@swarmclawai/swarmclaw 1.8.12 → 1.9.1

package/README.md

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
   <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/main/public/branding/swarmclaw-org-avatar.png" alt="SwarmClaw lobster logo" width="120" />
 </p>
 
-<p align="center"><strong>Self-hosted runtime for autonomous AI agents.</strong> Multi-provider, MCP-native, with memory, skills, delegation, and schedules.</p>
+<p align="center"><strong>The self-hosted AI agent runtime and multi-agent framework for autonomous agents.</strong> Open-source agent swarms with durable agent memory, MCP tools, skills, delegation, schedules, and 23+ LLM providers — a practical Claude Code and LangChain alternative.</p>
 
 <p align="center">
   <img src="doc/assets/screenshots/org-chart.png" alt="SwarmClaw org chart with delegation and live agent activity" width="900" />
 </p>
 
-SwarmClaw is a self-hosted AI runtime for OpenClaw and multi-agent work. It helps you run autonomous agents and orchestrators with heartbeats, schedules, delegation, memory, runtime skills, and reviewed conversation-to-skill learning across OpenClaw gateways and other providers.
+SwarmClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI agent runtime and multi-agent framework. Run autonomous AI agents, agent swarms, and orchestrators with heartbeats, schedules, delegation, agent memory, runtime skills, and reviewed conversation-to-skill learning — across OpenClaw gateways, Claude, GPT, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, and 23+ other providers. Use it as your AI agent dashboard, agent orchestration platform, and home base for self-hosted multi-agent AI workflows.
 
 GitHub: https://github.com/swarmclawai/swarmclaw  
 Docs: https://swarmclaw.ai/docs  
@@ -399,6 +399,23 @@ Operational docs: https://swarmclaw.ai/docs/observability
 
 ## Releases
 
+### v1.9.1 Highlights
+
+Task execution workspace release: the first Paperclip-style work-control slice for task-scoped workspaces, preview handoffs, and liveness evidence.
+
+- **Task-scoped execution workspaces.** Tasks can now provision a deterministic workspace under the SwarmClaw workspace root, preserving source cwd and project context while creating a task-local README for artifacts and handoffs.
+- **Preview and runtime metadata.** Tasks can carry preview links and runtime services, and the task board surfaces those links directly on task cards and sheets.
+- **Liveness snapshots.** Task list/read responses now compute blocked, queued, stale, retrying, ready, and terminal liveness states so operators can see why work is stopped or ready to run.
+- **Browser smoke coverage.** The browser smoke now creates a workspace-backed task and verifies the task board renders the workspace and liveness chips.
+
+### v1.8.13 Highlights
+
+Task retry and host execute hotfix for issues [#68](https://github.com/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/issues/68) and [#69](https://github.com/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/issues/69).
+
+- **Per-agent host execute.** Agents configured with `executeConfig.backend = "host"` now pass that setting into the runtime `execute` tool, so `persistent=true` uses the documented host backend.
+- **Scheduled task validation.** Schedule-created tasks no longer get auto-classified as implementation tasks for quality gates unless they explicitly opt into a task quality gate.
+- **Retry loop guard.** A task that fails again with the same retry reason is dead-lettered instead of spending another run on identical work.
+
 ### v1.8.12 Highlights
 
 Gateway Fleet Command release: SwarmClaw now treats OpenClaw gateways as an operator surface instead of a background provider detail.

