fix(server): reject file rewind in shared workspaces

[juliusmarminge]

Filesystem rewind can delete another thread's uncommitted files when threads share a workspace. The regression creates a sibling-owned file and rewinds the first thread: the original implementation deletes that file.

Require an isolated worktree before restoring files or rolling back the provider. Check canonical paths against active and archived threads and live provider sessions, including project-root ownership, ancestor/nested overlap, and symlink aliases. Reject filesystem rewind with an actionable activity if isolation cannot be established. Conversation-only rewind still works. Behavior change: threads that work in the project directory (no worktree) can no longer restore files on rewind, even when they are the only thread, because git clean there would also erase the user's own uncommitted edits. The web rewind dialog hides Revert files too for those threads and says why; the user guide notes the rule.

Verification: receipt/drain-driven reactor tests cover active, archived, aliased, project-root, and nested subdirectory, and ancestor directory ownership; files and provider state remain intact on rejection. Isolated worktree restore and conversation-only rewind still pass. Integrated reactor suite: 45 tests passed; targeted lint and server-only typecheck passed. No UI additions.

Depends on #12305. Prepared with Codex; follow-up fixes by Claude Fable 5 via Claude Code.

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• Bug Fixes

  • Revert operations restore files only when an isolated worktree is available.
  • Reverts are blocked for shared, nested, parent, archived, aliased, or project-root workspaces, preventing unrelated files from changing.
  • Non-isolated revert attempts fail safely without modifying files and record a failure activity.

• Documentation

  • Revert confirmations and user guidance now clarify when file restoration is available and when only conversation history is rewound.
  • The file-restoration option is shown only for threads with an available worktree.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 98c50ab

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused, well-tested safety fix that prevents destructive file restoration in shared or project workspaces while preserving isolated-worktree behavior. The accompanying UI and documentation changes clearly communicate the restricted action without introducing schema, deployment, or sensitive-domain changes.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	—	13.5 KiB	—	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	7.1 KiB	—	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	6.5 KiB	—	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	56.3 KiB	—	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	10	—	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	13.5 KiB	—	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	7.1 KiB	—	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	6.4 KiB	—	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	57.0 KiB	—	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	9	—	21	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: bd61d5e · 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: 113.9 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.6 KiB

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Checkpoint reverts restore files only in isolated worktrees. Shared or overlapping workspaces record failure activities without filesystem or provider rollback. The UI, documentation, and tests describe and verify this behavior.

Changes

Workspace isolation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workspace isolation guard apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/CheckpointReactor.ts	The reactor compares canonical workspace paths and rejects restoration when another thread, project workspace, archived workspace, or active session shares, contains, or is contained by the workspace.
Revert behavior coverage apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/CheckpointReactor.test.ts	Tests cover workspace ownership, project-root fallback, conversation reverts, isolated worktrees, sibling-file preservation, and provider rollback behavior.
Revert UI and documentation apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, docs/user/composer.md	The dialog and documentation distinguish worktree-backed file restoration from project-directory conversation reverts.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatView
  participant CheckpointReactor
  participant Path
  participant FileSystem
  ChatView->>CheckpointReactor: request checkpoint revert
  CheckpointReactor->>Path: canonicalize workspace paths
  CheckpointReactor->>FileSystem: inspect workspace ownership
  FileSystem-->>CheckpointReactor: return path availability
  CheckpointReactor->>CheckpointReactor: allow or reject file restoration
  CheckpointReactor-->>ChatView: return revert result and activity

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to bd61d

Filesystem rewinds are restricted to isolated worktrees, unsafe attempts produce an actionable failure, and conversation-only rewinds remain available. No merge-blocking regression is established.

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🟠 Major · Reserve the workspace through isolation and restore. · CheckpointReactor.ts:706-733

apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/CheckpointReactor.ts:706-733
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Reserve the workspace through isolation and restore. CheckpointReactor.handleRevertRequested runs isRestoreWorkspaceIsolated and then GitVcsDriver.restoreCheckpoint without withWorkspaceLease. The provider turn-start path runs in a separate worker and acquires only its own exact-string lease before starting or resuming a session. Therefore, a session can acquire an overlapping workspace after the isolation check. restoreCheckpoint then runs git restore --worktree --staged and git clean -fd -- ".", which can overwrite tracked files or delete the session's new files. The orchestration dispatch queue does not hold a workspace reservation across these reactor operations.

Hold an overlap-aware, canonical workspace reservation from before isRestoreWorkspaceIsolated through restoreCheckpoint and the related workspace refresh. Make provider startup acquire the same reservation before it begins using the workspace. An exact-string lease around only restoreCheckpoint is not sufficient for nested or aliased paths.

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and retain an overlap-aware, canonical workspace reservation before
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Re the outside-diff "reserve the workspace through isolation and restore" finding: the check-then-restore window is real but pre-dates this PR, is milliseconds wide, and closing it needs a cross-worker overlap-aware workspace lease shared with provider startup. That is a separate change; this PR fixes the deterministic case where a sibling already owns the directory. Deferred.

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🟠 Major · Hold an overlap-aware workspace lease across isolation and restore. · CheckpointReactor.ts:694-807

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Hold an overlap-aware workspace lease across isolation and restore. CheckpointReactor and ProviderCommandReactor use separate makeDrainableWorker instances, so a provider start or resume can run after isRestoreWorkspaceIsolated reads its snapshots but before restoreCheckpoint runs. The checkpoint path acquires no lease. The existing withWorkspaceLease only serializes identical string keys, so it also does not protect ancestor or nested paths. GitVcsDriver.restoreCheckpoint removes untracked files during restore, as shown by its tests. A newly acquired session can therefore lose uncommitted files. Acquire one canonical, overlap-aware lease before the isolation check and hold it through restoreCheckpoint; use the same lease for provider startup and resume.

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