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Problem

Nightly desktop builds crash-loop at startup ("Backend exited unexpectedly; restart scheduled") on databases that a v0.1.2 preview build (20261022.3511 or .3516) once opened. Those previews recorded peer links as migrations 68 PeerLinks, 69 PeerLinkFence and 70 WaitingLinkRequestIndex. Main later used 68 and 69 for ShellStopRequestIndex and ThreadMessageSearch, so assertV2MigrationsCanRun refuses the database. All release channels share ~/.t3, so running a preview once is enough to break nightly.

Closes #25175

Change

Before the V2 history check, the migrator now looks for exactly that preview tail (68 to 70 with those names and nothing after). When peer_environment_links has no rows, it drops the preview's table and waiting-link index and deletes the 68 to 70 history rows in one transaction. Main's 68 and 69 then run normally. This is the manual fix the reporter confirmed in the issue, and it sits next to the existing 53/54 preview reconcile.

If the table has stored links, the migrator stops with an error that explains the cause and how to fix it: start the preview build, unlink every environment, then start again. It doesn't delete the links because main has no code to read them, and each row points to a session token in the secret store that would be orphaned without a trace. Renumbering the rows to 70 to 72 would keep the data, but it would claim ids main hasn't assigned yet and could collide with whatever lands there.

Peer links landing later doesn't conflict with this. t3code/peer/links (base of #22447) adds 070_PeerLinks with CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS, and the v0.1.3 preview records the same 3 migrations as 70 to 72 after main's 68/69. Main's checks already accept that history. Dropping the preview table also keeps a future ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN fenced from failing on a column that already exists. #25058 handles the same history in the dev seed importer. That script calls runMigrations, so this fix covers it too.

Scope and approval

Fixes the triaged bug in #25175. The reporter identified the migration history and confirmed the manual SQL version of this fix.

Verification

• vp test run apps/server/src/persistence/reconcileV2PreviewMigration.test.ts apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.test.ts: 14 tests pass. New tests seed an in-memory database through 67, apply the preview's 68 to 70 SQL, then check that:
  • with no stored links, main's 68/69 run and the history matches the manifest.
  • with a stored link, migration fails and leaves the history and the row unchanged.
• The no-links test fails without the fix.
• Server typecheck and lint on the touched files pass.

Not checked: a real nightly AppImage against a preview-migrated database. Main doesn't know the preview's link_request turn items, so a database where peer linking was actually used may hit other decode issues after it starts. This PR doesn't cover that.

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PR filed by Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code through T3 Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at cea58c4

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped migration compatibility fix for databases created by a specific preview build. It preserves databases containing links, cleans up only empty legacy schema state transactionally, and includes focused tests for both outcomes.

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Walkthrough

Server startup now reconciles a specific peer-links preview migration history before checking whether V2 migrations can run. It removes the preview schema and migration records only when no peer links are stored. Regression tests cover cleanup and the stored-link failure case.

Changes: Peer-links migration reconciliation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reconcile preview history during startup apps/server/src/persistence/reconcileV2PreviewMigration.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/reconcileV2PreviewMigration.test.ts	The reconciliation checks whether migration history from ID 68 matches the specified peer-links entries. If stored links exist, it raises a migration error without changing the history or link rows. If none exist, it removes the preview table, index, and migration records. Startup calls the reconciliation before the V2 migration check. Tests cover both cases.

Priority: High

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

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#25289 — This issue describes the peer-link migration-history conflict addressed by this change.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#25293 — Both changes handle the preview migration history at IDs 68–70; that PR preserves stored links, while this change removes the preview schema only when no links exist.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25058 — That PR applies related preview migration cleanup during dev database import; this change applies cleanup during server startup.
• pingdotgg/t3code#24343 — That PR adds main migrations that conflict with the preview migration IDs handled here.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Low · up to a1986

A malformed legacy database may remain unable to start after its preview schema is removed, but the affected case is narrow and recoverable with follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix(server): nightly starts on databases a preview build migrated" describes the main change: the migrator now reconciles the preview-only peer-link migration history (68-70) so nightly bui…
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section explains the crash-loop, the affected preview builds, and the migration…
Linked Issues check		Issue [#25175] requires nightly startup to stop the backend crash loop and open the desktop window. runMigrations now calls reconcilePeerLinksPreviewMigrations before assertV2MigrationsCanRun. T…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed production code only adds reconciliation for the preview migration history that causes the #25175 startup failure. The tests cover successful cleanup, manifest-aligned history, idempotence…

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Explanation

The title "fix(server): nightly starts on databases a preview build migrated" describes the main change: the migrator now reconciles the preview-only peer-link migration history (68-70) so nightly builds can start on databases a v0.1.2 preview build migrated. It is a conventional commit title, specific, and matches the changeset and the linked issue.

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The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section explains the crash-loop, the affected preview builds, and the migration conflict. The Change section explains the preview-tail detection, the empty-table cleanup, and the error path when links exist. Scope references the triaged bug #25175 and the reporter's confirmation. Verification lists the test command, the new test cases, the results, and what was not checked. The template's model attribution line is present at the end. The description is thorough and meets the template's requirements.

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Explanation

Issue [#25175] requires nightly startup to stop the backend crash loop and open the desktop window. runMigrations now calls reconcilePeerLinksPreviewMigrations before assertV2MigrationsCanRun. The reconciler detects the exact preview history, removes the empty preview schema and history in one transaction, and allows main migrations 68 and 69 to run. Tests cover the empty-link startup path, repeat execution, and the unchanged failure path for stored links. The stored-link limitation is explicit and does not establish an unmet requirement in #25175.

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Explanation

The changed production code only adds reconciliation for the preview migration history that causes the #25175 startup failure. The tests cover successful cleanup, manifest-aligned history, idempotence, and preservation of stored links on failure. The changes have a direct connection to the linked issue and contain no demonstrated unrelated behavior.

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apps/server/src/persistence/reconcileV2PreviewMigration.test.ts: 1

225-225: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Assert the stored-links error, not only that the migration fails.

Exit.isFailure accepts any failure. If reconcilePeerLinksPreviewMigrations() were not called, assertV2MigrationsCanRun would still reject this history. Migrations 68 and 69 are recorded as PeerLinks and PeerLinkFence, which do not match the manifest names. That check fails before any write, so the history and peer_environment_links stay unchanged and the existing assertions still pass. The test does not show that the stored-links guard raised the error. Assert the error type and its message.

Proposed change

-      assert.ok(Exit.isFailure(yield* Effect.exit(runMigrations())));
+      const exit = yield* Effect.exit(runMigrations());
+      assert.ok(Exit.isFailure(exit));
+      if (Exit.isFailure(exit)) {
+        assert.ok(Cause.squash(exit.cause) instanceof Migrator.MigrationError);
+        assert.ok(Cause.pretty(exit.cause).includes("peer environment links"));
+      }

Add import * as Cause from "effect/Cause" if the test file does not already import Cause.

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Review comment at
@apps/server/src/persistence/reconcileV2PreviewMigration.test.ts at line 225:
Update the runMigrations failure assertion to verify the failure is the
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- Line 225: Update the runMigrations failure assertion to verify the failure is
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environment links, rather than accepting any failure. Preserve the existing
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