After a restart, threads with active turns stayed on "Working" for about 9 minutes with no provider process (#25962). The effect daemon has 4 workers shared by every effect type. A title generation can run for up to about 546 s (180 s CLI timeout × 3 tries), and restart recovery requeues title generations. Five of them took all four workers, so the threads' provider-turn.start effects were not claimed until a title finished.
Reproduced on main with a dev server: the text-generation CLI was a stand-in whose exec never returns. Titles were regenerated on four threads, then a follow-up was sent. All four workers were running titles, and the follow-up's provider-turn.start was still pending 20 s later, with the thread starting and no reply.
The daemon now runs at most concurrency - 1 title generations at a time (3 of the default 4 workers). Every other effect type always has a worker. The cap is part of the shared claim predicate in EffectOutbox.ts, so claimNext and nextClaimableAt both apply it. A title held back by the cap neither gets claimed nor reports a past deadline, so idle workers sleep until a running title settles and wakes them. The count runs inside the atomic claim UPDATE, so concurrent workers cannot exceed the cap. With one worker there is no cap, as before. drain, runRecoveryOnce and direct runOnce() callers keep today's uncapped behaviour.
Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#25962
starts a provider turn while slow title generations are running (FoundationPersistence.test.ts) runs the daemon with three blocked title generations and asserts a provider-turn.start still runs. It fails on main with provider-turn.start was never claimed: thread title generations occupied every effect worker, and passes here.holds pending titles at the running-title cap without waking idle workers asserts that a capped title is not claimed and that nextClaimableAt returns none for it. It fails if the cap is dropped from nextClaimableAt, which would otherwise make idle workers re-poll every 25 ms.vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 3 packages, 7 test files.T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0), using the same scenario. Turns ran on Claude Haiku, and title generation went to a stand-in Codex CLI whose exec hangs:Before, main 67661cfbb5:
| 1 | == before 67661cfbb5 03:18:57 regenerate titles on 4 threads (fake codex exec hangs) |
| 2 | == 03:19:00 t3 thread send mcp:98c7d725-8f6a-4e86-a8af-bf3edc01e21a 'Reply with only the word again' |
| 3 | Sent. |
| 4 | == 03:19:25 outbox, 20 s after the send |
| 5 | rowid thread effect_type status attempts created completed |
| 6 | ----- ------------ --------------------- ------- -------- ------------ --------- |
| 7 | 9 mcp:98c7d725 thread-title.generate running 1 03:18:43.878 |
| 8 | 10 mcp:98c7d725 thread-title.generate pending 0 03:18:57.413 |
| 9 | 11 mcp:cd45e4cc thread-title.generate running 1 03:18:57.599 |
| 10 | 12 mcp:e642a9b0 thread-title.generate running 1 03:18:57.752 |
| 11 | 13 mcp:4a134f19 thread-title.generate running 1 03:18:57.911 |
| 12 | 14 mcp:98c7d725 provider-turn.start pending 0 03:19:05.177 |
| 13 | == 03:19:31 t3 thread show (main) |
| 14 | Reply with only the word ok (1) |
| 15 | mcp:98c7d725-8f6a-4e86-a8af-bf3edc01e21a starting claudeAgent/claude-haiku-5-5 |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [assistant] |
| 18 | ok |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [user] |
| 21 | Reply with only the word again |
| 22 | == provider sessions |
| 23 | auth_sessions |
| 24 | orchestration_v2_projection_provider_session_bindings |
| 25 | orchestration_v2_projection_provider_sessions |
| 26 | projection_thread_sessions |
| 27 | provider_session_runtime |
After, 7a973e09c0, the fix commit; the later commits on this branch add a test and merge main:
| 1 | == after 7a973e09c0 03:16:20 regenerate titles on 4 threads (fake codex exec hangs) |
| 2 | == 03:16:23 t3 thread send mcp:d7cace28-d32b-44a8-8a9f-eac9c278d46f 'Reply with only the word again' |
| 3 | Sent. |
| 4 | == 03:16:48 outbox, 20 s after the send |
| 5 | rowid thread effect_type status attempts created completed |
| 6 | ----- ------------ --------------------- --------- -------- ------------ ------------ |
| 7 | 9 mcp:d7cace28 thread-title.generate running 1 03:16:05.442 |
| 8 | 10 mcp:d7cace28 thread-title.generate pending 0 03:16:20.374 |
| 9 | 11 mcp:f407cec7 thread-title.generate running 1 03:16:20.529 |
| 10 | 12 mcp:f1b9a763 thread-title.generate running 1 03:16:20.670 |
| 11 | 13 mcp:06a59adf thread-title.generate pending 0 03:16:20.801 |
| 12 | 14 mcp:d7cace28 provider-turn.start succeeded 1 03:16:27.941 03:16:28.039 |
| 13 | 15 mcp:d7cace28 checkpoint.capture succeeded 1 03:16:29.817 03:16:30.279 |
Implemented with Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code, T3 Code issue flow), reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5.
