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fix: persist workspace repos across container restarts#123

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fix: persist workspace repos across container restarts#123
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Summary

  • Fix workspace deployment resetting to main branch and losing local changes
  • Root cause: repos cloned to /workspace (ephemeral) instead of /data (persistent volume)
  • Solution: Set WORKSPACE_DIR=/data/repos in all provisioners

Root Cause Analysis

Volume Mount Configuration:

  • Persistent volume mounted at: /data
  • Default WORKSPACE_DIR: /workspace (container ephemeral filesystem)
  • Result: Every container restart → fresh clone → main branch

Code References:

  • deploy/workspace/entrypoint.sh:117 - Uses WORKSPACE_DIR for repo location
  • src/cloud/provisioner/index.ts:781-785 - Volume mounted at /data

Changes

Updated all three provisioners to set WORKSPACE_DIR=/data/repos:

  1. FlyProvisioner (line 714-716)
  2. RailwayProvisioner (line 1301-1302)
  3. DockerProvisioner (line 1549-1550)

Behavior Change

Before After
Container restart → /workspace empty Container restart → /data/repos persisted
Fresh git clone → main branch Existing repo → git pull → branch preserved
Local changes lost Local changes preserved

Test Plan

  • Added TDD tests in workspace-persistence.test.ts
  • Tests verify WORKSPACE_DIR is set to /data/repos
  • Tests verify repos are stored on persistent volume
  • Deploy to staging and verify branch persists across restart

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Agent Relay and others added 4 commits January 9, 2026 15:53
Problem:
When checkActiveAgents() couldn't reach a workspace (network error, timeout),
it returned hasActiveAgents: false, causing gracefulUpdateImage() to proceed
with restarts even when agents might actually be running.

Changes:
- Add `verified: boolean` field to checkActiveAgents() return type
- Return verified: false on HTTP errors and catch block (network failures)
- Add SKIPPED_VERIFICATION_FAILED to UpdateResult enum
- Update gracefulUpdateImage() to skip update when verified=false (unless force)
- Add diagnostic logging to capture raw agent status values for debugging
- Update summary to include skippedVerificationFailed count

This prevents unsafe restarts of workspaces where we cannot verify agent status.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Root Cause:
- Persistent volume is mounted at /data
- Default WORKSPACE_DIR is /workspace (ephemeral container filesystem)
- Repos cloned to /workspace are lost on every container restart
- This causes branch reset to main and loss of local changes

Fix:
- Set WORKSPACE_DIR=/data/repos in all provisioners (Fly, Railway, Docker)
- Repos are now stored on the persistent volume
- entrypoint.sh will use git pull (preserving branch) instead of fresh clone

Behavior Change:
- Before: Container restart → fresh clone → main branch
- After: Container restart → repo exists → git pull → branch preserved

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tests were failing because mocking the async provisioning flow was unreliable.
New approach: read the source file directly and verify WORKSPACE_DIR is set
correctly in all three provisioners (Fly, Railway, Docker).

This is more reliable and clearly documents the expected configuration.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pass CLOUD_API_URL, WORKSPACE_TOKEN, and WORKSPACE_ID environment
variables to spawned agent processes via PtyWrapperConfig.env. This
enables agents to use git credential helpers without needing
token-in-URL workarounds.

Applied to both spawn() and restartAgent() methods.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@khaliqgant khaliqgant merged commit cce034f into main Jan 9, 2026
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@khaliqgant khaliqgant deleted the fix/workspace-persistence branch January 9, 2026 22:44
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