@aicopycoders/exodus 2026.10.1700 → 2026.10.1701-beta.1

package/dist/commands/video.d.ts

@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ export type RunStop = {
     repair?: true;
     nodeId?: string;
     step?: string;
+    workerStopped?: true;
 } | {
     at: "finished";
     status: string;

package/dist/commands/video.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { apiGet, apiPost, getDashboardUrl } from "../lib/client.js";
 import { displayRunStatus, formatApiError } from "../lib/format.js";
+import { isWorkerStoppedPark } from "../lib/runStatus.js";
 import { missingRouteLine } from "../lib/route-support.js";
 import { hasBinary } from "../lib/preflight.js";
 import { ASSET_UPLOAD_POLICY, pauseAheadLine, } from "./workflow.js";
@@ -411,6 +412,8 @@ export function classifyRun(run) {
     if (run.isTerminal)
         return { at: "finished", status: run.status };
     if (isAwaitingApproval(run.status)) {
+        if (isWorkerStoppedPark(run))
+            return { at: "failed", repair: true, workerStopped: true };
         if (run.pauseReason === "repair") {
             const deadNode = run.nodes.find((n) => n.status === "failed");
             const why = deadNode?.error ?? run.error;
@@ -591,6 +594,13 @@ export function stopLines(stop, runId, runUrl) {
         ];
     }
     if (stop.at === "failed") {
+        if (stop.workerStopped) {
+            return [
+                "The worker making this ad stopped partway. Finished steps are kept.",
+                `Carry on from where it stopped: exodus workflow repair ${runId} retry`,
+                `Or open the run:                ${runUrl}`,
+            ];
+        }
         if (stop.repair) {
             if (!stop.step) {
                 return [
@@ -2043,9 +2053,11 @@ export async function statusFlow(runId, json, deps) {
         row[item.itemKind] = item;
         byScene.set(item.sceneIndex, row);
     }
-    const headline = stop.at === "failed" && stop.repair
-        ? `Ad run ${runId} — Stopped, a step failed`
-        : `Ad run ${runId} — ${displayRunStatus(run.status)}`;
+    const headline = stop.at === "failed" && stop.workerStopped
+        ? `Ad run ${runId} — Stopped, its worker went quiet`
+        : stop.at === "failed" && stop.repair
+            ? `Ad run ${runId} — Stopped, a step failed`
+            : `Ad run ${runId} — ${displayRunStatus(run.status)}`;
     const lines = [
         headline,
         ...(carryingOn(run) ? [CARRYING_ON_LINE] : []),

package/dist/commands/workflow.d.ts

@@ -508,7 +508,9 @@ interface RunFlowOptions {
     onProgressLine?: (line: string) => void;
     onWarningLine?: (line: string) => void;
 }
-export declare function formatPauseNotice(pauseReason: WorkflowPauseReason | undefined, runId: string, dashboardUrl: string): string[];
+export declare function formatPauseNotice(pauseReason: WorkflowPauseReason | undefined, runId: string, dashboardUrl: string, { workerStopped }?: {
+    workerStopped?: boolean;
+}): string[];
 export declare function parseRawInputFlags(occurrences: FlagOccurrence[]): Record<string, string>;
 export declare function parseInputFlags(occurrences: FlagOccurrence[], readFile?: (path: string) => string): Record<string, string>;
 export declare const ASSET_UPLOAD_POLICY: Record<WorkflowMediaType, {

