feat(server): GitHub API transport that uses gh only for the token#16319

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The server shells out to the GitHub CLI for every GitHub read and write. That spawns a process per request, hides what GraphQL gh pr view/gh pr list actually cost, and lets REST calls skip our rate-limit guard. This stack moves GitHub to its own API and keeps gh only as a way to get a token. This first layer adds the transport; nothing calls it yet.

  • GitHubCredentials: a token per host. GH_TOKEN/GITHUB_TOKEN (GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN for GHES) first, otherwise gh auth token --hostname, matching gh's own precedence. Cached for 5 minutes and dropped on a 401, so a new login applies on the next request. It is the single place tokens come from, so an in-app OAuth flow can be added here later without touching callers.
  • GitHubApi: REST and GraphQL over HttpClient. Every call, REST included, goes through the per-host rate-limit pause and the GraphQL budget. It reads x-ratelimit-reset/retry-after, treats a GraphQL RATE_LIMITED answer as a limit, fails on a GraphQL errors list like gh api graphql did, supports ETag revalidation, and maps github.com, *.ghe.com and GHES API URLs. A pinned credential refuses to leave its host.

Expected impact

Old vs new architecture

Old (gh CLI)New (GitHub API)
Transportone gh subprocess per requestin-process HTTP
gh processes / hour~455~75 (settings check + gh auth token)
Credential per requestgh auth token + gh api user spawnedtoken cached 5 min, identity 10 min
Rate-limit guardGraphQL reads only; ~80 req/h (~20%) bypassed itevery request, REST and GraphQL
Exhausted quotaunguarded paths retried until resethost paused until x-ratelimit-reset / retry-after
GitHub's untyped "quota exceeded" GraphQL errorordinary failure, retriedtreated as a rate limit
Query cost visibilitynone (gh pr view ran hidden GraphQL)github.graphql.cost on every span
Tracinga gh process, no argumentsoperation, path, status, query + hash, rate-limit headers
Works without gh installednoyes, with GH_TOKEN

GraphQL points

What a call costs (measured, unchanged by this stack):

QueryPoints
Core PR detail (also checks, permissions)1
Viewer permissions1
Activity1
Review threads15
Preview1
Any REST call0 (separate REST quota)

Steady traffic, points per hour:

PathOldNewWhy
Detail, checks, sync, head lookups~150~150same queries, same count
Activity~24~12two sources merged into one query
gh pr view fallbacks + gh api user~90removed; identity is cached REST
Permission check per PR write31rare
Total~210/h~190/h~10% — about 4% of the 5,000/h budget either way

The retry storm

Normal traffic was never the problem. The branch → PR lookup ignored the guard and kept retrying an exhausted quota:

OldNew
"GitHub API rate limit exceeded" warnings84,501stops at the first refusal
Duration195 hours with errors, ~30 h continuous (Oct 4–6)at most one refused call per reset window
Peak / average~1,259/h peak, ~433/h average—
Effect on the accountquota held at 0 for every tool using itquota recovers at reset

Each storm stopped gives back the whole ~5,000 points/h budget. That is the win, not the ~20 points/h saved on normal traffic.

Measured on our own nightly install: 2.06 h of traces (213k spans), its boot log (Oct 4–6), and live rateLimit { cost } probes against #16320. The old code didn't record what each gh call was, so per-path counts come from span ancestry; treat them as rough. The new tracing records operation and GraphQL cost on every request, so the next measurement is a direct query.

Stack:

  1. #16319 transport ← this PR
  2. #16320 pull request layer on the API
  3. #16321 the rest of the server on the API
  4. #16322 account/host settings, fewer permission reads, wording

Tests: GitHubApi.test.ts, covering host mapping, env precedence, GraphQL errors, the rate-limit pause, 304 handling, a refused token being re-fetched, and pinned-host refusal.

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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

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CodexThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB−23 B (−1.9%)2.0 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket decoded20.9 KiB20.8 KiB−41 B (−0.2%)29.3 KiB✅
CodexLive turn messages21−1 (−50.0%)8✅
ClaudeTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB0 B (0.0%)6.8 KiB✅
ClaudeThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)2.0 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket decoded21.2 KiB21.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)29.3 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn messages220 (0.0%)8✅

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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.

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411+ acceptNotModified: false,
412+ graphql: true,
413+ });
414+ yield* budget.observe(host, response.body);
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graphql() treats a response truncated at 8 MiB as successful and returns its incomplete JSON prefix. Because response.truncated is ignored, budget.observe and graphqlErrors cannot distinguish this from a valid response, so callers receive malformed or incomplete data instead of a typed failure. Return a typed truncation error here or expose the truncation flag to callers.

