each also asserting that werkstatt-baseline is accepted. On main: branch "werkstatt/baseline" was accepted although "werkstatt" exists.
• GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts, explains a new branch that collides with an existing branch namespace: on main the error had no reason and the detail git worktree add failed.
• handlers.test.ts, a launch into a new worktree creates nothing when its branch collides: covers the MCP wording, with no launch started.
• Two existing tests that pinned the old git worktree add failed text for the branch step now expect git branch failed.
• vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 35 packages, and 287 tests in 5 files.
• The new regex /'refs\/[^'\n]+' exists; cannot create 'refs\//i has a single quantifier over a class that excludes the next literal, so it runs in linear time: 0.01 to 0.1 ms on 3000-token malformed inputs.

Runtime evidence. This is a server-only fix with no rendered surface, so there are no captures and no Diff0/DiffT. Both sides ran the same driver on a fresh database created by that side's own server, with synthetic data only.

Case	Before (main 47f2c8d)	After (173e422)
--branch werkstatt/baseline, werkstatt exists	exit 0, thread created, then …createWorktree.createBranch (…): git worktree add failed	exit 1: Branch "werkstatt/baseline" cannot be created in project "acme-app": branch "werkstatt" exists. No thread was created. …such as "werkstatt-baseline".
--branch foo, foo/bar exists	exit 0, thread created, then the same failure	exit 1: Branch "foo" cannot be created in project "acme-app": branch "foo/bar" exists. No thread was created. …
--branch werkstatt-baseline (control)	completed	completed

Full runtime transcript (synthetic repo)

# pingdotgg/t3code#29297 runtime transcript
# Driver: repro-29297.sh (isolated server: fresh --base-dir, fake fx provider, synthetic repo with branches main, werkstatt, foo/bar)
# git 2.43.0, Linux x64

## BEFORE: main 47f2c8d29e
server pid 3521205 port 37441
repo at 0573135 on 47f2c8d29e; branches:
  refs/heads/foo/bar
  refs/heads/main
  refs/heads/werkstatt
Added project c14ac781-35c3-49cc-88bc-ab49cce0ef3c (acme-app) at run-before-125352/workspace/acme-app.

=== t3 thread start --worktree main --branch werkstatt/baseline
exit 0 {"threadId":"mcp:2a8ac21e-dbeb-491c-b70c-aa9587c746b3","projectId":"c14ac781-35c3-49cc-88bc-ab49cce0ef3c","runId":"run:thread:mcp%3A2a8ac21e-dbeb-491c-b70c-aa9587c746b3:ordinal:1"}

=== t3 thread start --worktree main --branch foo
exit 0 {"threadId":"mcp:a0f8d602-2ed9-420b-ae7e-2670ac971002","projectId":"c14ac781-35c3-49cc-88bc-ab49cce0ef3c","runId":"run:thread:mcp%3Aa0f8d602-2ed9-420b-ae7e-2670ac971002:ordinal:1"}

=== t3 thread start --worktree main --branch werkstatt-baseline
exit 0 {"threadId":"mcp:0bbec3ad-58c7-43c6-97ca-8c228d3615dc","projectId":"c14ac781-35c3-49cc-88bc-ab49cce0ef3c","runId":"run:thread:mcp%3A0bbec3ad-58c7-43c6-97ca-8c228d3615dc:ordinal:1"}

=== t3 thread show mcp:2a8ac21e-dbeb-491c-b70c-aa9587c746b3
hello [[eval:stream:10:0]]
mcp:2a8ac21e-dbeb-491c-b70c-aa9587c746b3  failed  evalbot/eval/scripted

[user]
"status":"failed"
=== t3 thread show mcp:a0f8d602-2ed9-420b-ae7e-2670ac971002
hello [[eval:stream:10:0]]
mcp:a0f8d602-2ed9-420b-ae7e-2670ac971002  failed  evalbot/eval/scripted

[user]
"status":"failed"
=== t3 thread show mcp:0bbec3ad-58c7-43c6-97ca-8c228d3615dc
hello [[eval:stream:10:0]]
mcp:0bbec3ad-58c7-43c6-97ca-8c228d3615dc  completed  evalbot/eval/scripted
werkstatt-baseline  run-before-125352/worktrees/acme-app/werkstatt-baseline


=== branches after
  refs/heads/foo/bar
  refs/heads/main
  refs/heads/werkstatt
  refs/heads/werkstatt-baseline
run-before-125352/workspace/acme-app                     0573135 [main]
run-before-125352/worktrees/acme-app/werkstatt-baseline  0573135 [werkstatt-baseline]
server stopped

## failure text stored for the failed threads (from the run's own statev2.sqlite):
Workspace preparation failed during provision worktree: Git command failed in GitVcsDriver.createWorktree.createBranch (run-before-125352/workspace/acme-app): git worktree add failed

## AFTER: fix/issue-29297 173e422768
server pid 3698917 port 39639
repo at 760267b on 173e422768; branches:
  refs/heads/foo/bar
  refs/heads/main
  refs/heads/werkstatt
Added project 3db30fec-ebdd-45d6-b27a-3e7b8dd2bcaa (acme-app) at run-after-131921/workspace/acme-app.

