[juliusmarminge]

Problem

ThreadSettlementServiceV2 sweeps every minute. For a thread with a branch but no linked or branch PR reference, it calls git.branchPullRequest. Whenever the cached PR for that branch is closed or merged, branchPullRequest re-ran the whole lookup with freshGitState: true. That skips the remembered git state and spawns ~6 git processes, every minute, for each unsettled thread on such a branch.

Fleet traces from 10-31:

• cups: branchPullRequest p95 of 17s
• mbp: 6.1k rememberPrLookupGitState spans per day
• 1117 of 1134 sampled branchPullRequest spans ran under ThreadSettlementServiceV2.sweep

Fix

A closed or merged result is now final for a (cache cwd, branch) pair once a fresh lookup confirms it:

• (a) Later calls read a fingerprint of the branch and return the confirmed result if it still matches. The fingerprint is for-each-ref for the branch (upstream plus the new %(objectname) head) and git config --get-regexp ^remote\..*\.url$. That is 2 git processes instead of ~6, and it adds no host traffic. New commits, a new upstream, or a repointed remote change the fingerprint and force the fresh lookup again.
• (b) Even when nothing changed, a fresh lookup runs at most once every 15 minutes (Effect Clock).

The fingerprint includes remote URLs because the old fresh re-check also caught a remote repointed outside T3 within the 5-minute remembered-state TTL. The existing test "branch PR lookup does not reuse a cached PR after the remote is repointed" failed when the fingerprint checked only the branch ref. The fingerprint is read before any fresh lookup, so a change made while that lookup runs forces another check.

Callers that pass refresh or freshGitState are unchanged: worktree cleanup and the thread PR service's pre-persist check still take the fully fresh path. New PRs from a reused branch are still found when the host lookup cache expires (5 minutes for closed and merged results). The fresh git re-check never queried the host by itself.

Tests

One new case in GitManager.test.ts drives a merged PR with TestClock:

• Repeat calls with an unchanged branch spawn only the two fingerprint reads. On main they spawn 8 git processes for two calls, so this assertion fails there.
• A new commit triggers one fresh lookup, and the call after it does not.
• After the remembered state expires but before 15 minutes, there is no extra fresh re-check.
• At 15 minutes, one fresh re-check runs.
• A newly opened PR from the reused branch shows up on the next host query.

vp run check:changed passes. The GitManager, ThreadSettlementService, ThreadPullRequestService, and storageCleanup suites pass.

Scope and approval

This direction was approved by a maintainer in the 2026-11-02 fleet trace audit.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (T3 Code).

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at ca5698a

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Closed and merged PR lookups reuse confirmed Git state to reduce background process spawning. Branch/remote change detection, periodic rechecks and unchanged explicit refresh paths keep the optimization narrowly bounded.

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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	+6 B (+0.1%)	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	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	+6 B (+0.5%)	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: 71646e0 · PR result: ca5698a · 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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[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

GitManager now caches closed or merged branch pull-request results against branch-and-remote fingerprints. It reuses a matching result for up to 15 minutes, performs fresh lookups when the fingerprint changes or the interval expires, and tests these cases with controlled time.

Changes: Settled branch pull-request lookup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Branch fingerprint and cache data apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts	The settled-result cache stores the pull-request URL, branch-and-remote fingerprint, and confirmation time. Fingerprint reads include the branch object ID, upstream metadata, and configured remote URLs.
Settled-result reuse and recheck apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts	branchPullRequest reuses a closed or merged result when its URL and fingerprint match and confirmation is under 15 minutes old. Otherwise, it performs a fresh lookup and caches the result if it remains closed or merged. Tests cover branch movement, Git-state freshness, and elapsed time.

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

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant branchPullRequest
  participant readPrLookupBranchRef
  participant SettledResultCache
  participant GitHost
  branchPullRequest->>readPrLookupBranchRef: Read branch and remote fingerprint
  readPrLookupBranchRef-->>branchPullRequest: Return branch object ID, upstream metadata, and remote URLs
  branchPullRequest->>SettledResultCache: Read settled result
  SettledResultCache-->>branchPullRequest: Return URL, fingerprint, and confirmation time
  alt Fingerprint matches and confirmation is under 15 minutes old
    branchPullRequest->>branchPullRequest: Reuse settled pull-request result
  else Fingerprint changed or confirmation interval expired
    branchPullRequest->>GitHost: Perform fresh pull-request lookup
    GitHost-->>branchPullRequest: Return pull-request result
    branchPullRequest->>SettledResultCache: Record result if closed or merged
  end

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Possibly related issues

• Issue 24098: The change adds caching and fresh-check limits on the same closed or merged branch pull-request lookup path.
• Issue 27696: The change reduces repeated lookup work for the terminal pull-request subset described in the issue.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to ca569

Caching reduces repeated lookup work, though fingerprint checks still start Git processes. No material merge-blocking risk is established.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "perf(server): settled PR lookups stop re-spawning git every sweep" follows conventional commit form and names the main change: settled (closed or merged) branch PR lookups no longer re-spaw…
Description check		The description follows the template's Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section explains the per-minute git spawning with the affected code path and fleet tr…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Explanation

The title "perf(server): settled PR lookups stop re-spawning git every sweep" follows conventional commit form and names the main change: settled (closed or merged) branch PR lookups no longer re-spawn git on each sweep. The raw summary and objectives both describe this caching behavior, so the title matches the changeset.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the template's Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section explains the per-minute git spawning with the affected code path and fleet trace data. The Change section gives the fingerprint approach and the 15-minute recheck interval, and it explains why remote URLs are included. The Verification section lists a new TestClock-based test case and the suites run. The Scope and approval section cites a maintainer approval in a fleet trace audit but does not link the triaged issue or the approval comment, which the template asks for. The template also asks for the model and harness, which the description includes. The verification section reports results but does not state what could not be checked.

Resolution

Optional improvements: link the triaged bug issue or the maintainer approval comment in the Scope and approval section, rather than only naming the 2026-11-02 fleet trace audit. State anything that was not verified.

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Follow-up Comments

Give the new I/O helpers an explicit tracing choice.

2479-2479: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Give the new I/O helpers an explicit tracing choice.

Wrap readPrLookupBranchRef and readSettledPrLookupFingerprint with named Effect.fn spans. If per-sweep spans are undesirable, use Effect.fnUntraced and explain that choice beside the helpers. This makes the tracing behavior of the new Git reads deliberate.

As per coding guidelines, “Default to named spans for service operations and I/O” and explain deliberate untraced work. As per path instructions, “Reusable service operations use named Effect.fn("Service.operation") spans by default.”

Also applies to: 2496-2496

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts at line 2479:
Give the I/O helpers readPrLookupBranchRef and readSettledPrLookupFingerprint
explicit tracing behavior: wrap each with a named Effect.fn span, or use
Effect.fnUntraced and add a nearby explanation if per-sweep spans are
undesirable.

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[juliusmarminge]

Re the follow-up "Give the new I/O helpers an explicit tracing choice" (GitManager.ts 2479/2496): leaving these as plain helpers, matching the existing remember(...) reads in lookupBranchPullRequest. Each git read already runs through gitCore.execute with a named operation (GitManager.branchPullRequest.branchRef, GitManager.branchPullRequest.remoteUrls), which produces its own span inside the traced branchPullRequest, so a wrapper span would duplicate an existing boundary.