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109+ })
110+ .pipe(
111+ Effect.map((output) => output.stdout.trim()),
112+ Effect.catch((error) =>
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fromGh reports every gh failure other than spawn NotFound as reason: "unauthenticated", so timeouts, permission/keychain failures, corrupt configuration, and command errors are hidden and users are incorrectly told to run gh auth login. Catch only the expected unauthenticated result (and NotFound); preserve or propagate other failures so callers can distinguish execution errors.

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A stalled GitHub response body is never timed out after httpClient.execute returns, so eight such responses can retain all gate permits indefinitely and block every later GitHub request. DEFAULT_TIMEOUT currently wraps only execute; apply the same timeout to collectUint8StreamText so body reads also release their permits.

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Walkthrough

The pull request adds host-aware GitHub credential lookup and a GitHub API service for REST and GraphQL requests. The service selects API URLs by host and handles credentials, rate limits, request limits, and responses.

Changes

GitHub API and credentials

Layer / File(s)Summary
Credential lookup and caching
apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCredentials.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.test.ts
The credential service selects environment tokens by host or falls back to gh auth token. It returns redacted credentials with fingerprints, caches lookup results, and supports invalidation. Tests cover environment-token selection and GitHub CLI credential errors.
API contracts and host binding
apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.test.ts
The API service defines REST and GraphQL request contracts and typed errors. It selects API URLs by host and rejects pinned credentials that do not match the request host. GitHubCli re-exports the shared pinned credential reference.
REST and GraphQL request handling
apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.test.ts
The service executes requests with concurrency, timeout, response-size, and rate-limit controls. It handles REST ETags and JSON parsing, classifies GraphQL and HTTP errors, and invalidates credentials after unauthorized responses. Tests cover rate limits, 304 responses, authentication refusal, and credential replacement.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid
1sequenceDiagram
2 participant Caller
3 participant GitHubApi
4 participant GitHubCredentials
5 participant GitHub
6 Caller->>GitHubApi: Submit REST or GraphQL request
7 GitHubApi->>GitHubCredentials: Get host credential
8 GitHubApi->>GitHub: Send authenticated request
9 GitHub-->>GitHubApi: Return response
10 GitHubApi-->>Caller: Return response or typed error

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1ae0d

The transport is not yet called by the server, so these defects have limited immediate reach. Correct the 401 classification and credential guidance before callers adopt it; isolate the credential tests from host environment settings.

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151+export const layer = Layer.effect(GitHubCredentials, make);
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  • apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCredentials.ts#L151-L151: wire layer into an application layer, or mark it @public.
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117+ ? ("cli-missing" as const)
118+ : "",
119+ ),
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Do not report every gh failure as unauthenticated.

This code turns every non-NotFound failure into "". That includes a timeout, a non-zero exit with a different cause, and a spawn permission error. The user then sees "run gh auth login" even when a login exists. The code also hides the underlying error as cause, which the guideline asks you to keep. Map only the gh auth token exit failure that means "no login" to unauthenticated. Carry other failures as a typed error with cause.

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8Update the error mapping in the `Effect.catch` handler for `gh auth token` so
9only the specific exit failure indicating no login becomes `unauthenticated`,
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123+ error.cause.reason._tag === "NotFound"
124+ ? new GitHubCliMissingError({ host })
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The mapper still reports every non-NotFound gh failure as GitHubNotSignedInError.

This change replaces the "" sentinel, but the behavior is the same. A timeout, a permission error, or a non-zero exit with another cause becomes GitHubNotSignedInError. The user is then told to run gh auth login even when a login exists. The mapper also drops the underlying VcsProcess error. The guidelines require that error to stay as cause.

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🟠 Major · Apply the timeout to response-body consumption. · GitHubApi.ts:312-324

apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts:312-324 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Apply the timeout to response-body consumption.

The 30-second timeout ends when httpClient.execute returns a response. If GitHub sends headers and then stalls its body, collectUint8StreamText can wait indefinitely while holding one of the eight permits. The collector also continues draining after its byte limit. Put a deadline around the complete request and body read, and stop consuming an HTTP body once the limit is reached. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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18- Line 88: Update GitHubApiResponseError so its message getter returns a fixed
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25recommend GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN for GHES hosts while retaining GH_TOKEN for
26github.com; keep the existing GitHub CLI guidance.
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32- Around line 312-324: Apply the 30-second deadline to the full request flow,
33including `httpClient.execute` and `collectUint8StreamText`, so stalled response
34bodies time out. Update `collectUint8StreamText` to stop consuming the stream as
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apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCredentials.tsline 39Outdated · aba872fOpen thread
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36+ { host: Schema.String },
37+) {
38+ override get message(): string {
39+ return `No GitHub credential for ${this.host}: set GH_TOKEN, or install the GitHub CLI and run \`gh auth login\`.`;
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Give GHES users the correct environment variable.