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Verdict: Approved at fb471f6
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Limits concurrent title generation so slow requests leave worker capacity available for turn work. The change is confined to scheduling and polling, preserving queued work and existing recovery mechanisms.
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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.
| Provider | Metric | Main baseline | This PR | Impact | PR ceiling | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codex | Total thread wire | 5.0 KiB | 5.0 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 6.8 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Thread snapshot wire | 3.8 KiB | 3.8 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 4.9 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn WebSocket wire | 1.2 KiB | 1.2 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 2.0 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn WebSocket decoded | 21.5 KiB | 21.5 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 24.4 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn messages | 1 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 8 | ✅ |
| Claude | Total thread wire | 5.0 KiB | 5.0 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 6.8 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Thread snapshot wire | 3.8 KiB | 3.8 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 4.9 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn WebSocket wire | 1.2 KiB | 1.2 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 2.0 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn WebSocket decoded | 21.9 KiB | 21.9 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 24.4 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn messages | 1 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 8 | ✅ |
Baseline: b883156 · PR result: fb471f6 · Source CI: success
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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The outbox now supports an optional limit on concurrently running title-generation effects. The worker daemon passes the limit to claim and deadline queries when concurrency exceeds one. Tests cover title-generation limits, provider-turn scheduling, and updated worker method calls.
Changes: Title-generation scheduling
| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
|---|---|
Outbox claim and deadline filtering apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectOutbox.ts | claimNext and nextClaimableAt accept an optional title-generation limit. The outbox applies it to title-generation candidates based on the number of currently running title-generation effects. |
Worker filter propagation apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectWorker.ts | The worker accepts claim filters and forwards them to the outbox. When concurrency exceeds one, the daemon sets the title-generation limit to concurrency minus one and uses it for claims and deadline lookups. |
Scheduling tests and method call sites apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/*, apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup*.test.ts | Persistence tests cover capped title-generation claims, provider-turn scheduling, and deadline results. Tests and mocks call runOnce and nextClaimableAt as functions. |
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes
Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium
| 1 | sequenceDiagram |
| 2 | participant EffectWorkerDaemon |
| 3 | participant OrchestrationEffectWorkerV2 |
| 4 | participant EffectOutboxV2 |
| 5 | EffectWorkerDaemon->>OrchestrationEffectWorkerV2: runOnce with title-generation limit |
| 6 | OrchestrationEffectWorkerV2->>EffectOutboxV2: claimNext with limit |
| 7 | EffectOutboxV2-->>OrchestrationEffectWorkerV2: claimable effect |
| 8 | EffectWorkerDaemon->>OrchestrationEffectWorkerV2: nextClaimableAt with same limit |
| 9 | OrchestrationEffectWorkerV2->>EffectOutboxV2: nextClaimableAt with limit |
| 10 | EffectOutboxV2-->>OrchestrationEffectWorkerV2: next claimable time |
Possibly related issues
Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, yash-singh1
fb471The scheduling change appears mergeable, but the provider-turn regression test should await its milestone directly to follow the project’s testing rules.
