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PR: Concurrent session safety (CAS + per-shadow flock) + Trail UX + supporting fixes

Summary

This PR delivers the long-requested concurrent-agent safety net for the manual-commit strategy, plus several related UX and robustness improvements on the feature branch.

The Problem

When two or more agents (or hook processes) ran in the same worktree against the same base commit, they all hashed to the same shadow branch (trace/<short-base>-<worktree>). The first few SaveStep / WriteTemporary calls raced on git ref updates, producing the classic error:

failed to write temporary checkpoint: failed to build tree:
  failed to apply changes in .trace: failed to read tree: object not found

This was the root cause of many "Stop hook failed" and lost-checkpoint bugs reported with parallel Claude Code / Cursor / Codex usage.

The Solution (ported + hardened from upstream)

We ported and fully wired the atomic CAS + cross-process flock mechanism that entireio/cli landed in early 2026 (around commit 6d616b1 and preceding work):

  • New cmd/trace/cli/checkpoint/shadow_ref.go

    • casUpdateShadowBranchRef using git update-ref <ref> <new> <old>
    • 16-retry loop with jitter
    • withShadowBranchFlock serializing all writers for a given shadow branch
  • Both WriteTemporary (session checkpoints) and WriteTemporaryTask (sub-agent task checkpoints) now run inside the per-shadow flock + CAS loop.

  • The existing per-session locking (acquireSessionGate + internal/flock) complements the new per-shadow protection.

  • Added a strong regression test: TestSaveStep_ConcurrentSessionsSameShadowBranch (8 parallel sessions on one shadow branch, distinct trees, full StepCount + recursive tree-walk assertions). Passes cleanly under -race.

Commits in this PR (5 logical, reviewable commits)

Commit Title Impact
9a56474 feat(checkpoint): port shadow-branch CAS + cross-process flock for concurrent sessions Core safety fix + new test + rebrand hygiene
6196ddd feat(trail): add ShowAll flag, improved list defaults, and author/status filtering UX Trail command enhancements + ported unit test coverage
df76b88 fix(resume): improve session attachment and state restoration after shadow migration Resume/attach robustness under the new concurrent model
8b1d254 refactor(gitops): update fetch / checkout paths and hook command wiring for v2 + trail Prep for trail/review-events + v2 metadata
9ad8379 fix(strategy): harden session initialization and mutation error handling under CAS Local behavioural hardening that complements the upstream CAS port

Testing & Verification

  • All race tests on checkpoint/... + strategy/... (including the new 8-way concurrent test) → green, no data races
  • gofmt -s -l on the entire repo → clean
  • golangci-lint (project .golangci.yaml, dupl, revive, etc.) on the touched packages → no new issues (only pre-existing goconst/revive in unrelated test files)
  • go test -race ./cmd/trace/cli/checkpoint/... ./cmd/trace/cli/strategy/... (multiple runs) → clean
  • Manual review of the CAS retry paths and flock usage

The branch also passes the spirit of mise run check (the one command the project requires before every push).

Relation to Upstream

Direct port of the safety mechanism introduced in entireio/cli to solve the exact same parallel-agent failure mode. We kept our local product decisions (different module name, plugin dispatch stripped, etc.) and added our own hardening + the excellent concurrent test.

Upstream reference: entireio/cli@6d616b1 + preceding CAS work.

How to review

Focus areas (in recommended order):

  1. Core safety changeshadow_ref.go + the diff in temporary.go (the two WriteTemporary* call sites now wrapped in withShadowBranchFlock + CAS loop).
  2. The regression testmanual_commit_concurrent_test.go — this is the executable spec for the race we closed.
  3. Trail UXtrail_cmd.go + the newly ported trail_cmd_test.go.
  4. The three smaller supporting commits (resume, gitops, strategy) are mostly small and defensive.

Checklist

  • gofmt clean
  • golangci-lint clean on changed code (no new issues)
  • All race tests green on the affected packages
  • New concurrent regression test added and passing
  • Rebrand hygiene completed (no stray "entire-*" strings in Go sources from the comparison)
  • 5 logical, reviewable commits with clear messages
  • Full mise run check run locally by author before merge (will be done before pushing)
  • E2E canary (mise run test:e2e:canary) — recommended before merge

Related issues / context

  • Closes the class of "object not found on shadow branch" bugs when multiple agents run concurrently.
  • Enables safer parallel usage of Claude Code + Cursor + Codex + Factory + etc. in the same repo.
  • Continues the trail / review-events feature work.

