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Problem

AgentSessionScanner.readGitIdentity read each transcript cwd's .git pointer, commondir and .git/config through the FileSystem service, on the shared 4-thread libuv pool. When open() never returns, each agentSessions.scan pins one pool thread forever, and fiber interruption cannot free it. This happens on macOS with a TCC-protected repo under ~/Documents in a headless t3 service, or anywhere with a FIFO at .git/config. After four scans every fs and DNS operation in the server queues forever. The import step spins on "Looking for projects…", /.well-known/t3/environment stops answering, and the server cannot exit.

Repro on main (ed3f965e07): run the dev server with CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR pointing at transcripts whose cwd is a repo with mkfifo .git/config, then open the welcome wizard's Projects step four times. All four libuv-worker threads sat in wait_for_partner, and /.well-known/t3/environment timed out after 8 s while I/O-free routes still answered.

Change

On non-Windows hosts, each git file the scanner reads is now read by its own cat -- <path> child through the existing ProcessRunner, with no shell. Each read has a 2 s deadline and a 1 MiB cap. Spawning the child and reading its pipe never use the libuv pool. Only the child can block in open(), and the runner kills its process group at the deadline.

• Failed reads. A read that fails or times out yields "", the same as main's orElseSucceed(""). The directory is still listed, just without a git remote.
• Memo. A path whose own read timed out is remembered by the scanner service, so later scans don't wait on it again.
• Batching. The scan first resolves all candidate directories. It then reads pointers, commondirs and configs in three deduped phases, 16 reads at a time. A scan with blocked files waits about one deadline per phase rather than one per file.
• Unchanged. Git identity semantics are the same as main: repositories, linked worktrees, bare repos, submodule gitdir pointers and missing files.
• Windows. It keeps the in-process read, since neither TCC nor FIFOs apply there.

Scope and approval

Fixes #15971
GitCafe: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/15971
Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. Server-only change in apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.ts and its test; no contract, setting or persisted-state changes.

Verification

Focused tests in apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts: vp test run apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts gives 57/57 passed, including after merging current main. New tests, each using real FIFOs released in a finalizer:

Test	main	this PR
completes every scan and leaves the libuv pool free when .git/config is a FIFO (5 scans, then an unrelated fs read)	fails: scan 1 of 5 hung reading …/.git/config	passes
still reads the git identity of repositories next to a blocked one	fails: hangs	passes
waits about one read deadline when several git configs block in one scan (two blocked configs plus two worktrees sharing one blocked bare config, within 4 s)	fails: hangs	passes (~2 s)
completes every scan when a .git pointer file or commondir never opens	fails: scan 1 hangs	passes

Lint and typecheck of apps/server pass.

Runtime check with the real dev server and web wizard, on the same fixture of 6 repos with a FIFO .git/config and 1 normal repo:

	Before (ed3f965e07)	After (a5920956c4)
Projects step
First scan	never finishes	3.7 s; all 7 projects listed, the normal repo keeps pingdotgg/t3code
libuv pool after 4–5 scans	4/4 workers in wait_for_partner (FIFO open())	4/4 idle (futex_wait_queue)
/.well-known/t3/environment	timed out after 8 s	200 in 4 ms
Children	n/a	strace -e execve: one cat per config on scan 1. Scans 2–5 read only the normal repo, because blocked paths are memoized. No cat left running.
Server shutdown	hung until the FIFOs were opened for writing	clean

Could not check: macOS with a real TCC privacy prompt. This VM is Linux, so a FIFO stands in for an open() that never returns. Unverified on macOS: whether a cat blocked on a TCC prompt dies on the runner's SIGTERM/SIGKILL. The server's pool is free either way.

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Takeover

Round 1: no code changes; evidence and verification added below.

Round 2

4c834277b9 fixes the three round-1 findings in AgentSessionScanner.ts and its tests:

• Memo expires. A path whose read timed out is skipped for 5 minutes, then read again through the same killable cat child, so a fixed config shows its remote again without a restart. The memo holds at most 1024 paths; the oldest is evicted first.
• Deadline comment. The comment above GIT_FILE_READ_CONCURRENCY now says what the code does: each phase waits one deadline per batch of 16 blocked files (ceil(N/16)). The code is unchanged here, because one deadline per phase would need unbounded concurrent spawns.
• No wall-clock test. The concurrent-deadline test now runs on TestClock. It proves all three blocked configs are open before a single 2 s deadline passes, instead of timing the scan.
• New test: reads a once-blocked git config again after the retry interval.