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@swarmclawai/swarmclaw",
-  "version": "1.8.12",
+  "version": "1.9.1",
   "description": "Build and run autonomous AI agents with OpenClaw, Hermes, multiple model providers, orchestration, delegation, memory, skills, schedules, and chat connectors.",
   "main": "electron-dist/main.js",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "test:cli": "node --test src/cli/*.test.js bin/*.test.js scripts/electron-after-pack.test.mjs scripts/postinstall.test.mjs scripts/run-next-build.test.mjs scripts/run-next-typegen.test.mjs",
     "test:setup": "tsx --test src/app/api/setup/check-provider/route.test.ts src/lib/server/provider-model-discovery.test.ts src/components/auth/setup-wizard/utils.test.ts src/components/auth/setup-wizard/types.test.ts src/hooks/setup-done-detection.test.ts src/lib/setup-defaults.test.ts src/lib/server/storage-auth.test.ts src/lib/server/storage-auth-docker.test.ts",
     "test:openclaw": "tsx --test src/lib/openclaw/openclaw-agent-id.test.ts src/lib/openclaw/openclaw-endpoint.test.ts src/lib/server/agents/agent-runtime-config.test.ts src/lib/server/build-llm.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/connector-routing.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/openclaw.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/swarmdock.test.ts src/lib/server/gateway/protocol.test.ts src/lib/server/gateways/gateway-topology.test.ts src/lib/server/llm-response-cache.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-conformance.test.ts src/lib/server/openclaw/agent-resolver.test.ts src/lib/server/openclaw/deploy.test.ts src/lib/server/openclaw/skills-normalize.test.ts src/lib/server/session-tools/openclaw-nodes.test.ts src/lib/server/session-tools/swarmdock.test.ts src/lib/server/tasks/task-quality-gate.test.ts src/lib/server/tasks/task-validation.test.ts src/lib/server/tool-capability-policy.test.ts src/lib/providers/openai.test.ts src/lib/providers/openclaw-exports.test.ts src/app/api/gateways/topology-route.test.ts src/app/api/openclaw/dashboard-url/route.test.ts",
-    "test:runtime": "tsx --test src/lib/a2a/agent-card.test.ts src/lib/strip-internal-metadata.test.ts src/lib/provider-sets.test.ts src/lib/providers/opencode-cli.test.ts src/lib/providers/cli-provider-metadata.test.ts src/lib/providers/cli-utils.test.ts src/lib/providers/generic-cli.test.ts src/lib/server/cli-provider-readiness.test.ts src/lib/server/provider-health.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-gateway-runtime.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-connection-pool.test.ts src/lib/server/knowledge-sources.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-execution-grounding.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-turn-preparation.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/iteration-timers.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/post-stream-finalization.test.ts src/lib/server/chats/clear-undo-snapshots.