perf(server): background sweeps only read threads that can still settle

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Every minute, the settlement sweep and the PR discovery sweep each built the full shell snapshot: every active thread, with its session, PR links, and latest turn. Then both threw away the settled threads. On an install with about 5,000 threads, that is about 98% of the rows, read and dropped about 2,900 times a day. It costs idle CPU and GC churn, and it hurts most when the machine is under swap.

Fix

• getShellSnapshot takes an unsettledOnly option. It adds settled_at IS NULL AND settled_override IS NOT 'settled' to the thread query and to the 3 joined queries (sessions, PR links, latest turns).
• readSweepSnapshot(..., null) uses this narrow read. Both sweeps already skipped settled threads, so their decisions do not change.
• The narrow read still returns and resolves every project, like the full read. Projects are few, and this keeps the repository identity cache warm for client connects exactly as on main.
• PR discovery keeps the full read for the startup backfill and while backfill entries remain, because backfill looks up settled threads.
• Backfill entries for threads with no branch are now dropped, since no pass looks them up. Before, they stayed until restart, and with this change they would have kept discovery on the full read. A branch change on such a thread still queues its own lookup.

An earlier version of this PR also resolved only the projects that unsettled threads name, and added stale-while-revalidate to RepositoryIdentityResolver so dormant projects stayed warm. That changed a service every client read uses, so both are gone. The resolver is unchanged from main.

Verification

• ProjectionSnapshotQuery.test.ts: the unsettled read returns the full read's threads minus the settled one, the same projects, and resolves every project root. Its session, turn, and PR link joins skip the settled thread, and a settled thread's PR link that no longer decodes breaks the full read but not the unsettled read.
• ThreadSettlementReactor.test.ts: against a real SQLite projection, a sweep over the unsettled read makes the same settle commands and git/PR lookups as a sweep over the full read.
• ThreadPullRequestReactor.test.ts: discovery finds the same PRs from both reads. Backfill uses the full read and retries a failed lookup from it. Once backfill drains (including a settled thread with no branch), the next pass reads no settled thread.
• Mutation checks: removing the filter from any of the 4 queries, or resolving only the named projects, fails the snapshot test. Using the full read for sweeps fails the settlement test. Skipping the full read for backfill, or keeping branchless backfill entries, fails the discovery test.
• vp lint, vp fmt, and the server typecheck pass. ThreadSettlementReactor.test.ts has 37 "storage cleanup" failures on this Mac that also fail on main.

Related: #13691 did the same for single-thread passes, and #13704 uses the same approach for PR sync. #13689 set the 15 minute identity TTL. Part of #11220.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Shell snapshots now include all projects, including when filtering out settled threads, so project and repository details remain complete.
  • Pull request discovery continues to include settled threads during backfill and retries, while routine sweeps focus on unsettled threads.
  • Pending backfill entries are cleared when a checked thread has no branch.

• Tests

  • Added coverage comparing snapshot and discovery results across filtered and full reads, including retry scenarios.

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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	13.5 KiB	13.5 KiB	+5 B (+0.0%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	−3 B (−0.0%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.4 KiB	6.4 KiB	+8 B (+0.1%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	56.2 KiB	56.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	9	9	0 (0.0%)	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	13.5 KiB	13.5 KiB	−32 B (−0.2%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	+8 B (+0.1%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.5 KiB	6.4 KiB	−40 B (−0.6%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.0 KiB	57.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	9	9	0 (0.0%)	21	✅

Baseline: 92f0af2 · PR result: 4143070 · 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: 114.0 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.7 KiB

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The PR changes automatic production sweeps to exclude settled threads and their related sessions, pull-request links, and turns, altering which records reach settlement and Git/PR synchronization work. Although normal client reads and explicit backfills retain full snapshots, the new automatic processing gate warrants human review.

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The shell snapshot query now supports unsettled-only reads while resolving every project. The pull-request reactor uses unsettled reads for regular sweeps and full reads when backfill is requested or remains pending. Tests compare pull-request discovery and thread settlement across both read modes.

Changes

Unsettled Snapshot Sweeps

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shell snapshot read options apps/server/src/orchestration/Services/ProjectionSnapshotQuery.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProjectionSnapshotQuery.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProjectionSnapshotQuery.test.ts	getShellSnapshot accepts an optional unsettledOnly option. Unsettled-only reads exclude settled threads and related rows, but still resolve every project.
Reactor sweep and backfill reads apps/server/src/orchestration/ThreadPullRequestReactor.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/ThreadPullRequestReactor.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/ThreadSettlementReactor.test.ts	Ordinary all-thread sweeps use unsettled reads. The reactor uses full reads during requested or pending backfill, and removes pending entries for threads without branches. Integration tests compare discovery and settlement results across read modes.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Refactor

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cfc1e

The snapshot changes preserve settled-thread data for backfill and targeted work. An existing resolver test still does not exercise overlapping lookups, leaving a bounded test-coverage concern rather than an established production failure from this change.

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