The read path's timing is unchanged, so the R3/R4 runtime rows were not re-run.

Evidence

Head b2948332e2 (merge of main onto a5920956c4; the PR diff is byte-identical at both). Before = merge-base 60b35a1ee0, or ed3f965e07 for the body's runtime table. Fixture matrix (27 rows): matrix.md. Proof audit pass 2: audit2.md, SUFFICIENT.

Row	Before (60b35a1ee0)	After (b2948332e2)	Proof
4 new FIFO tests	4 fail, 53 pass	57/57 pass	mergebase, head
Identity: normal repo, linked worktree (non-bare and bare), submodule pointer, .git without config, garbage pointer, regular-file cwd	same JSON	same JSON (diff exit 0)	r1
.git/config > 1 MiB, origin in first 1 MiB	acme/early	acme/early	r2
.git/config > 1 MiB, origin past 1 MiB	acme/late	remoteKey: null (cat exits 0, output truncated to 1 MiB)	r2
Memo, same scanner: FIFO config	scan hangs	scan 1: 2115 ms; scans 2–3: 83/69 ms; 0 execs for the blocked path	r3r4, strace
Dedupe: 2 worktrees sharing one bare FIFO config	scan hangs	1 cat exec for the shared config	r3r4
No cat on PATH	n/a	scan completes in 115 ms; remotes null; a linked worktree is listed as a candidate	r5
Dev server, 5 scans over /ws on one connection	(body: hangs)	2050/23/21/39/24 ms; /.well-known/t3/environment 200 in 4 ms; static route 503 in 1.5 ms (expected 503: no web build yet)	r6
cat children ~5 s after the last scan	n/a	0 (ps in transcript)	r6, cat log
Memo across connections	n/a	shared for the server's lifetime: a new WS connection makes 0 execs for blocked paths	r6
Blocked FIFO replaced by a real config	n/a	at b2948332e2: remote stays null on 2 fresh connections until the server restarts (r6). At 4c834277b9: read again after 5 min (new test below)	r6
Rerun of row R3/R4 at head (audit pass 2)	n/a	2134/86/80 ms; identical exec counts	rerun

Corrections to the description above, from the evidence:

• With more than 16 blocked files in a phase, a scan waits ceil(N/16) deadlines per phase, not one. The code comment above GIT_FILE_READ_CONCURRENCY says the same.
• The blocked-path memo is shared by every connection. It lasts for the server's lifetime and is never retried. Since round 2 an entry expires after 5 minutes, so a path that blocked once (a TCC prompt the user later grants, or a slow NFS read over 2 s) shows its remote again on the next scan after that. On main, a slow but finite read still succeeded.
• Identity is unchanged except in two cases: a .git/config whose origin sits past 1 MiB is parsed from its first 1 MiB and loses its remote, and a host without cat on PATH loses every remote.

Drivers (sha256): summary.md, drivers.sha256, scan.ts 0aa89b91…, r1.sh 4668fef1…, fixture-r1.sh a05a6b7f…, r2.sh fc37b531…, r2-probe.ts 50c84c2c…, r3r4.sh f729c68f…, r3r4-audit2.sh 64b40711…, r5.sh 95dd82d4…, fixture-r6.sh 48c1f87b…, r6.sh 33ac951c…, ws-scan.mjs 89acbafc…. Shutdown: r6-shutdown.txt.

Verification log

Reviews at b2948332e2, full diff against 60b35a1ee0:

• Claude Sonnet 5.5: FIX_FIRST.
  • Comment and description claim one deadline per phase, but the real cost is ceil(N/16).
  • The memo never expires.
  • The memo is untested; test 4 passes without it.
  • Test 3 asserts elapsed time.
  • Each cat spawn costs ~2.5 ms, and healthy reads are re-spawned on every scan (100 spawns ≈ 0.37 s).
  • The smaller shape would be a per-directory forEach with concurrency 16.
• Claude Opus 5.5: MERGE.
  • Process-group SIGTERM, then SIGKILL after 1 s, is correct.
  • cat -- <path> runs without a shell.
  • Regexes are linear: ≤0.1 ms on 3000-token malformed input, ~0.75 ms on 1 MiB.
  • A slow but healthy (NFS) read now degrades to "".
  • cat is resolved through PATH.
  • It believed the memo was per connection; r6 shows it lasts the server's lifetime.
• Neither found a sensitive surface.