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/email.test.ts src/lib/server/protocols/protocol-service.test.ts src/lib/server/runtime/run-ledger.test.ts src/lib/server/runs/run-brief.test.ts src/lib/server/operations/operation-pulse.test.ts src/lib/server/artifacts/artifact-resolver.test.ts src/lib/server/observability/otel-config.test.ts src/lib/server/safe-parse-body.test.ts src/lib/server/missions/mission-templates.test.ts src/lib/server/sharing/share-link-repository.test.ts src/lib/server/sharing/share-resolver.test.ts src/lib/app/view-constants.test.ts src/lib/quality/quality-summary.test.ts src/app/api/approvals/route.test.ts src/app/api/agents/agents-route.test.ts src/app/api/tasks/tasks-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/chat-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/clear-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/compact-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/context-status-route.test.ts src/app/api/connectors/connector-doctor-route.test.ts src/app/api/healthz/route.test.ts src/app/api/logs/route.test.ts src/app/api/providers/[id]/route.test.ts src/app/api/tts/route.test.ts",
+    "test:runtime": "tsx --test src/lib/a2a/agent-card.test.ts src/lib/strip-internal-metadata.test.ts src/lib/provider-sets.test.ts src/lib/providers/opencode-cli.test.ts src/lib/providers/cli-provider-metadata.test.ts src/lib/providers/cli-utils.test.ts src/lib/providers/generic-cli.test.ts src/lib/server/cli-provider-readiness.test.ts src/lib/server/provider-health.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-gateway-runtime.test.ts src/lib/server/mcp-connection-pool.test.ts src/lib/server/knowledge-sources.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-execution-grounding.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/chat-turn-preparation.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/iteration-timers.test.ts src/lib/server/chat-execution/post-stream-finalization.test.ts src/lib/server/chats/clear-undo-snapshots.test.ts src/lib/server/connectors/email.test.ts src/lib/server/protocols/protocol-service.test.ts src/lib/server/runtime/run-ledger.test.ts src/lib/server/runtime/queue-retry-policy.test.ts src/lib/server/runs/run-brief.test.ts src/lib/server/operations/operation-pulse.test.ts src/lib/server/artifacts/artifact-resolver.test.ts src/lib/server/observability/otel-config.test.ts src/lib/server/safe-parse-body.test.ts src/lib/server/missions/mission-templates.test.ts src/lib/server/sharing/share-link-repository.test.ts src/lib/server/sharing/share-resolver.test.ts src/lib/server/tasks/task-execution-workspace.test.ts src/lib/server/session-tools/execute.test.ts src/lib/app/view-constants.test.ts src/lib/quality/quality-summary.test.ts src/app/api/approvals/route.test.ts src/app/api/agents/agents-route.test.ts src/app/api/tasks/tasks-route.test.ts src/app/api/tasks/task-workspace-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/chat-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/clear-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/compact-route.test.ts src/app/api/chats/context-status-route.test.ts src/app/api/connectors/connector-doctor-route.test.ts src/app/api/healthz/route.test.ts src/app/api/logs/route.test.ts src/app/api/providers/[id]/route.test.ts src/app/api/tts/route.test.ts",
     "test:builder": "tsx --test src/features/protocols/builder/utils/nodes-to-template.test.ts src/features/protocols/builder/utils/template-to-nodes.test.ts src/features/protocols/builder/validators/dag-validator.test.ts",
     "test:e2e": "node --import tsx scripts/browser-e2e-smoke.ts",
     "test:mcp:conformance": "node --import tsx ./scripts/mcp-conformance-check.ts",

