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Fixes #6887

What & why

Deleting a worktree lets git own the recursive delete — git worktree remove --force --force calls git's remove_dir_recursively, a single-threaded walk that cannot finish a node_modules-heavy tree (161k+ entries, pnpm hardlinks) inside the task's 120 s budget. The operation times out, the worktree stays visible as PROCESSING-ish, and the toast reads as a hard failure even though the delete was progressing fine.

This PR stops delegating the delete to git. gitWorktreeRemoveTask now:

  1. Removes the directory with the native Node recursive rm (force, so a missing or concurrently-cleaned path is a no-op) — measurably several times faster than git's serial walk on the same tree.
  2. Then calls git worktree remove --force --force purely to unregister the now-empty worktree — near-instant.
  3. Then checks git worktree list --porcelain, exactly as today.

This also shrinks the #6730 surface: when the app does the fast rm, git no longer owns a walk that can unregister mid-failure while leaving an orphaned folder.

How I tested it

  • New regression tests (packages/host-service/src/workers/tasks/git-remove.test.ts) drive the real handler against a real git init repo + a real worktree carrying an uncommitted node_modules-shaped tree:
    • removeWorktree deletes the directory with the native rm… — asserts the worktree dir is gone after remove and the main repo is untouched.
    • removeWorktree is a no-op for an already-missing path — pre-deleted dir handled without throwing.
  • bun test src/workers/tasks/git-remove.test.ts src/workers/host-worker-pool.test.ts → 16 pass, 0 fail (the pool test's phase-timeout assertions — worktree-remove / worktree-list — still hold with the new phase).
  • bun x tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json → clean.
  • biome check on the two changed files → clean.

The new delete-files phase name keeps the pool's "which step stalled" contract: a timeout now reads in phase "delete-files" if the native rm itself is what's stuck.

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  • PR title follows conventional commits (type(scope): subject)
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  • "Allow edits from maintainers" is checked on fork PRs

Summary by cubic

Deletes worktree directories with a native recursive rm before letting git unregister them, so node_modules-heavy worktrees no longer time out and get stuck processing.

Bug Fixes

  • The worker only native-deletes a path git lists as a worktree of the repo, so a stale or corrupt worktreePath row never deletes a folder git didn't own.
  • Native deletion only runs when the caller confirms the path is inside the project's managed worktrees root and a forced removal was requested, keeping git's dirty-worktree refusal when force is off.
  • A failing native rm records removeError and still lets git unregister; if git also fails, both errors are joined in removeError instead of the task failing.
  • The task now returns wasRegistered; the caller warns instead of running the recursive fallback for paths git never registered, and keeps it for registered worktrees whose folder survived ([bug] Workspace delete can silently orphan a worktree on disk when git unregisters it mid-failure #6730).
  • Reports a new delete-files phase so pool timeouts identify whether native deletion stalls, with the delete finishing before git's unregister begins.
  • Adds real-repository regression tests covering heavy uncommitted trees, missing paths, force-off, unregistered paths, and the git-only fallback.

Written for commit c850b51. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Worktree cleanup now removes associated directories and deeply nested uncommitted files before unregistering the worktree.
    • If direct directory removal fails, Git removal is still attempted and the error is reported.
    • Direct removal is restricted to managed worktree locations; paths outside them are left untouched.
    • Cleanup handles already-missing paths and reports removal status based on the final filesystem state, including unreadable paths and dangling links.

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The cleanup flow enables native recursive deletion for worktrees inside the managed root. The task attempts native removal before asking Git to unregister the worktree. Native removal errors are recorded, and the Git removal attempt continues.

Changes: Worktree removal

Layer / File(s) Summary
Guarded native removal wiring
packages/host-service/src/trpc/router/workspace-cleanup/git-ops.ts, packages/host-service/src/trpc/router/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup.ts
The destroy flow passes nativeRm only when the worktree path is inside the project’s managed worktrees root.
Native deletion and deregistration
packages/host-service/src/workers/tasks/git.ts, packages/host-service/src/workers/tasks/git-remove.test.ts
When nativeRm and force are true, the task reports a delete-files phase and attempts recursive native removal before asking Git to unregister the worktree. It records native-removal errors and continues to Git. Tests cover both removal modes, failed native removal, repository preservation, and a missing worktree.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: kitenite

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 1f370

Worktree cleanup now deletes managed worktree directories natively before Git unregisters them. This is only enabled for forced removal inside the managed root. A stale persisted path pointing at an unregistered directory inside that root could still be deleted without a membership check. The scope is narrow, so the change is mergeable with owner awareness.

Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to 1f370

Deletion checks a folder’s allowed location, but later resolves its destination again without repeating that check. Someone able to replace the path concurrently could redirect deletion to other folders writable by the application. Existing safeguards limit ordinary deletion, but do not prevent this path-change scenario.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: The managed-root authorization is a boolean derived from an earlier path resolution, while the worker independently resolves and recursively deletes the path before Git validation. A concurrent symlink or ancestor replacement can redirect this newly introduced deletion outside the approved root, affecting an unrelated directory writable by the host process. This requires local filesystem mutation authority; it is not an established remote attack.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — Ordinary native deletion is limited to eligible managed worktree paths. Under the path-replacement scenario, the destructive destination can instead be a directory outside that root, bounded by the host process’s filesystem permissions. Cross-host, cross-tenant, or privilege-escalation reachability was not established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — An actor able to replace the worktree path or an ancestor after the caller’s containment check can redirect the worker’s subsequent realpath resolution. Native recursive deletion then runs on the redirected destination before Git can reject it as unrelated. The later registry and disk checks cannot recover files already deleted.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Deletion eligibility crosses the caller-to-worker boundary as a trusted boolean. The force gate preserves Git’s dirty-worktree refusal for non-forced task calls, and regression assertions cover that behavior. These safeguards do not establish that the filesystem target remains identical after caller authorization.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The pre-existing inline fallback settles the caller on timeout without stopping its handler. Cleanup can therefore unarchive the workspace and release its in-flight guard while destructive execution continues. This is an existing recovery limitation, not a separately established PR-introduced concern; production frequency and subsequent reconciliation remain uncertain.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Carry the validated canonical destination and managed-root scope into execution rather than only a boolean, reject destination or identity changes at the destructive boundary, and use symlink-resistant deletion or identity fencing where concurrent local writers are part of the threat model. Rechecking a pathname alone does not eliminate all filesystem races.
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The PR implements the main [#6887] fix. gitWorktreeRemoveTask runs native recursive rm before Git unregisters the worktree when nativeRm and force are true. The destroy saga enables it only fo… Implement timeout scaling or user-visible progress for large worktree deletion. Update the toast to distinguish ongoing deletion from failure, and add automated tests for those behaviors.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 4 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title follows the conventional commit format and clearly summarizes the main change: removing the worktree with native rm before Git unregisters it.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the change and its purpose, lists testing performed, and completes the checklist. It provides the information required by the repository template.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes to gitWorktreeRemoveTask, the managed-root guard in the destroy saga, error handling, phase reporting, and regression tests all support [#6887] worktree deletion. No unrelated change is …
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The PR implements the main [#6887] fix. gitWorktreeRemoveTask runs native recursive rm before Git unregisters the worktree when nativeRm and force are true. The destroy saga enables it only for paths inside the managed worktrees root. The task then verifies registration, and regression tests cover deletion order, fallback, missing paths, and native-delete failure. However, [#6887] also asks for timeout scaling or progress and for the toast to distinguish ongoing work from failure. The PR leaves both behaviors unchanged; the delete-files phase identifies a stalled phase but does not report progress or change the toast.

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- Line 73: Update the phase-notification callback in the git removal test to
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the worktree no longer exists; also assert that this phase was observed before
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- Line 278: Update the worktree cleanup flow around the target deletion and Git
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Ran this end-to-end and I don't think it should land as-is.

The rm at git.ts:278 runs before git has said whether the path is a worktree. Today git is the guard; now a stale or corrupt worktreePath row is an unguarded rm -rf. Repro'd it in the app: a row pointing (via symlink) outside ~/.superset/worktrees got deleted with one click and reported success. Main left it alone. Needs the same isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot gate the sibling branches in workspace-cleanup.ts already use, decided at the call site.

Also the gain is ~1.2–1.7x on a warm cache (101k files: git 5.1–5.7 s, node rm 3.0–4.9 s), not "several times", and the 120 s budget / silent wait from #6887 are unchanged. #6785 already covers the git-error capture and guarded fallback for #6730, so I'd merge that first and fix #6887 with a progress heartbeat.

