fix(runner): only fail a run on denied write tools with a worktree

src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs

@@ -496,13 +496,18 @@ public sealed class TaskRunner
         // downgrade to interactive "default" (see PermissionModeResolver). Left alone this
         // lands as a normal WaitingForReview with an empty diff, and a reviewer sees only
         // that emptiness with no clue why. Surface it as a failure instead.
-        if (!committed && result.PermissionDenials.Count > 0)
+        //
+        // Narrow on purpose. It only fires when a worktree exists (a sandbox run has no diff
+        // whose emptiness could mean anything) and only for denied WRITE tools: a research task
+        // that legitimately changes nothing, or one that had a single Bash call denied, is a
+        // successful run and must not be reported as "all edits blocked".
+        var deniedWrites = result.PermissionDenials.Where(IsWriteTool).Distinct().ToList();
+        if (wtCtx is not null && !committed && deniedWrites.Count > 0)
         {
-            var tools = string.Join(", ", result.PermissionDenials.Distinct());
             await MarkFailed(
                 task.Id, task.Title, slot,
-                $"All edits were blocked by permission denials ({tools}) and nothing was changed. " +
-                "Check the run's permission mode (get_effective_run_config).",
+                $"All edits were blocked by permission denials ({string.Join(", ", deniedWrites)}) and nothing " +
+                "was changed. Check the run's permission mode (get_effective_run_config).",
                 result.TurnCount);
             return;
         }
@@ -578,6 +583,15 @@ public sealed class TaskRunner
         }
     }
 
+    // Tools whose denial means the run could not change files. Everything else (Bash, WebFetch,
+    // an MCP tool, …) can be denied in a perfectly successful run, so it must not mark one failed.
+    private static readonly HashSet<string> WriteTools = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+    {
+        "Edit", "Write", "MultiEdit", "NotebookEdit", "Update",
+    };
+
+    internal static bool IsWriteTool(string toolName) => WriteTools.Contains(toolName);
+
     /// <summary>Classifies the CLI's raw <c>terminal_reason</c> into the small, MCP-facing enum
     /// (<c>max_turns|timeout|error</c>) get_task/batch_get_tasks report as failureReason.
     /// "cancelled" is set explicitly at the call sites that know it (there's no CLI signal for it).</summary>

tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/PermissionDenialFailureTests.cs

@@ -134,6 +134,60 @@ public sealed class PermissionDenialFailureTests : IDisposable
         }
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Success_withNonWriteDenial_andNoChanges_stillWaitsForReview()
+    {
+        if (!GitRepoFixture.IsGitAvailable()) { Assert.True(true, "git not available -- skipping"); return; }
+        var repo = new GitRepoFixture(); _repos.Add(repo);
+        var db = new DbFixture(); _dbs.Add(db);
+        var dbFactory = db.CreateFactory();
+        var tempDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"cd_permdenial_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(tempDir);
+        var cfg = new WorkerConfig { SandboxRoot = tempDir, LogRoot = tempDir, WorktreeRootStrategy = "sibling" };
+
+        using (var ctx = db.CreateContext())
+        {
+            ctx.Lists.Add(new ListEntity { Id = "l1", Name = "L", WorkingDir = repo.RepoDir, CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow });
+            ctx.Tasks.Add(new TaskEntity
+            {
+                Id = "t1", ListId = "l1", Title = "Investigate something", CommitType = "chore",
+                Status = TaskStatus.Idle, CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+            });
+            await ctx.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+
+        // A research task that legitimately changes nothing and had one non-write tool denied.
+        // "no commit + some denial" must NOT be read as "all edits were blocked".
+        var fake = new FakeClaudeProcess((_, _, _, _, _) => Task.FromResult(new RunResult
+        {
+            ExitCode = 0,
+            ResultMarkdown = "Investigated; no changes needed. One command was not permitted.",
+            PermissionDenials = new[] { "Bash" },
+        }));
+        var state = TaskStateServiceBuilder.Build(dbFactory).State;
+        var wt = new WorktreeManager(new GitService(), dbFactory, cfg, NullLogger<WorktreeManager>.Instance);
+        var runner = new TaskRunner(fake, dbFactory, new HubBroadcaster(new CapturingHubContext()), wt,
+            new ClaudeArgsBuilder(), cfg, NullLogger<TaskRunner>.Instance, state, new TaskRunTokenRegistry(),
+            new AttachmentStore(), new FakeSessionSkillSeeder(), new FakeTranscriptUsageReader());
+
+        try
+        {
+            using (var ctx = db.CreateContext())
+                await runner.RunAsync((await new TaskRepository(ctx).GetByIdAsync("t1"))!, "slot-1", CancellationToken.None);
+
+            using var verify = db.CreateContext();
+            var task = (await new TaskRepository(verify).GetByIdAsync("t1"))!;
+            Assert.Equal(TaskStatus.WaitingForReview, task.Status);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            using var ctx = db.CreateContext();
+            var wtRow = await new WorktreeRepository(ctx).GetByTaskIdAsync("t1");
+            if (wtRow is not null) _cleanups.Add((repo.RepoDir, wtRow.Path));
+            try { Directory.Delete(tempDir, true); } catch { }
+        }
+    }
+
     public void Dispose()
     {
         foreach (var (repoDir, wtPath) in _cleanups)