package/src/app/api/tasks/task-workspace-route.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import fs from 'node:fs'
+import os from 'node:os'
+import path from 'node:path'
+import { after, before, test } from 'node:test'
+
+import type { BoardTask } from '@/types'
+
+const originalEnv = {
+  DATA_DIR: process.env.DATA_DIR,
+  WORKSPACE_DIR: process.env.WORKSPACE_DIR,
+  SWARMCLAW_BUILD_MODE: process.env.SWARMCLAW_BUILD_MODE,
+  SWARMCLAW_DAEMON_AUTOSTART: process.env.SWARMCLAW_DAEMON_AUTOSTART,
+}
+
+let tempDir = ''
+let putTask: typeof import('./[id]/route')['PUT']
+let getTasks: typeof import('./route')['GET']
+let storage: typeof import('@/lib/server/storage')
+
+function routeParams(id: string) {
+  return { params: Promise.resolve({ id }) }
+}
+
+function seedTask(id: string, overrides: Partial<BoardTask> = {}) {
+  const now = Date.now()
+  storage.saveTasks({
+    [id]: {
+      id,
+      title: 'Workspace Task',
+      description: '',
+      status: 'backlog',
+      agentId: 'agent-1',
+      createdAt: now,
+      updatedAt: now,
+      ...overrides,
+    } as BoardTask,
+  })
+}
+
+before(async () => {
+  tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'swarmclaw-task-route-'))
+  process.env.DATA_DIR = path.join(tempDir, 'data')
+  process.env.WORKSPACE_DIR = path.join(tempDir, 'workspace')
+  process.env.SWARMCLAW_BUILD_MODE = '1'
+  process.env.SWARMCLAW_DAEMON_AUTOSTART = '0'
+  storage = await import('@/lib/server/storage')
+  putTask = (await import('./[id]/route')).PUT
+  getTasks = (await import('./route')).GET
+})
+
+after(() => {
+  if (originalEnv.DATA_DIR === undefined) delete process.env.DATA_DIR
+  else process.env.DATA_DIR = originalEnv.DATA_DIR
+  if (originalEnv.WORKSPACE_DIR === undefined) delete process.env.WORKSPACE_DIR
+  else process.env.WORKSPACE_DIR = originalEnv.WORKSPACE_DIR
+  if (originalEnv.SWARMCLAW_BUILD_MODE === undefined) delete process.env.SWARMCLAW_BUILD_MODE
+  else process.env.SWARMCLAW_BUILD_MODE = originalEnv.SWARMCLAW_BUILD_MODE
+  if (originalEnv.SWARMCLAW_DAEMON_AUTOSTART === undefined) delete process.env.SWARMCLAW_DAEMON_AUTOSTART
+  else process.env.SWARMCLAW_DAEMON_AUTOSTART = originalEnv.SWARMCLAW_DAEMON_AUTOSTART
+  fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+test('PUT /api/tasks/:id provisions an execution workspace and preview links', async () => {
+  seedTask('task-route-workspace', {
+    title: 'Route Workspace',
+    projectId: 'project-route',
+    cwd: '/source/repo',
+  })
+
+  const response = await putTask(new Request('http://local/api/tasks/task-route-workspace', {
+    method: 'PUT',
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      provisionWorkspace: true,
+      previewLinks: [{ label: 'Preview', url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3456', port: 3456 }],
+      runtimeServices: [{ name: 'Next dev', status: 'planned', command: 'npm run dev', port: 3456 }],
+    }),
+  }), routeParams('task-route-workspace'))
+
+  assert.equal(response.status, 200)
+  const body = await response.json() as BoardTask
+  assert.equal(body.executionWorkspace?.sourceCwd, '/source/repo')
+  assert.equal(body.previewLinks?.[0]?.url, 'http://127.0.0.1:3456')
+  assert.equal(body.runtimeServices?.[0]?.name, 'Next dev')
+  assert.equal(fs.existsSync(body.executionWorkspace?.path || ''), true)
+})
+
+test('GET /api/tasks returns computed blocked liveness without persisting a task patch', async () => {
+  seedTask('task-blocked', {
+    title: 'Blocked Route Task',
+    status: 'backlog',
+    blockedBy: ['dep-route'],
+  })
+  const tasks = storage.loadTasks()
+  tasks['dep-route'] = {
+    id: 'dep-route',
+    title: 'Dependency',
+    description: '',
+    status: 'running',
+    agentId: 'agent-1',
+    createdAt: Date.now(),
+    updatedAt: Date.now(),
+  } as BoardTask
+  storage.saveTasks(tasks)
+
+  const response = await getTasks(new Request('http://local/api/tasks'))
+  assert.equal(response.status, 200)
+  const body = await response.json() as Record<string, BoardTask>
+  assert.equal(body['task-blocked']?.liveness?.state, 'blocked')
+  assert.deepEqual(body['task-blocked']?.liveness?.blockerTaskIds, ['dep-route'])
+})