If gh is missing for a GHES host, this message recommends GH_TOKEN. environmentToken ignores GH_TOKEN for that host, so following the instruction does not restore access. Recommend GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN for GHES hosts. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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8Update the missing-credential message in GitHubCredentials to recommend
9GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN for GHES hosts while retaining GH_TOKEN for github.com; keep
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apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.test.tslines 227–230Outdated · aba872fOpen thread
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227+ GitHubCredentials.layer.pipe(
228+ Layer.provide(Layer.mock(VcsProcess.VcsProcess)({ run })),
229+ Layer.provide(NodeServices.layer),
230+ );
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Isolate the environment in the credential tests.

If a developer or CI sets GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN or GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN, GitHubCredentials.get uses that token and never calls the mocked VcsProcess. Both tests then fail for the wrong reason. Provide an empty HostProcessEnvironment in this test layer. As per coding guidelines: “Tests exercise behavior through the service, with test layers only for external dependencies.” (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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6Review comment at @apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.test.ts around lines
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8Update the shared test layer used by the GitHub credential tests to provide an
9empty HostProcessEnvironment, so GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN and GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN
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apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.tsline 88Outdated · aba872fOpen thread
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85+ graphqlErrors: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.Array(Schema.String)),
86+ },
87+) {
88+ override get message(): string {
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Keep raw GraphQL messages out of GitHubApiResponseError.

graphqlErrors stores response-supplied text, and message returns it verbatim. The GraphQL response body is capped at 8 MiB, so the text is not literally unbounded. That cap still permits raw payload text in structured error attributes and the displayed message. Use a fixed, safe message and keep the raw text only in cause.

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1--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts
2+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts
3@@
4- graphqlErrors: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.Array(Schema.String)),
5+ cause: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.Defect()),
6@@
7- return this.graphqlErrors !== undefined && this.graphqlErrors.length > 0
8- ? `GitHub returned an error: ${this.graphqlErrors.join("; ")}`
9- : `GitHub returned HTTP ${this.status}.`;
10+ return this.cause !== undefined
11+ ? `GitHub returned a GraphQL error (HTTP ${this.status}).`
12+ : `GitHub returned HTTP ${this.status}.`;
13@@
14- ...(messages === undefined ? {} : { graphqlErrors: messages }),
15+ ...(messages === undefined ? {} : { cause: new Error(messages.join("; ")) }),
16--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.test.ts
17+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.test.ts
18@@
19- expect(error.message).toContain("Resource not accessible");
20+ expect(error.message).toBe("GitHub returned a GraphQL error (HTTP 200).");
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6Review comment at @apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts at line 88:
7Update GitHubApiResponseError so its message getter returns a fixed safe GraphQL
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apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.tsline 49Outdated · aba872fOpen thread
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46+ { host: Schema.String, operation: Schema.String },
47+) {
48+ override get message(): string {
49+ return `GitHub refused the credential for ${this.host}. Run \`gh auth login --hostname ${this.host}\` and retry.`;
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Include environment tokens in the 401 recovery instruction.

If GH_TOKEN is invalid, invalidate clears the cache but the next lookup selects the same environment token. Running gh auth login cannot override that token, so this instruction leaves the user repeating the 401. Tell users to replace or unset the applicable environment token before suggesting gh auth login. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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6Review comment at @apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts at line 49:
7Update the 401 recovery message in the GitHub credential flow to tell users to
8replace or unset the applicable environment token, such as GH_TOKEN, before
9suggesting gh auth login for this.host.
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  • refactor(server): GitHub transport errors say it in message, hash with effect/Crypto, read the host env reference00ff7c7
  • refactor(server): GitHub credential and API failures are tagged errors, not reasons switched on01dc74e
  • fix(server): GitHub transport hardening from review914cfdd
  • feat(server): GitHub API transport that uses gh only for the tokenec9f830
  • fix(server): interactive GitHub requests go through a background rate-limit pausef452f90
  • chore(server): drop the unused restJson helperf4dd779
  • fix(server): a refused GitHub REST request says GitHub's reasonac627ca
apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCredentials.tslines 138–138Outdated · ac627caOpen thread
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135+ args: ["auth", "token", "--hostname", host],
136+ cwd: workingDirectory,
137+ // Never let gh print the token into a debug log.
138+ env: { GH_DEBUG: "", GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" },
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🔴 Critical sourceControl/GitHubCredentials.ts:138

gh auth token can return GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN for a non-GH_HOST enterprise remote, so get() may send that credential to a hostile host despite environmentToken() rejecting it. ProcessRunner merges this env object with the inherited environment; override both enterprise-token variables before invoking gh.