package/dist/commands/workflow.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import nodePath from "node:path";
 import { apiGet, apiGetText, apiPost, apiPostDashboard, getDashboardUrl, } from "../lib/client.js";
 import { formatApiError } from "../lib/format.js";
 import { pollUntilDone } from "../lib/poll.js";
-import { normalizeRunStatus, isTerminalRunStatus, storedWorkflowStatusForms, TERMINAL_RUN_STATUSES, } from "../lib/runStatus.js";
+import { normalizeRunStatus, isTerminalRunStatus, storedWorkflowStatusForms, isWorkerStoppedPark, TERMINAL_RUN_STATUSES, } from "../lib/runStatus.js";
 import { runVerdict } from "../lib/runVerdict.js";
 import { runDisplayName, runHeadingWord, runTypeWord } from "../lib/runNames.js";
 import { workflowToYaml, parseWorkflowText } from "../lib/workflowText.js";
@@ -354,9 +354,11 @@ Notes:
   its own box on the canvas, sitting on a wire between two steps, so the diagram
   shows exactly where a run will stop. A require-all collector that stalled
   on a dead input is a "repair" park — retry it, skip the dead input, or kill the
-  run. A nested sub-workflow waiting on inputs is a "slots" park — answer it with
-  repeatable --slot key=value flags (run "answer" with no --slot to list the slot
-  ids it wants). The "gate" verbs retired in 2.0 along with the Gate node — the
+  run. A run whose worker stopped partway is also a "repair" park, with nothing
+  dead in it: retry carries it on from where it stopped and keeps every finished
+  step, and skip is refused. (#3820) A nested sub-workflow waiting on inputs is a
+  "slots" park — answer it with repeatable --slot key=value flags (run "answer"
+  with no --slot to list the slot ids it wants). The "gate" verbs retired in 2.0 along with the Gate node — the
   command now prints a pointer at "checkpoint" and exits 1.
 `.trim();
 export function formatRulesLine(provenance) {
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@ function gateParkedNodeId(status, pauseReason, pausedNodeId) {
 }
 const RETIRED_GATE_VERB_POINTER = "The Gate node retired in 2.0 — runs now pause at a Checkpoint box on the canvas. " +
     "Use: exodus workflow checkpoint <runId> [approve|edit|retry|cancel]";
-export function formatPauseNotice(pauseReason, runId, dashboardUrl) {
+export function formatPauseNotice(pauseReason, runId, dashboardUrl, { workerStopped = false } = {}) {
     if (!pauseReason) {
         return [
             "  ⏸ paused at the cost gate — approve or edit the storyboard in the web app to continue.",
@@ -591,6 +593,13 @@ export function formatPauseNotice(pauseReason, runId, dashboardUrl) {
             "     Then run the workflow again.",
         ];
     }
+    if (pauseReason === "repair" && workerStopped) {
+        return [
+            "  ⏸ the worker stopped partway — retry carries on from where it stopped, finished steps are kept.",
+            `     Resolve here:  exodus workflow repair ${runId} retry|kill`,
+            `     Or in the app: ${dashboardUrl}${RUN_PAGE_PREFIX}${runId}`,
+        ];
+    }
     const resolveVerb = pauseReason === "repair"
         ? `exodus workflow repair ${runId} retry|skip|kill`
         : `exodus workflow answer ${runId} --slot key=value`;
@@ -2121,7 +2130,12 @@ async function waitForRun(runId, opts, deps) {
                 pausedNotified = true;
                 const dashboardUrl = deps.dashboardUrl ?? getDashboardUrl();
                 const pauseReason = raw["pauseReason"];
-                for (const line of formatPauseNotice(pauseReason, runId, dashboardUrl)) {
+                const workerStopped = isWorkerStoppedPark({
+                    status: raw["status"],
+                    pauseReason,
+                    error: raw["error"],
+                });
+                for (const line of formatPauseNotice(pauseReason, runId, dashboardUrl, { workerStopped })) {
                     opts.onProgressLine(line);
                 }
             }
@@ -2996,6 +3010,10 @@ export async function repairFlow(runId, action, opts, deps) {
     const pf = await preflightPark(runId, "repair", verb, opts.json, deps);
     if (!pf.ok)
         return pf.result;
+    if (action === "skip" && isWorkerStoppedPark(pf.run)) {
+        return errLine(`Run ${runId} has nothing to skip — its worker stopped partway. ` +
+            `Carry on from where it stopped (finished steps are kept): exodus workflow repair ${runId} retry`, opts.json);
+    }
     if (action === "kill") {
         const res = await deps.post(CANCEL_PATH, { runId });
         if (!res.ok)

package/dist/lib/runStatus.d.ts

@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ export declare function workflowRunPresentation(rawStatus: string | null | undef
     tone: RunStatusTone;
     detail?: string;
 };
+export declare const WORKER_STOPPED_PARK_ERROR = "timeout-zombie-sweep: worker stopped heartbeating; finished steps are kept";
+export declare function isWorkerStoppedPark(run: {
+    status?: string | null;
+    pauseReason?: string | null;
+    error?: string | null;
+}): boolean;

package/dist/lib/runStatus.js

@@ -137,3 +137,9 @@ export function workflowRunPresentation(rawStatus, pauseReason) {
         detail,
     };
 }
+export const WORKER_STOPPED_PARK_ERROR = "timeout-zombie-sweep: worker stopped heartbeating; finished steps are kept";
+export function isWorkerStoppedPark(run) {
+    return (normalizeRunStatus(run.status) === "awaiting-approval" &&
+        run.pauseReason === "repair" &&
+        run.error === WORKER_STOPPED_PARK_ERROR);
+}

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aicopycoders/exodus",
-  "version": "2026.10.1700",
+  "version": "2026.10.1701-beta.1",
   "description": "CLI + Claude Code skills for the Copycoders Exodus ad pipeline",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",