package/src/components/tasks/task-card.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use client'
 
 import { useState, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react'
+import { Activity, ExternalLink, FolderOpen } from 'lucide-react'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/stores/use-app-store'
 import { useNavigate } from '@/lib/app/navigation'
 import { useUpdateTaskMutation } from '@/features/tasks/queries'
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import { ConfirmDialog } from '@/components/shared/confirm-dialog'
 import { AgentAvatar } from '@/components/agents/agent-avatar'
 import { timeAgo } from '@/lib/time-format'
 import { InfoChip } from '@/components/ui/info-chip'
-import type { Agent, BoardTask, Project } from '@/types'
+import type { Agent, BoardTask, Project, TaskLivenessState } from '@/types'
 
 interface TaskCardProps {
   task: BoardTask
@@ -21,6 +22,22 @@ interface TaskCardProps {
   index?: number
 }
 
+function livenessTone(state: TaskLivenessState | undefined): 'neutral' | 'muted' | 'warning' | 'danger' | 'success' | 'info' | 'purple' | 'accent' {
+  if (state === 'stale' || state === 'retrying') return 'warning'
+  if (state === 'dead_lettered' || state === 'failed') return 'danger'
+  if (state === 'blocked') return 'purple'
+  if (state === 'completed') return 'success'
+  if (state === 'running' || state === 'queued') return 'info'
+  return 'muted'
+}
+
+function livenessLabel(task: BoardTask): string | null {
+  const state = task.liveness?.state
+  if (!state) return null
+  if (state === 'dead_lettered') return 'dead letter'
+  return state.replace(/_/g, ' ')
+}
+
 export function TaskCard({
   task,
   agents,
@@ -71,6 +88,8 @@ export function TaskCard({
   const prio = task.priority && priorityConfig[task.priority]
 
   const isBlocked = Array.isArray(task.blockedBy) && task.blockedBy.length > 0
+  const previewLink = task.previewLinks?.[0] || task.executionWorkspace?.previewLinks?.[0] || null
+  const liveness = livenessLabel(task)
   const isOverdue = task.dueAt
     && task.dueAt < now
     && task.status !== 'completed'
@@ -278,6 +297,35 @@ export function TaskCard({
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {(liveness || task.executionWorkspace || previewLink) && (
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5 mb-3">
+          {liveness && (
+            <InfoChip tone={livenessTone(task.liveness?.state)} title={task.liveness?.reason}>
+              <Activity size={10} />
+              {liveness}
+            </InfoChip>
+          )}
+          {task.executionWorkspace && (
+            <InfoChip tone="accent" title={task.executionWorkspace.path}>
+              <FolderOpen size={10} />
+              workspace
+            </InfoChip>
+          )}
+          {previewLink && (
+            <a
+              href={previewLink.url}
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noreferrer"
+              onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+              className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-[7px] bg-emerald-500/10 px-2 py-1 text-[10px] font-600 text-emerald-300 hover:bg-emerald-500/15"
+            >
+              <ExternalLink size={10} />
+              {previewLink.label || 'Preview'}
+            </a>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       <div className="flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap">
         {agent && (
           <span className="px-2 py-1 rounded-[6px] bg-accent-soft text-accent-bright text-[11px] font-600">

package/src/components/tasks/task-sheet.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation'
+import { Activity, ExternalLink, FolderOpen, PlayCircle } from 'lucide-react'
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown'
 import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/stores/use-app-store'
@@ -21,10 +22,11 @@ import { DirBrowser } from '@/components/shared/dir-browser'
 import { SheetFooter } from '@/components/shared/sheet-footer'
 import { inputClass } from '@/components/shared/form-styles'
 import { StructuredSessionLauncher } from '@/components/protocols/structured-session-launcher'
-import type { BoardTask, TaskComment, TaskQualityGateConfig } from '@/types'
+import type { BoardTask, TaskComment, TaskLivenessState, TaskQualityGateConfig } from '@/types'
 import { dedup, errorMessage } from '@/lib/shared-utils'
 import { SectionLabel } from '@/components/shared/section-label'
 import { AgentAvatar } from '@/components/agents/agent-avatar'
+import { InfoChip } from '@/components/ui/info-chip'
 
 function fmtTime(ts: number) {
   const d = new Date(ts)
@@ -44,6 +46,22 @@ function normalizeGateNumber(value: unknown, fallback: number, min: number, max:
   return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, Math.trunc(parsed)))
 }
 
