preview_merge could only see file-overlap cleanliness via git merge-tree, never
whether the result compiles -- the two costliest findings of the 2026-08-06 batch
run were both merge-tree-clean but build-broken. When a list has a verify command
configured, a clean preview is now additionally materialized (via a commit-tree +
detached scratch worktree, outside the real repo, always cleaned up) and
built/tested there, without ever touching the real working tree.
preview_merge always attempts a verify run when a command is configured;
preview_merge_set only does when its new runVerify parameter is set (default off),
so a set preview never starts N builds unasked. The post-merge verify gate is
unchanged.
TaskStateService.CancelAsync allowed cancelling a WaitingForReview task
even while PlanningMergeOrchestrator was mid-drain on it: ApproveReview
awaits the whole multi-subtask merge synchronously, so a concurrent
CancelReview (UI or MCP) could flip the parent to Cancelled while the
orchestrator kept merging children onto the target branch, then
FinalizeParentDoneAsync would find the parent no longer WaitingForReview
and give up - leaving the merged diffs stranded with no rollback.
CancelAsync now rejects with a clear reason when HasActiveMerge(taskId)
is true. TaskStateService can't take PlanningMergeOrchestrator as a
direct constructor dependency (circular back to ITaskStateService), so
it takes a lazily-resolved Func<IActiveMergeState> instead, mirroring
the existing Func<ITaskStateService> cycle-break already used for
PlanningChainCoordinator.
UI polish: DetailsIslandViewModel.IsMergeDraining gates
CancelReviewCommand's CanExecute (same shape as
WorktreesOverviewModalViewModel.IsMerging), and the command's catch now
raises ErrorReported instead of swallowing the rejection silently.
review_task/continue_merge on a planning parent always leaves conflicts in
the tree, and the UI auto-opened the resolver on every PlanningMergeConflict
broadcast regardless of who started the merge -- so a running Claude session
resolving a unit-merge conflict could race a human editing the same shared
checkout in a resolver window neither of them asked for.
PlanningMergeOrchestrator.StartAsync now takes an externallyDriven flag (set
by ExternalMcpService's MCP-driven review_task path, left false for the UI's
ApproveReview) that rides along on the PlanningMergeConflict broadcast. The
UI only auto-opens the resolver when it's false; otherwise it shows a
persistent banner with a manual "Open resolver" button, cleared on
PlanningMergeAborted/PlanningCompleted. A new GetActiveExternalConflictsAsync
query (checked against GitService.IsMidMergeAsync rather than the in-memory
flag alone) lets the UI resync the banner on reconnect instead of trusting a
one-shot broadcast that isn't replayed after a restart.
The childless single-task conflict path was checked and needed no change --
it only broadcasts the generic TaskUpdated, never PlanningMergeConflict.
preview_merge/preview_merge_set now report isEmpty (ahead==0, or
HandlerBaseCommit==HandlerHeadCommit for a worktree-less list-handler
task) instead of leaving an empty branch indistinguishable from a small
one. preview_merge also stops throwing for worktree-less handler tasks,
falling back to their fixed commit range. review_task's parent approve
returns emptyChildren, naming the Done children whose review range
contributed nothing before the unit merge lands. TaskRefDto/TaskDto now
expose roadblockCount so a CLAUDEDO_BLOCKED child is identifiable over
MCP, since it still reaches Done per the unified parent model.
review-merge: worktree-less approvals run the gate too, and all three UI merge
entry points handle verify_failed explicitly.
Ui gotchas: NumericUpDown.Value is decimal? and nulls while the box is empty.
mika kuns