=== t3 thread start --worktree main --branch werkstatt/baseline
exit 1 Branch "werkstatt/baseline" cannot be created in project "acme-app": branch "werkstatt" exists. No thread was created. Use a name that does not nest under or contain an existing branch, such as "werkstatt-baseline".

=== t3 thread start --worktree main --branch foo
exit 1 Branch "foo" cannot be created in project "acme-app": branch "foo/bar" exists. No thread was created. Use a name that does not nest under or contain an existing branch.

=== t3 thread start --worktree main --branch werkstatt-baseline
exit 0 {"threadId":"mcp:3ce1e4a5-3a02-4bf0-8f25-9006e30d6a68","projectId":"3db30fec-ebdd-45d6-b27a-3e7b8dd2bcaa","runId":"run:thread:mcp%3A3ce1e4a5-3a02-4bf0-8f25-9006e30d6a68:ordinal:1"}

=== t3 thread show mcp:3ce1e4a5-3a02-4bf0-8f25-9006e30d6a68
hello [[eval:stream:10:0]]
mcp:3ce1e4a5-3a02-4bf0-8f25-9006e30d6a68  completed  evalbot/eval/scripted
werkstatt-baseline  run-after-131921/worktrees/acme-app/werkstatt-baseline


=== branches after
  refs/heads/foo/bar
  refs/heads/main
  refs/heads/werkstatt
  refs/heads/werkstatt-baseline
run-after-131921/workspace/acme-app                     760267b [main]
run-after-131921/worktrees/acme-app/werkstatt-baseline  760267b [werkstatt-baseline]
server stopped
thread failures in state: none

Driver script (repro-29297.sh, not committed)

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Reproduces pingdotgg/t3code#29297 against an isolated T3 server (fresh base dir, fake fx provider).
# Usage: repro-29297.sh <t3code checkout> <run dir>
set -u
REPO="$1"
RUN="$2"
mkdir -p "$RUN/userdata" "$RUN/home" "$RUN/control"
WS="$RUN/workspace/acme-app"
mkdir -p "$WS"
git -C "$WS" init -q -b main
git -C "$WS" -c user.name=t -c user.email=t@example.test commit -q --allow-empty -m init
git -C "$WS" branch werkstatt
git -C "$WS" branch foo/bar
cat > "$RUN/fx" <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
exec node "$REPO/scripts/mobile-behavior/fake-fx.ts" "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x "$RUN/fx"
cat > "$RUN/userdata/settings.json" <<EOF
{"providerInstances":{"evalbot":{"driver":"fx","displayName":"Eval Bot",
 "environment":[{"name":"T3_EVAL_FX_CONTROL_DIR","value":"$RUN/control"}],
 "config":{"enabled":true,"binaryPath":"$RUN/fx"}}}}
EOF
PORT=$(python3 -c 'import socket;s=socket.socket();s.bind(("127.0.0.1",0));print(s.getsockname()[1])')
cd "$REPO"
HOME="$RUN/home" T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 node apps/server/src/bin.ts serve --host 127.0.0.1 --port "$PORT" \
  --base-dir "$RUN" --no-browser --log-level warn "$WS" > "$RUN/server.log" 2>&1 &
SERVER_PID=$!
echo "server pid $SERVER_PID port $PORT"
for _ in $(seq 1 120); do (exec 3<>"/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/$PORT") 2>/dev/null && break; sleep 0.5; done
t3() { HOME="$RUN/home" node apps/server/src/bin.ts "$@" --base-dir "$RUN"; }
echo "repo at $(git -C "$WS" rev-parse --short HEAD) on $(git -C "$REPO" rev-parse --short HEAD); branches:"
git -C "$WS" branch --format='  %(refname)'
t3 project add "$WS" 2>&1 | tail -3
for case in "werkstatt/baseline" "foo" "werkstatt-baseline"; do
  echo
  echo "=== t3 thread start --worktree main --branch $case"
  out=$(t3 thread start --provider evalbot --model eval/scripted --json \
    --worktree main --branch "$case" "$WS" "hello [[eval:stream:10:0]]" 2>&1)
  echo "exit $? $out"
  tid=$(printf '%s' "$out" | python3 -c 'import json,sys
try: print(json.load(sys.stdin)["threadId"])
except Exception: pass')
  [ -n "$tid" ] && echo "$tid" >> "$RUN/threads"
done
sleep 8
echo
for tid in $(cat "$RUN/threads" 2>/dev/null); do
  echo "=== t3 thread show $tid"
  t3 thread show "$tid" 2>&1 | head -4
  t3 thread show --json "$tid" 2>&1 | grep -o "\"[a-zA-Z]*\":\"[^\"]*\(failed\|Failed\|cannot\|exists\)[^\"]*\"" | sort -u
done
echo
echo "=== branches after"
git -C "$WS" branch --format='  %(refname)'
git -C "$WS" worktree list
kill "$SERVER_PID"
wait "$SERVER_PID" 2>/dev/null
echo "server stopped"