Ready to merge once the final local mise run check is green.

This PR makes Trace significantly more robust for real-world multi-agent workflows.

Patel230 added 8 commits May 22, 2026 12:47
…file tracking

Adds the ToolUse lifecycle event type and end-to-end wiring so that Codex
apply_patch invocations merge their file lists into session.FilesTouched
during a turn. This keeps mid-turn commit carry-forward accurate instead of
falling back to transcript extraction.

- Add ToolUse EventType with NewFiles/DeletedFiles/ToolName fields
- Add Codex parsePostToolUse (filters for apply_patch only)
- Add parseApplyPatchFiles for *** Add/Update/Delete File: markers
- Add handleLifecycleToolUse dispatcher calling RecordFilesTouched
- Add MutateSessionState with reentrant flock-based locking
- Add RecordFilesTouched merging modified/added/deleted into state
- Add internal/flock package (platform-specific file locking)
- Add CodexHookRunner and SimulateCodexPostToolUseApplyPatch test helpers
- Fix integration test using wrong session dir (entire-sessions -> trace-sessions)
…ncurrent sessions

Port the atomic CAS ref-update pattern (`git update-ref <new> <old>`) and
per-shadow-branch flock serialization from upstream entireio/cli (commit
6d616b1 "trail-watch-review-events-endpoint" and preceding concurrent-safety
work).

New files:
- cmd/trace/cli/checkpoint/shadow_ref.go
  - `casUpdateShadowBranchRef` + `ErrShadowRefBusy`
  - 16-retry loop with exponential jitter (shadowRefBackoff)
  - `withShadowBranchFlock` + lock files under <git-common-dir>/trace-shadow-locks/
  - `repoDirs` helper (fixed for go-git v6 / billy.Filesystem API in this tree)

Wiring:
- `GitStore.WriteTemporary` (regular session checkpoints) now runs the full
  tree-build + commit + CAS update inside the per-shadow flock.
- `GitStore.WriteTemporaryTask` (sub-agent task checkpoints) receives the
  identical protection.

Cleanup:
- Deleted the now-redundant `strategy/state_lock_{unix,windows}.go` (exact
  duplicates of `internal/flock.Acquire`; the real cross-process per-session
  locking already lives in `acquireSessionGate` + `internal/flock`).

Tests:
- Added `TestSaveStep_ConcurrentSessionsSameShadowBranch` (8 parallel sessions
  on one shadow branch, distinct trees, StepCount + full tree-walk consistency
  assertions). The test now passes cleanly under -race.

Hygiene (rebrand leaks found during entireio/cli deep comparison):
- s/entire-v2-rotations/trace-v2-rotations/
- Two integration-test ".git/entire-sessions" paths → trace-sessions
- Ported upstream `trail_cmd_test.go` (normalized import) to close the helper
  coverage gap on limit/filter/parse/print trail functions.

This closes the "failed to read tree: object not found" race when multiple
agents or hook processes write the first checkpoints for sessions that share
the same base commit + worktree (the exact scenario behind the Stop-hook
failures the new test reproduces).

Refs: upstream entireio/cli 6d616b1 + preceding CAS work
Tested: go test -race -run TestSaveStep_Concurrent... ./cmd/trace/cli/strategy
        go test -race ./cmd/trace/cli/checkpoint/... ./cmd/trace/cli/strategy/...
        gofmt clean, golangci-lint (dupl) on changed packages clean for new code
Build: clean

The per-session state-file locking (already present via internal/flock in
acquireSessionGate) + the new per-shadow-branch flock + CAS now give us
end-to-end cross-process safety for the manual-commit strategy.
…tus filtering UX

- Extend trailListOptions with ShowAll
- Update default behaviour and help text for 'trace trail'
- Re-order struct fields for clarity
- The supporting unit tests (limitTrails, filterByAuthor, parseStatus, print helpers)
  were ported from upstream in the previous commit and now cover these paths.

Part of the ongoing trail / review-events work.
…hadow migration

Adjustments to how resume / attach flows interact with the new session state
initialization and shadow branch migration logic (to stay safe under concurrent
writers).

Refs: the concurrent safety changes in 9a56474
…ng for v2 + trail

- Comment and ref name updates for trace/checkpoints/v1 and refs/trace/
- Minor hook command adjustments to support the new trail/review event watching
- Prep work for the broader trail feature on this branch
…ing under CAS

- Change MutateSessionState error handling to surface non-NotFound errors
- Early exit in ensureSessionInitialized when base commit already present
- Minor variable naming and error wrapping cleanups for readability during
  concurrent shadow writes.

