fix(web): clean up worktrees when deleting archived threads

[lnieuwenhuis]

deleteThread resolved its target only from the main shell store, which excludes archived threads. On a miss it dispatched the delete directly and skipped the worktree-cleanup path, so deleting a thread from Settings → Archived silently left its git worktree on disk with no prompt. That path is the only place in the app that removes a worktree, so nothing ever reclaimed them.

Delete-target resolution now falls back to a one-shot fetch of the environment's archived snapshot, rather than reading the cached atom, which is only warm while the archived panel is open. The orphan check also folds in archived siblings so a worktree shared with an archived thread isn't removed out from under it, and the confirmation dialog shows the archived thread's real title. Both fetches fail soft: an offline environment does not block the thread delete, but a failed or timed-out fresh ownership lookup skips worktree cleanup. A previously cached empty archived snapshot cannot authorize removal.

The resolver and the orphan-check step are extracted as pure functions with tests covering the active hit, the archived fallback, the not-found case, and fetch failure. No UI changes; the existing worktree confirmation dialog now simply appears for archived threads too.

Mobile has no worktree cleanup for any thread delete today, so this is scoped to web.

Closes #9085

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Changes delete and worktree-removal decision logic with soft-fail fetch paths that can skip cleanup when archived data is unavailable, though deletes still proceed.

Overview
Deleting archived threads no longer skips git worktree cleanup. deleteThread used to resolve targets only from the active shell store, so deletes from Settings → Archived went straight to the mutation and never ran the worktree prompt—leaving orphaned worktrees on disk (#9085).

The delete path now uses resolveThreadDeleteTarget, which tries the active store first, then fetchArchivedThreadShells (a bounded one-shot archived snapshot read with a 5s executeAtomQuery timeout). Fetch failures or misses fail soft: delete still dispatches for idempotency, matching prior offline behavior. When resolution succeeds, resolveOrphanedWorktreePathForDelete includes archived siblings so a shared worktree is not removed under another archived thread, and confirmAndDeleteThread shows the archived thread’s real title.

Pure helpers and timeoutMs on executeAtomQuery are covered by new tests; no new UI— the existing worktree confirmation dialog now applies to archived deletes too.

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Clean up worktrees when deleting archived threads

• Deleting a thread now resolves the target across both active and archived stores, so archived threads can be identified and deleted with correct confirmation titles.
• Worktree orphan checks during deletion now consider archived siblings via resolveOrphanedWorktreePathForDelete, avoiding unnecessary fetches when the target has no worktree.
• New fetchArchivedThreadShells performs a bounded (5s) archived-thread fetch with soft fallback to cached snapshot, returning null when neither exists.
• executeAtomQuery gains an optional timeoutMs; on timeout it dies and returns a defect Failure instead of hanging.
• Behavioral Change: when archived fetch fails or is offline, deletion proceeds without blocking (graceful soft-fail) rather than erroring; this is handled in useThreadActions.ts via resolveDeletableThreadTarget.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Thread deletion now works reliably for both active and archived threads.
  • Archived thread titles are shown in deletion confirmations when available.
  • Worktree cleanup now considers archived sibling threads, preventing removal of shared worktrees.
  • Cleanup is skipped when archived-thread information cannot be retrieved, avoiding unsafe deletions.
  • Archived-thread lookups now time out gracefully instead of waiting indefinitely.

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Verdict: Would Approve

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused fix for archived-thread deletion: it resolves archived targets, accounts for archived worktree siblings, and conservatively skips cleanup when a fresh snapshot cannot be obtained. The shared timeout is opt-in and localized to this bounded fetch, with focused tests covering the new behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The deletion flow now resolves archived thread shells, fetches fresh archived data with a timeout, and includes archived threads in worktree orphan detection. Tests cover target resolution, failed refreshes, cleanup decisions, and query timeouts.

Changes

Archived thread deletion cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Timed atom query support packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/runtime.test.ts	AtomQueryOptions supports timeoutMs. Timed-out queries return defect failures.
Fresh archived shell fetching apps/web/src/lib/archivedThreadsState.ts, apps/web/src/lib/archivedThreadsState.test.ts	fetchArchivedThreadShells performs a fresh, scoped query with a five-second timeout and returns null on failure. Failed refreshes do not authorize cleanup from cached data.
Archived-aware deletion and cleanup apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActions.ts, apps/web/src/worktreeCleanup.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActions.test.ts, apps/web/src/worktreeCleanup.test.ts	Deletion resolves active or archived targets, reuses fetched snapshots, uses archived titles in confirmation, and checks archived siblings before removing orphaned worktrees.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c55da

Deleting an archived thread through confirmation can wait for two archived-thread lookups, unnecessarily adding up to ten seconds of latency.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant deleteThread
  participant resolveThreadDeleteTarget
  participant fetchArchivedThreadShells
  participant resolveOrphanedWorktreePathForDelete
  deleteThread->>resolveThreadDeleteTarget: Resolve active or archived target
  resolveThreadDeleteTarget->>fetchArchivedThreadShells: Fetch archived shells when needed
  fetchArchivedThreadShells-->>resolveThreadDeleteTarget: Return snapshot or null
  deleteThread->>resolveOrphanedWorktreePathForDelete: Check active and archived references
  resolveOrphanedWorktreePathForDelete-->>deleteThread: Return orphaned path or null

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: cleaning up worktrees when deleting archived threads.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the problem, solution, scope, behavior changes, and testing. It does not use the template headings or include the checklist, but the required information is mostly pre…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address issue [#9085] by resolving archived deletion targets, checking archived siblings before worktree removal, showing the existing confirmation flow, and proceeding safely when archive…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are within scope for [#9085]. The timeout support, archived snapshot fetching, resolver extraction, and tests directly support safe archived-thread deletion and worktree cleanup.

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apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActions.ts (1)

786-787: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid the redundant archived-target lookup while preserving fresh cleanup data.

When confirmation is enabled, an archived target can trigger two forced 5-second snapshot queries, adding up to 10 seconds. Pass a successful resolution into deleteThread, but keep the post-confirmation archived fetch for worktree cleanup; the pre-confirmation snapshot can be stale, and a failed fresh fetch must still skip cleanup.

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In `@apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActions.ts` around lines 786 - 787, Update the
confirmation flow around resolveDeletableThreadTarget and deleteThread to pass
the successful pre-confirmation resolution into deleteThread, avoiding a second
forced archived-target lookup for the prompt. Preserve the post-confirmation
archived fetch used for worktree cleanup, including skipping cleanup when that
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In `@apps/web/src/hooks/useThreadActions.ts`:
- Around line 786-787: Update the confirmation flow around
resolveDeletableThreadTarget and deleteThread to pass the successful
pre-confirmation resolution into deleteThread, avoiding a second forced
archived-target lookup for the prompt. Preserve the post-confirmation archived
fetch used for worktree cleanup, including skipping cleanup when that fresh
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[lnieuwenhuis]

Reviewed the archived-target lookup suggestion. For worktree deletion there are already only two archived queries: one for the confirmation title and one after confirmation for fresh target metadata. The orphan check reuses that second result through resolvedArchivedThreads. Passing the pre-confirmation resolution while retaining the required fresh ownership query would still make two requests and could use stale target/session metadata. Keeping the fresh resolution; avoiding a query for targets without worktrees would be a separate minor optimization.

[juliusmarminge]

Superseded by #11598, which replaces the cleanup-on-delete approach with opt-in automatic storage cleanup per machine/project.