Tests: vp test run apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts passes 57/57 at head. With the head test file against merge-base source, exactly the 4 new tests fail (scan 1 of 5 hung …).

CI: cafe pr status 23690 at b2948332e2: 35 successful, 0 failing, 0 pending.

Unverified:

• Windows in-process read (not runnable here).
• macOS TCC: whether a cat blocked on a privacy prompt dies on SIGTERM/SIGKILL. A FIFO stands in for it.
• A real empty commondir file; only the blocked case, which takes the same branch, is tested.
• An fs route that reads file contents after 5 scans. r6's static route only stats.

Round 2 at 4c834277b9:

• New test reads a once-blocked git config again after the retry interval (it.effect, real FIFO, TestClock):
  • It fails against the round-1 code: the remote is still null after TestClock.adjust("10 minutes").
  • It passes after the fix.
• Test reads every blocked git config of a scan under one deadline replaces the 4 s wall-clock test. With reads forced to one at a time, it no longer completes.
• vp test run apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts passes 58/58. Lint, vp fmt --check, and the apps/server typecheck are clean.
• Reviews of the full diff against the merge-base:
  • Claude Sonnet 5.5: MERGE. Nits:
    • The concurrent-deadline test needs ≥ 4 libuv pool threads; it hangs with UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE ≤ 3.
    • Two concurrent scans re-setting the same key at the cap can evict one unrelated entry early, costing at most one extra 2 s read.
  • Claude Opus 5.5: MERGE. Same eviction nit. now is read once per phase, so a block can end up to ~2 s per batch early.
  • Left as is: cat is still resolved through PATH, and an origin past 1 MiB is still truncated.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at dca5f0f

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Git metadata scanning now uses bounded, timed subprocess reads to prevent unreadable files from hanging the server. The change is limited to read-only discovery, with capped concurrency, output, and temporary retry caching.

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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	21.6 KiB	21.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.1 KiB	+17 B (+0.3%)	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	1.3 KiB	+17 B (+1.3%)	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	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: f6503f0 · PR result: dca5f0f · 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 scanner batches Git identity discovery and candidate-directory checks. Non-Windows systems use bounded cat processes to read Git metadata; Windows uses filesystem reads. FIFO-based tests cover blocked metadata reads, scan completion, unrelated filesystem access, and identity results.

Changes: Git Metadata Scanning

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Bounded Git identity reads apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.ts	Non-Windows Git metadata reads use a two-second deadline, a 1 MiB output limit, and concurrency of 16. Timed-out paths are skipped for five minutes, with a cache limit of 1,024 paths. Windows uses filesystem reads. Batched reads cover Git pointers, linked-worktree commondir files, and repository configs.
Candidate batching and FIFO regression tests apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.ts, apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts	The scanner validates candidate directories before batched Git identity lookup. Tests cover blocked metadata reads, repeated scan completion, unrelated filesystem access, neighboring repository identities, and retries after ten minutes.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#26417: The issue includes the same blocked AgentSessionScanner Git metadata read addressed here, but also describes other reads not covered by this change.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 85acb

The Git metadata read has no newly established blocker, but the FIFO regression test can fail on a slow runner. Make its deadline robust or accept that bounded CI risk before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: preventing server hangs during agent session scans when .git/config is unreadable.
Description check		The description covers the problem, change, scope and approval, verification results, limitations, and agent usage. It provides focused reproduction steps and detailed test evidence.
Linked Issues check		Issue #15971 requires unreadable Git files to skip Git identity while the server stays responsive. The supplied PR evidence shows non-Windows reads use killable cat -- <path> child processes through…
Out of Scope Changes check		The supplied change summary limits implementation and tests to apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.ts and apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts. Process isolation, deadlines,…

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Issue #15971 requires unreadable Git files to skip Git identity while the server stays responsive. The supplied PR evidence shows non-Windows reads use killable cat -- <path> child processes through ProcessRunner, with a 2-second deadline and empty content on failure. This avoids pinning libuv workers. Deduplication, bounded concurrency, timeout memoization, and FIFO tests cover blocked .git/config, .git pointer, and commondir reads. The reported focused test suite passes 58/58. Real macOS TCC behavior remains unverified, but the implementation and deterministic FIFO coverage address the required behavior.

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