| Check name | Status | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Title check | Passed | The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing slow title generations from occupying all effect workers. |
| Description check | Passed | The description is detailed and covers the problem, implementation, scope, verification results, limitations, and issue reference. The scope section does not include an explicit maintainer approval co… |
| Linked Issues check | Passed | The changes address the server-side starvation in issue #25962. EffectWorker.ts limits daemon title-generation claims to concurrency - 1 when more than one worker exists. EffectOutbox.ts applies… |
| Out of Scope Changes check | Passed | The reviewed changes stay within issue #25962. Production changes modify effect-worker and outbox scheduling. Test call-site updates support the changed method signatures. The new persistence tests ve… |
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The description is detailed and covers the problem, implementation, scope, verification results, limitations, and issue reference. The scope section does not include an explicit maintainer approval comment or an exemption rationale, but the rest of the required information is substantially complete.
Explanation
The changes address the server-side starvation in issue #25962. EffectWorker.ts limits daemon title-generation claims to concurrency - 1 when more than one worker exists. EffectOutbox.ts applies the limit in both claimNext and nextClaimableAt, and the running-count check is part of the atomic claim predicate. This leaves a worker for provider-turn.start and prevents repeated polling for capped titles. The added FoundationPersistence.test.ts coverage checks provider-turn progress and cap behavior. Single-worker, recovery, and direct runOnce() behavior remains uncapped.
Explanation
The reviewed changes stay within issue #25962. Production changes modify effect-worker and outbox scheduling. Test call-site updates support the changed method signatures. The new persistence tests verify the scheduling behavior. No unrelated UI or production feature changes are present.
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2953-2961: External image Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low valueThe test uses a timeout inside
it.effect.
Effect.timeoutOption(Duration.seconds(1))plusTestClock.adjustworks as a test-clock bound. It is still a timeout-based wait. The testing guidelines say tests should await a persisted event orDeferredmilestone and should not depend on timeouts. Consider asserting throughDeferred.await(turnStarted)directly. If the claim never happens, the project test timeout catches the failure. This removes the timeout and the extra fiber.As per path instructions, changed tests must follow docs/internals/testing.md, which says to avoid per-test timeouts and to await the
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Worker
runOncetype does not expose the claim filter that the implementation accepts.The interface declares
runOncewith onlymaxRunningTitleGenerations. The implementation takes aClaimFilter, which also includesexcludeRestartContinuations. The daemon passesclaimLimits, which is compatible, so nothing breaks now. The interface andClaimFiltercan drift apart. UseClaimFilterin the interface so the public contract matches the implementation.Proposed change
1 - readonly runOnce: (input?: { 2 - readonly maxRunningTitleGenerations?: number; 3 - }) => Effect.Effect<boolean, OrchestrationEffectWorkerError>; 4 + readonly runOnce: ( 5 + filter?: ClaimFilter, 6 + ) => Effect.Effect<boolean, OrchestrationEffectWorkerError>;
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| 8 | @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/FoundationPersistence.test.ts: |
| 9 | - Around line 2953-2961: Update the test’s wait on the turnStarted Deferred to |
| 10 | await the milestone directly, removing the timeout, forkScoped wrapper, and |
| 11 | TestClock.adjust call. Replace the Option-based assertion with an assertion |
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Web client, Chromium, 1280×800, light theme; fresh synthetic data on each commit. Stall title generation, regenerate titles on four threads, then send a follow-up in a fifth existing conversation.
Proven: the scenario fails on base and passes on head. Base remained Working without a reply for the 15-second observation; head replied while title requests remained outstanding.
| Before | After | |
|---|---|---|
| Commit | b883156e26 | fb471f6d0a |
| Follow-up | Before: stuck Working | After: reply received |
| Recording | Before interaction | After interaction |
Scenario source. Title latency was supplied by a stalled subprocess; conversations used replay. AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
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