+function livenessTone(state?: TaskLivenessState): 'neutral' | 'muted' | 'warning' | 'danger' | 'success' | 'info' | 'purple' | 'accent' {
+  if (state === 'stale' || state === 'retrying') return 'warning'
+  if (state === 'dead_lettered' || state === 'failed') return 'danger'
+  if (state === 'blocked') return 'purple'
+  if (state === 'completed') return 'success'
+  if (state === 'running' || state === 'queued') return 'info'
+  return 'muted'
+}
+
+function livenessLabel(task: BoardTask): string {
+  const state = task.liveness?.state
+  if (!state) return 'unknown'
+  if (state === 'dead_lettered') return 'dead letter'
+  return state.replace(/_/g, ' ')
+}
+
 export function TaskSheet() {
   const router = useRouter()
   const open = useAppStore((s) => s.taskSheetOpen)
@@ -85,6 +103,8 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
   const [qualityGateRequireVerification, setQualityGateRequireVerification] = useState(false)
   const [qualityGateRequireArtifact, setQualityGateRequireArtifact] = useState(false)
   const [qualityGateRequireReport, setQualityGateRequireReport] = useState(false)
+  const [provisionWorkspace, setProvisionWorkspace] = useState(false)
+  const [workspacePreparing, setWorkspacePreparing] = useState(false)
   const [structuredSessionOpen, setStructuredSessionOpen] = useState(false)
   const formInitRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
 
@@ -139,6 +159,7 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
       setQualityGateRequireVerification(gate?.requireVerification ?? defaultGateRequireVerification)
       setQualityGateRequireArtifact(gate?.requireArtifact ?? defaultGateRequireArtifact)
       setQualityGateRequireReport(gate?.requireReport ?? defaultGateRequireReport)
+      setProvisionWorkspace(false)
       formInitRef.current = initKey
       return
     }
@@ -163,6 +184,7 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
     setQualityGateRequireVerification(defaultGateRequireVerification)
     setQualityGateRequireArtifact(defaultGateRequireArtifact)
     setQualityGateRequireReport(defaultGateRequireReport)
+    setProvisionWorkspace(false)
     formInitRef.current = initKey
   }, [
     activeProjectFilter,
@@ -212,6 +234,7 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
       customFields: Object.keys(customFields).length > 0 ? customFields : undefined,
       priority: priority || undefined,
       qualityGate,
+      provisionWorkspace: !editing && provisionWorkspace ? true : undefined,
     } as Partial<BoardTask> & { title: string; description: string; agentId: string }
     try {
       if (editing) {
@@ -263,6 +286,19 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
     }
   }
 
+  const handlePrepareWorkspace = async () => {
+    if (!editing) return
+    setWorkspacePreparing(true)
+    try {
+      await updateTaskMutation.mutateAsync({ id: editing.id, patch: { provisionWorkspace: true } })
+      setDepError(null)
+    } catch (err: unknown) {
+      setDepError(errorMessage(err))
+    } finally {
+      setWorkspacePreparing(false)
+    }
+  }
+
   const handleUnarchive = async () => {
     if (editing) {
       await updateTaskMutation.mutateAsync({ id: editing.id, patch: { status: 'backlog' } })
@@ -307,6 +343,16 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
 
   const taskAgent = editing ? agents[editing.agentId] : null
   const taskProject = editing?.projectId ? projects[editing.projectId] : null
+  const previewLinks = editing
+    ? (editing.previewLinks && editing.previewLinks.length > 0
+      ? editing.previewLinks
+      : editing.executionWorkspace?.previewLinks || [])
+    : []
+  const runtimeServices = editing
+    ? (editing.runtimeServices && editing.runtimeServices.length > 0
+      ? editing.runtimeServices
+      : editing.executionWorkspace?.runtimeServices || [])
+    : []
 
   /* ───── View-only mode ───── */
   if (viewOnly && editing) {
@@ -385,6 +431,67 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
           </div>
         )}
 
