fix(server): t3-code MCP credential survives a turn that waits over 24 hours

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Problem

The t3-code MCP credential is only refreshed when a turn starts. If a turn sits waiting on a user answer or an approval for more than 24 hours, the credential gets pruned and every later t3-code call fails with invalid_mcp_credential until the provider restarts. Fixes #14076.

Change

While a run's provider event stream is open, RunExecutionService now refreshes the thread's MCP credential once an hour. The refresh is tied to that stream, so it stops when the stream ends and the 24 hour limit still applies to a provider that exited. touchActiveMcpThread can't fail, so it never ends the stream early.

Scope and approval

Triaged bug. The triage asked for the session to count as alive during the wait while a dead provider still expires, which is the bound here: refreshed only while the run's provider event stream is open. This replaces #14080 by @robertnisipeanu, which was closed when ProviderService was removed, and avoids the cross-adapter session reporting the bots flagged there.

Verification

Two TestClock tests in RunExecutionService.test.ts, each advancing 44 hours like the report: with a stream that stays open the last touch is under 24 hours old, and with a stream that ends the refresh stops. The first fails without the change. The whole file passes (47 tests), and typecheck and lint are clean. I haven't run a real provider through a 24 hour wait.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This production change extends MCP authentication credential validity based on provider event-stream liveness, while adding a recurring heartbeat and cancellation behavior. The scope is small and tested, but credential-lifecycle changes have authentication/security implications that warrant human review.

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Walkthrough

The run execution service touches the active MCP thread every hour while provider event ingestion is active. Tests cover credential liveness during a long wait for user input and after the event stream ends.

Changes

MCP credential liveness

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Keep credentials active during provider streams apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpSessionRegistry.ts	The service touches the active MCP thread every hour while provider event ingestion runs. Touch failures are logged and do not end ingestion. The touch loop ends when ingestion completes. Tests check liveness during a 44-hour wait for input and after the stream ends. The registry documentation describes the hourly refresh.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 84712

The keepalive addresses credential expiry while the provider stream is open. No merge-blocking issue is established.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 84712

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: apps/server

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — apps/server (service) was modified; 3 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/mcp/McpSessionRegistry.ts: The touchActiveMcpThread comment now states that liveness is refreshed hourly while the event stream is open, in addition to on every provider turn.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.test.ts: Adds the Clock import for reading the test clock’s current time.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.test.ts: Adds the TestClock import for advancing time in tests.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.test.ts: Adds tests for MCP credential liveness in two stream scenarios. After advancing time by 44 hours, the tests compare the time since the last recorded touch with a 24-hour limit: the assertion expects it to remain below the limit while the turn waits for input, and not to remain below it once the provider event stream ends.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	Issue [#14076] requires a live provider session to keep its t3-code credential valid for the full session, including a turn that waits more than 24 hours. RunExecutionService touches the thread ho…	Refresh the credential until the provider session terminates, including live states after provider event ingestion ends. Alternatively, provide code evidence that stream completion is the definitive provider-session termination event and ad…

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: keeping the t3-code MCP credential valid during turns that wait longer than 24 hours.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the bug, the implementation, the approval basis, focused tests, reported results, and the …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changed RunExecutionService logic, MCP liveness documentation, and 44-hour tests support issue [#14076]. They address credential refresh during a long provider turn and verify the intended stop …
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 3…

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Explanation

Issue [#14076] requires a live provider session to keep its t3-code credential valid for the full session, including a turn that waits more than 24 hours. RunExecutionService touches the thread hourly only while provider event ingestion remains open. The 44-hour tests verify the open-stream case and verify that touches stop after stream completion. The reviewed change therefore does not cover a live provider-session state after stream completion. The evidence does not establish that stream completion always terminates the provider session.

Resolution

Refresh the credential until the provider session terminates, including live states after provider event ingestion ends. Alternatively, provide code evidence that stream completion is the definitive provider-session termination event and add tests for that lifecycle boundary.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.ts:
- Around line 1173-1175: Update the keepalive effect built in
RunExecutionService around touchActiveMcpThread so each iteration lazily invokes
the registry lookup and catches non-interrupt causes, logging them without
ending provider event ingestion; preserve interrupt propagation and the existing
one-hour delay and forever loop.

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