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1- env: { GH_DEBUG: "", GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" },
2+ env: {
3+ GH_DEBUG: "",
4+ GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1",
5+ GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN: "",
6+ GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN: "",
7+ },
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1In file @apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCredentials.ts around line 138:
2
3`gh auth token` can return `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` for a non-`GH_HOST` enterprise remote, so `get()` may send that credential to a hostile host despite `environmentToken()` rejecting it. `ProcessRunner` merges this `env` object with the inherited environment; override both enterprise-token variables before invoking `gh`.
apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.tsline 462Outdated · ac627caOpen thread
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459+
460+ const graphql: GitHubApi["Service"]["graphql"] = Effect.fn("GitHubApi.graphql")(
461+ function* (input) {
462+ const host = normalizeHost(input.host);
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graphql records budget and rate-limit state under the credential fingerprint resolved at line 463, but send performs a second credential lookup and may authenticate the request with a different token. After a concurrent invalidation or expiry, the request's usage is therefore attributed to the wrong credential, so later requests with the new token bypass its per-credential guard. Resolve the credential once and use the fingerprint from the credential that send actually authenticated with when providing the scope.

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3`graphql` records budget and rate-limit state under the credential fingerprint resolved at line 463, but `send` performs a second credential lookup and may authenticate the request with a different token. After a concurrent invalidation or expiry, the request's usage is therefore attributed to the wrong credential, so later requests with the new token bypass its per-credential guard. Resolve the credential once and use the fingerprint from the credential that `send` actually authenticated with when providing the scope.

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  • fix(server): an exhausted GraphQL quota pauses the host even without a RATE_LIMITED type1ae0ddc
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apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.tslines 282–284Outdated · 1ae0ddcOpen thread
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281+ (input.graphql && errors !== undefined && headers["x-ratelimit-remaining"] === "0") ||
282+ (input.graphql &&
283+ messages !== undefined &&
284+ messages.some((message) => /rate limit (already )?exceeded/i.test(message))) ||
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Give HTTP 401 precedence without removing GraphQL message detection.

A matching rate-limit message currently prevents GitHubApi.send from invalidating a refused credential. Check status === 401 before the rate-limit conditions.

Keep the message predicate. It supports HTTP 200 GraphQL errors that have no error type or quota header. The existing test combines the message with x-ratelimit-remaining: 0, so it does not cover that case.

🐛 Suggested fix
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1 const types = errors?.flatMap((error) => (error.type === undefined ? [] : [error.type])) ?? [];
2 const messages = errors?.flatMap((error) => (error.message === undefined ? [] : [error.message]));
3+ if (status === 401) return Answer.Unauthorized();
4 if (
5 status === 429 ||
6 types.includes("RATE_LIMITED") ||
7 // An exhausted GraphQL quota can answer HTTP 200 with an untyped "API rate limit already
8 // exceeded" error; the headers say the same thing.
9 (input.graphql && errors !== undefined && headers["x-ratelimit-remaining"] === "0") ||
10 (input.graphql &&
11 messages !== undefined &&
12 messages.some((message) => /rate limit (already )?exceeded/i.test(message))) ||
13 (status === 403 &&
14 (headers["x-ratelimit-remaining"] === "0" ||
15 headers["retry-after"] !== undefined ||
16 /rate limit/i.test(body)))
17 ) {
18 return Answer.RateLimited();
19 }
20- if (status === 401) return Answer.Unauthorized();
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8Update the status handling in GitHubApi.send to return Unauthorized for status
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549+ : input.query,
550+ });
551+ return yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
552+ const query = yield* budget.query(
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A cancelled or queued GraphQL call consumes its estimated cost from GitHubGraphQlBudget even when it never acquires the 8-request semaphore or sends a network request, so later reads can fail with SourceControlRateLimitPausedError until GitHub's reset. budget.query runs before send acquires the permit and has no rollback; acquire the semaphore before reserving the budget, or make the reservation rollback when the request is cancelled.

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