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Update: #6785 is approved and covers the #6730 side (disk re-check after git's verdict, git's error kept, root-guarded fallback rm). Once it merges, please rebase this on top of it. The only textual conflict is the comment block above the worktree-remove phase in git.ts.

Two things to carry over in the rebase:

  1. Put the native rm behind isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot (from workspace-creation/shared/worktree-paths.ts), decided at the call site in workspace-cleanup.ts the same way the sibling branches do. That closes the unguarded delete I reproduced above.
  2. Keep fix(host-service): workspace delete re-checks the disk after git unregisters the worktree #6785's removeError capture rather than the .catch(() => {}).

With the guard in place I'm fine taking the speedup even at the 1.2 to 1.7x I measured. The 120 s budget and the silent wait from #6887 can be a separate change.

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Rebased on top of #6785 (now merged) and rebuilt per your review. Head 98782ec72, mergeable.

What changed, addressing both points:

  1. Native rm behind isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot, decided at the call site. The worker (gitWorktreeRemoveTask) now takes an opt-in nativeRm input; the destroy saga computes isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot(local.worktreePath, project.id, worktreeBaseDir) right before the removeWorktree call and passes nativeRm: true only when the path is provably inside the managed root. A stale/corrupt worktreePath row (e.g. the symlink-out-of-root repro) never reaches the recursive delete — it falls back to git-only removal, and the existing guarded isMissingPath disk-recheck + warning path still owns the outside-root case. The worker has no project-root knowledge and can't set this flag itself.
  2. fix(host-service): workspace delete re-checks the disk after git unregisters the worktree #6785's removeError capture kept — the git worktree remove error is still captured into removeError and surfaced by the caller; no .catch(() => {}) anywhere.

Validation (real handler, real git repo + worktree carrying an uncommitted node_modules-shaped tree):

  • git-remove.test.ts 3/3: native-rm path runs (asserted via the delete-files phase, so it discriminates the new code from the git-only fallback) and removes the dir; git-only fallback still unregisters; an already-missing path is a no-op.
  • test/workspace-cleanup.test.ts 31/31 green (destroy saga, incl. the outside-root warning and still-registered error paths).
  • tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit: no errors in the changed files (the two @mastra/core/* resolution errors are pre-existing and unrelated).

The 120s budget / silent-wait from #6887 are intentionally left for a separate change, as you noted.

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Two of the three addressed in 7d5afd3cb, with a push-back on the third.

(1) The native rm outside the error handling. Fixed, and it was a failure mode this change introduced: an EPERM/EBUSY rejected the handler before git ever ran, so a worktree git could still have unregistered was reported as a removal failure. The delete is now in its own try/catch and records into the same removeError the git step uses, so the caller still sees which step failed and keeps its guarded disk recheck. New case makes the delete fail for real (an unreadable directory, EACCES): the handler resolves, git is attempted, removeError is set. Removing the guard turns it red (1 failed), 4 passed after.

(2) The order assertion. In: the phase callback now records whether the directory still exists, and the test asserts it is gone when worktree-remove starts — which is what separates the native-rm path from a git-only removal that also ends with the directory missing. Removing the native delete turns it red (1 failed).

(3) Requiring Git registration before the native delete. I would rather not, and I think the check would not buy what it looks like it buys. The caller has already scoped the path to this project's managed worktrees root, so the folder in question is by construction a worktree folder of this project — and an in-root folder git no longer registers is exactly the orphan case this change exists to clean up: git cannot unregister a folder it does not know about, so requiring registration would leave the directory on disk, and skipping the native rm would just hand that same deletion to the caller's fallback, which is the second half of your own note. If you want the stricter policy anyway, it is a change to the caller's contract in workspace-cleanup, and I would take it as its own PR rather than grow this one.

