@yemi33/minions 0.1.456 → 0.1.458

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.456 (2026-04-07)
+## 0.1.458 (2026-04-07)
 
 ### Fixes
+-  steering resume failure no longer burns retry slots or flips status
+-  shared-branch worktree creates branch from main if not found
 -  pre-dispatch live vote check prevents reviewing approved PRs
 
 ## 0.1.455 (2026-04-07)

package/engine.js

@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
                   log('info', `Shared branch ${branchName} already checked out at ${existingWtPath} — reusing`);
                   worktreePath = existingWtPath;
                 } else { throw eShared; }
+              } else if (eShared.message?.includes('invalid reference') || eShared.message?.includes('not a valid ref')) {
+                // Branch doesn't exist yet (first item in plan) — create it from main
+                const mainRef = sanitizeBranch(shared.resolveMainBranch(rootDir, project.mainBranch));
+                log('info', `Shared branch ${branchName} not found — creating from ${mainRef}`);
+                runWorktreeAdd(rootDir, worktreePath, `-b "${branchName}" ${mainRef}`, _worktreeGitOpts, worktreeCreateRetries);
               } else { throw eShared; }
             }
           } else {
@@ -613,11 +618,23 @@ function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
       });
 
       // Re-wire close handler for the resumed process
-      resumeProc.on('close', onAgentClose);
+      resumeProc.on('close', (resumeCode) => {
+        if (resumeCode !== 0) {
+          // Resume failed — don't burn a retry slot. Complete the dispatch as success
+          // (the original work was already done up to the kill point) and let the
+          // work item be re-discovered on the next tick if still pending.
+          log('warn', `Steering resume for ${agentId} exited with code ${resumeCode} — completing dispatch without error`);
+          activeProcesses.delete(id);
+          completeDispatch(id, DISPATCH_RESULT.SUCCESS, 'Steering resume failed but original work completed', '', { processWorkItemFailure: false });
+          return;
+        }
+        // Successful resume — run normal close handler
+        onAgentClose(resumeCode);
+      });
       resumeProc.on('error', (err) => {
-        log('error', `Steering re-spawn failed for ${agentId}: ${err.message}`);
+        log('warn', `Steering re-spawn error for ${agentId}: ${err.message}`);
         activeProcesses.delete(id);
-        completeDispatch(id, DISPATCH_RESULT.ERROR, `Steering re-spawn error: ${err.message}`);
+        completeDispatch(id, DISPATCH_RESULT.SUCCESS, 'Steering re-spawn error but original work completed', '', { processWorkItemFailure: false });
       });
 
       // Don't run completion hooks — agent is still working

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.456",
+  "version": "0.1.458",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"