Not checked: macOS and Windows git (the error text was checked on Linux with git 2.43.0; the issue reports the same text on 2.47.3), and case-insensitive filesystems, where Werkstatt against werkstatt/x passes the case-sensitive pre-check and then fails in provisioning with ref_name_conflict. A real client rendering of the in-thread failure was not checked either.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (issue lead, red tests, implementation, review B) and GPT-6.1 Sol (review A), via Claude Code and Codex in T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at cc28c20

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Worktree launches now reject conflicting branch names before creating a thread and provide clearer errors. The added checks are read-only, preserve accepted-command replay, and leave existing provisioning behavior intact.

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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: 21a9aa1 · PR result: cc28c20 · 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 launch path now checks worktree base refs and explicit branch-name conflicts before thread launch. Conflict errors identify the requested and conflicting branches. Git branch-creation failures use a specific failure reason and fallback detail.

Changes: Worktree branch conflict handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preflight branch-name validation apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.test.ts	The launch service checks worktree base refs and rejects explicit, non-temporary branch names when either name is a slash-prefix of a local branch. Tests cover both conflict directions and retry checks with the same command ID.
Launch error feedback apps/server/src/ws.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.test.ts	The WebSocket launch path checks the worktree before launching and maps validation errors to launch errors. The project handler formats branch-conflict guidance and returns an invalid_request result without launching a thread.
Git branch-creation diagnostics packages/contracts/src/git.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts	Git failure classification recognizes ref-name conflicts. Branch-creation failures use git branch failed as the fallback detail. Tests cover the failure reason and detail.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant WebSocketLaunch
  participant ThreadLaunchService
  participant Git
  Caller->>WebSocketLaunch: Request worktree launch
  WebSocketLaunch->>ThreadLaunchService: Check base and branch name
  ThreadLaunchService->>Git: Resolve base and list local branches
  Git-->>ThreadLaunchService: Return ref and branch results
  ThreadLaunchService-->>WebSocketLaunch: Return validation result
  WebSocketLaunch-->>Caller: Launch thread or return validation error

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#31263 reports an exact-name branch collision that reaches provisioning. This change addresses slash-prefix conflicts and improves Git diagnostics, but does not reject exact-name matches.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#31279: This PR rejects exact-name branch conflicts. The current changes extend preflight handling to parent-child ref conflicts and add a specific conflict reason.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 576a3

Worktree launches now reject conflicting branch names before a thread is created. The only open item is a structural one: the preflight sequencing sits in the WebSocket handler rather than in a service. This does not change runtime behavior.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check		The incremental diff from the previous reviewed head to the current head adds unrelated behavior in apps/server/src/ws.ts, including ACP registry session refactoring, native-history fields, and sour…	Remove the unrelated ACP registry, native-history, source-control rate-limit, and repository-clone timeout changes from this pull request, or move them to separate pull requests.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is concise, uses the repository's conventional format, and clearly describes the main change: rejecting worktree launches when an existing branch blocks the requested branch name.
Description check		The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the reproduction, implementation, linked issue, focused tests, runtime results, and kn…
Linked Issues check		Issue [#29297] requires early rejection of explicit branch names that conflict with local branches in either nesting direction. The reviewed changes add the branch conflict check, identify the request…

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Explanation

The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the reproduction, implementation, linked issue, focused tests, runtime results, and known limitations in sufficient detail.

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Explanation

Issue [#29297] requires early rejection of explicit branch names that conflict with local branches in either nesting direction. The reviewed changes add the branch conflict check, identify the requested and blocking branches, preserve explicit names, and keep temporary-name flattening. The MCP and WebSocket paths map the error before launch acceptance. Git branch creation reports git branch failed and classifies the ref conflict as ref_name_conflict. The focused tests cover both conflict directions, a valid sibling name, no thread creation, and Git diagnostics.