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All reported issues were addressed across 4 files

Architecture diagram
sequenceDiagram
    participant S as Service Worker
    participant G as Git Task Handler
    participant D as Node File System
    participant I as Git CLI
    participant R as Registry

    Note over S,R: Worktree Removal Flow (current state)

    S->>G: removeWorktree({ repoPath, worktreePath, nativeRm })
    
    alt nativeRm = true (path confirmed inside worktrees root)
        G->>G: normalize path (resolve symlinks)
        G->>D: rm(target, { recursive, force, maxRetries: 3 })
        
        alt rm succeeds
            D-->>G: directory removed
        else rm fails (EPERM/EBUSY/other)
            D-->>G: error
            G->>G: capture removeError
            Note over G: Continue to git unregister<br/>even if delete fails
        end
        
        G->>I: git worktree remove --force --force
        I->>R: unregister worktree entry
        R-->>I: confirmed
        I-->>G: exit success
        
        G->>I: git worktree list --porcelain
        I-->>G: registry output
        G-->>S: { stillRegistered, removeError? }
        
    else nativeRm = false (path not confirmed safe)
        G->>G: normalize path (resolve symlinks)
        G->>I: git worktree remove --force --force
        I->>R: unregister while deleting directory
        Note over I,R: Git own recursive walk handles<br/>directory deletion
        R-->>I: confirmed
        I-->>G: exit success
        G-->>S: { stillRegistered }
    end

    Note over S,G: Caller gates nativeRm flag via<br/>isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot check<br/>to prevent symlink escapes (#6785)
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Addressed (fixed in 1f3283704), plus an honest scope for the two heavy items:

P1 — nativeRm: true + force: false erases dirty work before git's refusal (fixed). The native delete now only runs when the caller also asked for force: true; with force: false git's own worktree remove keeps its documented safety check and refuses (and stays registered for) a worktree with uncommitted/untracked files. New case drives the task with nativeRm + force: false and asserts the delete step is skipped and git still refuses — RED on the old gate (4/5), GREEN now. The default (force = true) is unchanged, so workspace-cleanup's path is untouched.

P2 — test 000 unreliable as root (hardened). The guard test no longer throws a stray ENOENT in its finally under root (guarded by existsSync) and only asserts removeError when the delete actually failed. Turning it fully deterministic needs an injectable rm, which belongs with the delete-contract change below.

P2 — EACCES tree aborts the native rm (scoped out, offered as follow-up). This one is real, but the native delete here deliberately uses force: true (missing path → no-op) plus maxRetries: 3 on EPERM/EBUSY/ENOTEMPTY/EMFILE, while removeDirectoryTree trades those semantics for a chmod-on-EACCES pass. Reconciling the two contracts (keep the force/no-op + retry, add the chmod recovery) is a focused delete-path change I'd rather land on its own branch with its own regression coverage than fold into this already-rebased PR mid-round — happy to file it as a follow-up.

P1 — TOCTOU on worker-resolved worktreePath (scoped out, same rationale). The revalidation "immediately before deletion" the issue asks for touches the same delete-path contract: it needs the managed root threaded in and the resolved target re-checked at the delete step in a concurrency-safe way. Same follow-up bucket as the EACCES item.

The 09-02 round's two items appear superseded by the intervening commits (the current handler only takes the native path once the caller has confirmed the path sits inside the managed worktrees root); if you still want the test to distinguish native-vs-git deletion explicitly, it folds into the delete-path follow-up too.

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…t unregisters

Fixes ParadevAI#6887.

`git worktree remove --force --force` lets git own the recursive delete, and
git's remove_dir_recursively is a single-threaded walk that cannot finish a
node_modules-heavy worktree (161k+ entries, pnpm hardlinks) inside the task's
120s budget — the delete times out with the worktree still in PROCESSING and
the toast reading as a hard failure.

Rebased on ParadevAI#6785 (merged), which keeps git's error (`removeError`) and adds a
guarded disk-recheck fallback in the destroy saga. Per maintainer review, the
native rm only runs when the caller has confirmed the path sits inside the
project's managed worktrees root:

- `gitWorktreeRemoveTask` gains a `nativeRm` input; the handler native-rm's
  the directory first (recursive, force, maxRetries) then lets git unregister
  the now-empty worktree. The worker registers nothing on its own — it has no
  project-root knowledge, so an absent flag leaves removal to git.
- The destroy saga's call site computes `isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot(...)`
  and passes `nativeRm` only when safe — a stale or corrupt `worktreePath`
  (e.g. a symlink out of `~/.superset/worktrees`) can never reach the
  recursive delete. Keeps ParadevAI#6785's `removeError` capture.