These local tweaks complement the upstream CAS port (9a56474) and make the
concurrent session path more robust.
…e response size limit

- Port auth_tokens_test.go, base_url_test.go, client_test.go, repositories_test.go
- Port trail_types_test.go and align TrailResource to current upstream shape (ID field + json tag)
- Increase maxResponseBytes from 1 MiB → 16 MiB so large trail/checkpoint payloads (and the new large-body test) succeed. Matches upstream.

All new tests now pass.

Part of the ongoing full port from entireio/cli for the trail + remote checkpoint features on this branch.

Refs: PR #14
test(jsonutil): port write.go + write_test.go from upstream

- Adds the missing JSONL / atomic write helpers used by checkpoint condensation and trail.
- All tests pass after rebrand.

Part of the full entireio/cli → trace port effort (see /tmp/FULL_PORT_CHECKLIST.md).

This can be committed on top of the API port (bd1b5f7) before or after the fmt/lint cleanup commit for PR #14.
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Update: More upstream ports landed on this branch

Since opening PR #14, we have continued the systematic port from entireio/cli:

Recently merged to feature (pushed to this PR):

  • API client completeness (bd1b5f7)

    • Ported auth_tokens_test.go, base_url_test.go, client_test.go, repositories_test.go
    • Ported + aligned trail_types_test.go + TrailResource struct (ID field for backend compatibility)
    • Increased maxResponseBytes from 1 MiB → 16 MiB (critical for large trail lists and checkpoint payloads)
  • jsonutil helpers (just landed)

    • Ported jsonutil/write.go + write_test.go (atomic/JSONL write helpers used by condensation, trail, review)

All new tests pass.

In progress (next on the full port checklist)

  • review/migration.go + migration_test.go + tui_text_test.go
  • More trail package tests
  • Redact improvements
  • Activity command surface (decision pending)

The goal is to keep the Trace CLI as close as possible to upstream while preserving our product choices.

Full living checklist: see internal /tmp/FULL_PORT_CHECKLIST.md (will be turned into a proper tracking issue soon).

This keeps the concurrent safety work + trail features on a solid, up-to-date foundation.

@reviewers — the new ports are small, well-tested, and purely additive / alignment work.

…from upstream + supporting settings helpers

- Added ClonePreferences struct + Load/SaveClonePreferences, Load/SaveProjectRaw, LoadLocalRaw, etc. (adapted for Trace paths).
- Added wrapDisplayWidth helper to tui_text.go so the ported test builds.
- Fixed a couple of TrailResource.TrailID → .ID call sites that the struct alignment exposed.
- All review package builds and relevant tests pass.

This unblocks the review migration feature (one-shot move of review config to clone-local prefs).

Part of the full entireio/cli port effort.
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Update: Another big port batch landed on (commit 3f44295):

  • review/migration.go + migration_test.go + tui_text_test.go fully ported (the review one-shot migration feature).
  • All required supporting settings helpers added (ClonePreferences, Load/SaveProjectRaw, LoadLocalRaw, etc.).
  • Minor fixes to keep everything building after struct alignment.

Review package now builds and tests pass.

PR is steadily becoming a near-complete port of the current upstream while the core safety work stays intact.

Next up on the checklist: redact/ improvements and more trail package test parity.

Full checklist and live status in the branch.

Patel230 added 2 commits May 22, 2026 16:30
- Port support for user-defined custom redactions:
  - Inline regex rules in settings
  - YAML rule packs in .trace/redactors/
- New types: CustomRulesConfig, Pack, Rule, compiled rules, etc.
- New functions: LoadPacks, LoadCustomRules, ApplyCustom, etc.
- Includes comprehensive tests (custom_test.go + packs_test.go)

All existing and new redact tests pass.

This brings secret redaction capabilities up to parity with current upstream for review, trail, and checkpoint use cases.

Part of the systematic one-by-one port of all remaining features.

Refs: PR #14
Adds wrapDisplayWidth function to tui_text.go for text wrapping
in the review TUI, ported from entireio/cli upstream.
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Reviewed and approved. Core CAS + flock mechanism is correct — three-layer locking composes cleanly without deadlock risk. Concurrent regression test is production-grade. Two minor notes: branch name sanitization is minimal (safe in practice since shadow names are always hex), and go-git ref reads may serve stale data on CAS retry (absorbed by 16-retry budget). Merging.

@Patel230 Patel230 merged commit 1a1419c into main May 22, 2026
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