+        <div className="mb-8">
+          <SectionLabel>Execution</SectionLabel>
+          <div className="rounded-[14px] border border-white/[0.06] bg-surface p-4 space-y-3">
+            <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+              {editing.liveness && (
+                <InfoChip tone={livenessTone(editing.liveness.state)} title={editing.liveness.reason}>
+                  <Activity size={12} />
+                  {livenessLabel(editing)}
+                </InfoChip>
+              )}
+              {editing.executionWorkspace ? (
+                <InfoChip tone="accent" title={editing.executionWorkspace.path}>
+                  <FolderOpen size={12} />
+                  Workspace ready
+                </InfoChip>
+              ) : (
+                <InfoChip tone="muted">
+                  <FolderOpen size={12} />
+                  No workspace
+                </InfoChip>
+              )}
+              {runtimeServices.map((service) => (
+                <InfoChip key={service.id} tone={service.status === 'running' ? 'success' : service.status === 'failed' ? 'danger' : 'neutral'}>
+                  <PlayCircle size={12} />
+                  {service.name}: {service.status}
+                </InfoChip>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+            {editing.executionWorkspace?.path && (
+              <code className="block text-[12px] text-text-3 font-mono break-all">{editing.executionWorkspace.path}</code>
+            )}
+            {previewLinks.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+                {previewLinks.map((link) => (
+                  <a
+                    key={link.id}
+                    href={link.url}
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noreferrer"
+                    className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-[8px] bg-emerald-500/10 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] font-600 text-emerald-300 hover:bg-emerald-500/15"
+                  >
+                    <ExternalLink size={12} />
+                    {link.label || 'Preview'}
+                  </a>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            )}
+            {!editing.executionWorkspace && (
+              <button
+                onClick={handlePrepareWorkspace}
+                disabled={workspacePreparing}
+                className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-[10px] border border-accent-bright/20 bg-accent-bright/10 px-3 py-2 text-[12px] font-600 text-accent-bright hover:bg-accent-bright/14 disabled:opacity-50"
+                style={{ fontFamily: 'inherit' }}
+              >
+                <FolderOpen size={13} />
+                {workspacePreparing ? 'Preparing...' : 'Prepare Workspace'}
+              </button>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
         {/* Tags */}
         {editing.tags && editing.tags.length > 0 && (
           <div className="mb-8">
@@ -809,6 +916,71 @@ export function TaskSheet() {
         />
       </div>
 
+      <div className="mb-8">
+        <SectionLabel>Execution Workspace</SectionLabel>
+        {editing ? (
+          <div className="rounded-[14px] border border-white/[0.06] bg-surface p-4 space-y-3">
+            <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+              {editing.liveness && (
+                <InfoChip tone={livenessTone(editing.liveness.state)} title={editing.liveness.reason}>
+                  <Activity size={12} />
+                  {livenessLabel(editing)}
+                </InfoChip>
+              )}
+              {editing.executionWorkspace ? (
+                <InfoChip tone="accent" title={editing.executionWorkspace.path}>
+                  <FolderOpen size={12} />
+                  Workspace ready
+                </InfoChip>
+              ) : (
+                <InfoChip tone="muted">
+                  <FolderOpen size={12} />
+                  No workspace
+                </InfoChip>
+              )}
+            </div>
+            {editing.executionWorkspace?.path && (
+              <code className="block text-[12px] text-text-3 font-mono break-all">{editing.executionWorkspace.path}</code>
+            )}
+            {previewLinks.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+                {previewLinks.map((link) => (
+                  <a
+                    key={link.id}
+                    href={link.url}
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noreferrer"
+                    className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-[8px] bg-emerald-500/10 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] font-600 text-emerald-300 hover:bg-emerald-500/15"
+                  >
+                    <ExternalLink size={12} />
+                    {link.label || 'Preview'}
+                  </a>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            )}
+            <button
+              onClick={handlePrepareWorkspace}
+              disabled={workspacePreparing}
+              className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-[10px] border border-accent-bright/20 bg-accent-bright/10 px-3 py-2 text-[12px] font-600 text-accent-bright hover:bg-accent-bright/14 disabled:opacity-50"
+              style={{ fontFamily: 'inherit' }}
+            >
+              <FolderOpen size={13} />
+              {workspacePreparing ? 'Preparing...' : editing.executionWorkspace ? 'Refresh Workspace' : 'Prepare Workspace'}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <label className="flex items-center gap-2 rounded-[14px] border border-white/[0.06] bg-surface px-4 py-3 text-[13px] text-text-2">
+            <input
+              type="checkbox"
+              checked={provisionWorkspace}
+              onChange={(e) => setProvisionWorkspace(e.target.checked)}
+              className="h-4 w-4 rounded border-white/20 accent-accent"
+            />
+            Prepare a task-scoped workspace when this task is created
+          </label>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
       {/* Tags */}
       <div className="mb-8">
         <SectionLabel>Tags <span className="normal-case tracking-normal font-normal text-text-3">(optional)</span></SectionLabel>