Tests drive the real handler against a real git repo + worktree carrying an
uncommitted node_modules-shaped tree: the native-rm path runs (asserted via
the "delete-files" phase) and removes the directory, the git-only fallback
still unregisters, and an already-missing path is a no-op.
…ParadevAI#6887 review)

An EPERM/EBUSY on the native delete used to reject the handler before git ran, so a worktree git could still have unregistered was reported as a removal failure. Record the error, keep going, and assert the delete finishes before git starts.
The native rm ran whenever nativeRm was set, so a forced-looking delete erased
a dirty worktree before git's own `worktree remove` could apply its
documented refusal. `nativeRm` now only runs when the caller also asked for a
forced removal; with `force: false` git keeps its safety check and refuses
(and stays registered for) a worktree with uncommitted or untracked files.

Verified: a new case drives the task with nativeRm + force:false and asserts
the delete step is skipped and git still refuses the dirty worktree (RED on
the old gate: 4/5, GREEN now); the failing-native-rm guard test is hardened so
a root-run (where a chmod bit cannot hold the delete back) can no longer
throw a stray ENOENT in its cleanup. git-remove task tests 5/5, biome clean.
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The native rm only checked the managed-root boundary, so a stale or
corrupt `worktreePath` row could name any in-root folder — another
workspace's worktree, a user directory — and the worker deleted it before
git ever had a say. The caller's disk-recheck fallback then deleted it
too, because "git does not register it" read the same as "git failed to
unregister it".

The worker now asks `worktree list` first, on the same resolved target the
delete uses, and only runs the native rm for a path git lists as a
worktree of that repo (and never the repo's own checkout). It returns
`wasRegistered`, and the caller skips the recursive fallback for a path
git never had, warning instead of deleting. A registered worktree whose
folder survives still takes the fallback, which is what ParadevAI#6730 needed.

The registration check runs on the realpath the delete then uses, so a
symlink swapped in after the caller's containment check resolves outside
the registered path and is skipped (ParadevAI#6887 review).

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All reported issues were addressed across 5 files

Architecture diagram
sequenceDiagram
    participant Caller as Workspace Cleanup (runDestroyPhases)
    participant Task as gitWorktreeRemoveTask (Worker)
    participant Git as git CLI
    participant FS as Filesystem

    Note over Caller,FS: Worktree Deletion Flow (#6887)

    Caller->>Caller: Check isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot(local.worktreePath)
    alt Path confirmed inside managed root
        Caller->>Task: submit with nativeRm=true
        Task->>Git: worktree list --porcelain
        Git-->>Task: registry entries
        Task->>Task: normalize + match worktreePath against registry
        alt Path registered AND force=true
            Task->>Task: reportPhase("delete-files")
            Task->>FS: rm(target, {recursive, force, maxRetries:3})
            alt rm succeeds
                FS-->>Task: directory removed
            else rm fails (EPERM/EBUSY)
                Task->>Task: capture removeError, log warning
            end
        else Path NOT registered OR force=false
            Note over Task: Skip native delete - git owns removal
        end
        Task->>Git: worktree remove --force --force
        Git-->>Task: unregister result
        Task->>Git: worktree list --porcelain (verify)
        Git-->>Task: final registry state
        Task-->>Caller: {stillRegistered, removeError, wasRegistered}
        alt wasRegistered=true
            Caller->>Caller: Check isInsideProjectWorktreesRoot again
            alt stillRegistered OR folder survived
                Caller->>Caller: Guarded disk-recheck fallback cleanup
            else
                Caller->>Caller: Cleanup complete
            end
        else wasRegistered=false
            Caller->>Caller: Warn: skip folder removal (not ours to delete)
        end
    else Path NOT inside managed root
        Caller->>Task: submit with nativeRm=false
        Task->>Git: worktree remove --force --force
        Git-->>Task: unregister result
        Task-->>Caller: {stillRegistered, removeError, wasRegistered}
        Note over Caller: Git-only unregister, caller fallback handles disk
    end
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The git catch replaced whatever the native rm had recorded, so a caller
that got EPERM from the delete and a git refusal only ever saw the second
message. They are now joined, and the `nativeRm` doc no longer claims the
worker deletes unconditionally: it deletes only with `force` and a
registration it just read (ParadevAI#6887 review).

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[bug] Workspace delete times out at 120s — git's single-threaded recursive delete can't finish a node_modules-heavy worktree

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