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Explanation

The incremental diff from the previous reviewed head to the current head adds unrelated behavior in apps/server/src/ws.ts, including ACP registry session refactoring, native-history fields, and source-control rate-limit handling. It also changes MCP repository cloning to use timeoutMs: null in apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts. These changes do not implement issue [#29297].

Resolution

Remove the unrelated ACP registry, native-history, source-control rate-limit, and repository-clone timeout changes from this pull request, or move them to separate pull requests.

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Assert the exact failure reason and detail.

4044-4045: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the exact failure reason and detail.

The test title and the changed behavior require ref_name_conflict and "git branch failed". The current assertions accept unrelated reasons and details, so regressions in the classifier or fallback detail can pass.

✅ Suggested fix

-        assert.isDefined(error.reason, `unclassified ref-name conflict: ${error.detail}`);
-        assert.notEqual(error.detail, "git worktree add failed");
+        assert.equal(error.reason, "ref_name_conflict");
+        assert.equal(error.detail, "git branch failed");

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Evidence

Create a committed main repository with werkstatt and foo/bar branches. Request werkstatt/baseline and foo through the browser client's production startTurn command. Launch werkstatt-baseline and replay its accepted command after the branch exists. Trigger a real provisioning conflict with werkstatt/provision, request a missing base ref, and repeat namespace conflicts through CLI/MCP.

Chromium, 1280×800, light theme; fresh isolated databases and Replay (dev) on both commits. The driver invokes production client commands and displays actual RPC results using the app's toast component; these notifications are evidence instrumentation. Repository paths are redacted. Each selected still matched another screenshot taken 500 ms apart. The unrelated right-hand panel is closed on both sides.

Base accepts conflicting launches and leaves failed threads. Head rejects them before thread creation and identifies each blocking branch. The flat sibling succeeds; accepted-command replay returns the same thread with resumed=true. Provisioning changes from git worktree add failed without classification to git branch failed with ref_name_conflict, without exposing raw stderr.

Capture	Before	After
Commit	8c9af5418a	a09ddf6ebf
Forward conflict
Reverse conflict
Accepted-command replay
Provisioning error
Missing base ref
Final thread list
Recording	Before recording	After recording

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Major · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Move launch preflight sequencing out of the transport.

The handler now sequences checkWorktreeBase and ThreadMessageIntake.launchThread. Put this sequence in the shared launch entry point. Keep the handler responsible for input mapping, one launch call, and error translation.

As per coding guidelines, “A transport handler does three things: decode the request, call one service method, and map the service's typed errors.” “Multi-step dispatch” belongs in the service.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/ws.ts around lines 2111 - 2118:
Move the checkWorktreeBase and ThreadMessageIntake.launchThread sequencing from the WebSocket handler into the shared launch entry point. Keep the handler limited to mapping input, making one launch-service call, and translating typed errors; preserve the preflight-before-launch order in the shared service flow.

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Source: Coding guidelines

Dismissing prior approval to re-evaluate cc28c20

[juliusmarminge]

Evidence

Steps on both commits: create a committed main with local branches werkstatt and foo/bar; launch werkstatt/baseline and foo through the real browser client command and the CLI's t3_thread_launch handler; launch flat-name controls. Exercise vcs.createWorktree directly for both conflicts. After accepting the browser control, remove its original base and introduce a blocking branch, then resend the identical command and issue a fresh conflicting command.

Environment for every capture: real Chromium web client, light theme, 1280×800 CSS viewport, device scale 2, separate fresh server state, synthetic repository, replay agent. Dark panels are labeled driver transcripts of actual responses; the native-app row has no transcript overlay. Every still matched a second frame at least 500ms later with zero changed pixels.

Observed: base accepted both namespace conflicts and left failed threads. Head named werkstatt and foo/bar as blockers and created zero conflicting threads. Flat launches completed. The accepted command replayed with resumed=true and exactly one thread despite its removed base and newly blocking branch; a fresh command was refused. Provisioning changed from git worktree add failed / unclassified to git branch failed / ref_name_conflict. Neither serialized client response exposed raw stderr. The native-app pair shows the same settled Git panel on both sides.

Before	After
21a9aa1d79	cc28c20501
Client launch preflight	Client launch preflight
Provisioning and replay	Provisioning and replay
Original MCP reproduction	Original MCP reproduction
Native app	Native app
Before recording	After recording

Manual driver, seed scripts, launcher, and runtime observations · Attempted scenario · Redacted execution logs

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

Not shown:

• The client RPC's newly mapped non-repository-project error was not captured because this reproduction uses valid Git repositories.