package/src/components/ui/info-chip.tsx

@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ const chipVariants = cva(
 interface InfoChipProps extends VariantProps<typeof chipVariants> {
   children: React.ReactNode
   className?: string
+  title?: string
 }
 
-export function InfoChip({ size, tone, children, className }: InfoChipProps) {
+export function InfoChip({ size, tone, children, className, title }: InfoChipProps) {
   return (
-    <span className={cn(chipVariants({ size, tone }), className)}>
+    <span title={title} className={cn(chipVariants({ size, tone }), className)}>
       {children}
     </span>
   )

package/src/features/tasks/queries.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   updateTask,
   type GitHubIssueImportRequest,
   type GitHubIssueImportResult,
+  type TaskWriteInput,
 } from '@/lib/tasks'
 import type { BoardTask, BoardTaskStatus, TaskComment } from '@/types'
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export function useCreateTaskMutation() {
 export function useUpdateTaskMutation() {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
   return useMutation({
-    mutationFn: ({ id, patch }: { id: string; patch: Partial<BoardTask> }) => updateTask(id, patch),
+    mutationFn: ({ id, patch }: { id: string; patch: TaskWriteInput }) => updateTask(id, patch),
     onMutate: async ({ id, patch }) => {
       await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey: taskQueryKeys.lists() })
       const snapshots = patchTaskCaches(queryClient, (current, includeArchived) => {

package/src/lib/server/runtime/queue/core.ts

@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ function applyTaskPolicyDefaults(task: BoardTask): void {
   if (task.deadLetteredAt === undefined) task.deadLetteredAt = null
 }
 
+function formatRetryError(reason: string): string {
+  return `Retry scheduled after failure: ${reason}`.slice(0, 500)
+}
+
+function isRepeatedRetryFailure(previousError: unknown, reason: string): boolean {
+  return typeof previousError === 'string' && previousError === formatRetryError(reason)
+}
+
 export interface TaskResumeState {
   claudeSessionId: string | null
   codexThreadId: string | null
@@ -971,9 +979,10 @@ function scheduleRetryOrDeadLetter(task: BoardTask, reason: string): 'retry' | '
   }
   applyTaskPolicyDefaults(task)
   const now = Date.now()
+  const repeatedRetryFailure = isRepeatedRetryFailure(task.error, reason)
   task.attempts = (task.attempts || 0) + 1
 
-  if ((task.attempts || 0) < (task.maxAttempts || 1)) {
+  if ((task.attempts || 0) < (task.maxAttempts || 1) && !repeatedRetryFailure) {
     const delayMs = jitteredBackoff((task.retryBackoffSec || 30) * 1000, Math.max(0, (task.attempts || 1) - 1), 6 * 3600_000)
     task.status = 'queued'
     task.retryScheduledAt = now + delayMs
@@ -982,7 +991,7 @@ function scheduleRetryOrDeadLetter(task: BoardTask, reason: string): 'retry' | '
     // recovery loop burns CPU re-queueing a task that can never run.
     task.checkoutRunId = null
     task.updatedAt = now
-    task.error = `Retry scheduled after failure: ${reason}`.slice(0, 500)
+    task.error = formatRetryError(reason)
     if (!task.comments) task.comments = []
     task.comments.push({
       id: genId(),