gsd-pi 2.73.0-dev.e1c09f2 → 2.73.1-dev.088d28f

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-dispatch.ts

@@ -307,8 +307,11 @@ export const DISPATCH_RULES: DispatchRule[] = [
   {
     name: "reassess-roadmap (post-completion)",
     match: async ({ state, mid, midTitle, basePath, prefs }) => {
-      if (prefs?.phases?.skip_reassess || !prefs?.phases?.reassess_after_slice)
-        return null;
+      if (prefs?.phases?.skip_reassess) return null;
+      // Default reassess_after_slice to true — reassessment after slice completion
+      // is essential for roadmap integrity. Opt-out via explicit `false`.
+      const reassessEnabled = prefs?.phases?.reassess_after_slice ?? true;
+      if (!reassessEnabled) return null;
       const needsReassess = await checkNeedsReassessment(basePath, mid, state);
       if (!needsReassess) return null;
       return {
@@ -877,11 +880,14 @@ export async function resolveDispatch(
     }
   }
 
-  // No rule matched — unhandled phase
+  // No rule matched — unhandled phase.
+  // Use level "warning" so the loop pauses (resumable) instead of hard-stopping.
+  // Hard-stop here was causing premature termination for transient phase gaps
+  // (e.g. after reassessment modifies the roadmap and state needs re-derivation).
   return {
     action: "stop",
     reason: `Unhandled phase "${ctx.state.phase}" — run /gsd doctor to diagnose.`,
-    level: "info",
+    level: "warning",
     matchedRule: "<no-match>",
   };
 }

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-model-selection.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { resolveModelForComplexity, escalateTier, getEligibleModels, loadCapabil
 import { getLedger, getProjectTotals } from "./metrics.js";
 import { unitPhaseLabel } from "./auto-dashboard.js";
 import { getSessionModelOverride } from "./session-model-override.js";
+import { logWarning } from "./workflow-logger.js";
 
 export interface ModelSelectionResult {
   /** Routing metadata for metrics recording */
@@ -25,9 +26,7 @@ export interface ModelSelectionResult {
 
 export function resolvePreferredModelConfig(
   unitType: string,
-  autoModeStartModel: { provider: string; id: string } | null,
-  /** When false, only return explicit per-phase model configs — do not
-   *  synthesize a routing ceiling from dynamic_routing.tier_models (#3962). */
+  autoModeStartModel: { provider: string; id: string; flatRateCtx?: FlatRateContext } | null,
   isAutoMode = true,
 ) {
   const explicitConfig = resolveModelWithFallbacksForUnit(unitType);
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export function resolvePreferredModelConfig(
   if (!routingConfig.enabled || !routingConfig.tier_models) return undefined;
 
   // Don't synthesize a routing config for flat-rate providers (#3453).
-  if (autoModeStartModel && isFlatRateProvider(autoModeStartModel.provider)) return undefined;
+  if (autoModeStartModel && isFlatRateProvider(autoModeStartModel.provider, autoModeStartModel.flatRateCtx)) return undefined;
 
   const ceilingModel = routingConfig.tier_models.heavy
     ?? (autoModeStartModel ? `${autoModeStartModel.provider}/${autoModeStartModel.id}` : undefined);
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ export async function selectAndApplyModel(
   basePath: string,
   prefs: GSDPreferences | undefined,
   verbose: boolean,
-  autoModeStartModel: { provider: string; id: string } | null,
+  autoModeStartModel: { provider: string; id: string; flatRateCtx?: FlatRateContext } | null,
   retryContext?: { isRetry: boolean; previousTier?: string },
   /** When false (interactive/guided-flow), skip dynamic routing and use the session model.
    *  Dynamic routing only applies in auto-mode where cost optimization is expected. (#3962) */
@@ -79,6 +78,17 @@ export async function selectAndApplyModel(
   const effectiveSessionModelOverride = sessionModelOverride === undefined
     ? getSessionModelOverride(ctx.sessionManager.getSessionId())
     : (sessionModelOverride ?? undefined);
+  // Enrich the start model with a flat-rate context up front so routing
+  // synthesis and the dispatch-time guard see the same signals (built-in
+  // list + user `flat_rate_providers` preference + externalCli auto-
+  // detection).  The dispatch-time primary-model check below builds its
+  // own per-provider context when it has a resolved primary model.
+  if (autoModeStartModel) {
+    autoModeStartModel = {
+      ...autoModeStartModel,
+      flatRateCtx: buildFlatRateContext(autoModeStartModel.provider, ctx, prefs),
+    };
+  }
   const modelConfig = effectiveSessionModelOverride
     ? undefined
     : resolvePreferredModelConfig(unitType, autoModeStartModel, isAutoMode);
@@ -107,12 +117,16 @@ export async function selectAndApplyModel(
     if (routingConfig.enabled) {
       const primaryModel = resolveModelId(modelConfig.primary, availableModels, ctx.model?.provider);
       if (primaryModel) {
-        if (isFlatRateProvider(primaryModel.provider)) {
+        const primaryFlatRateCtx = buildFlatRateContext(primaryModel.provider, ctx, prefs);
+        if (isFlatRateProvider(primaryModel.provider, primaryFlatRateCtx)) {
           routingConfig.enabled = false;
         }
       } else if (
-        (autoModeStartModel && isFlatRateProvider(autoModeStartModel.provider))
-        || (ctx.model?.provider && isFlatRateProvider(ctx.model.provider))
+        (autoModeStartModel && isFlatRateProvider(autoModeStartModel.provider, autoModeStartModel.flatRateCtx))
+        || (ctx.model?.provider && isFlatRateProvider(
+          ctx.model.provider,
+          buildFlatRateContext(ctx.model.provider, ctx, prefs),
+        ))
       ) {
         // Primary model unresolvable but provider signals indicate flat-rate —
         // disable routing to prevent quality degradation.
@@ -416,8 +430,68 @@ export function resolveModelId<T extends { id: string; provider: string }>(
  * Uses case-insensitive matching with alias support to prevent fail-open on
  * provider naming variations (e.g. "copilot" vs "github-copilot").
  */
-const FLAT_RATE_PROVIDERS = new Set(["github-copilot", "copilot", "claude-code"]);
+const BUILTIN_FLAT_RATE = new Set(["github-copilot", "copilot", "claude-code"]);
+
+/**
+ * Optional context that lets callers extend flat-rate detection beyond the
+ * hard-coded built-in list.  Either signal on its own is enough to classify
+ * a provider as flat-rate.
+ */
+export interface FlatRateContext {
+  /**
+   * Auth mode for the specific provider being checked, as returned by
+   * `ctx.modelRegistry.getProviderAuthMode(provider)`.  Any provider that
+   * wraps a local CLI (externalCli) is, by definition, a flat-rate
+   * subscription wrapper — every request costs the same regardless of
+   * model, so dynamic routing only degrades quality.
+   */
+  authMode?: "apiKey" | "oauth" | "externalCli" | "none";
+  /**
+   * Case-insensitive list of extra provider IDs the user has declared as
+   * flat-rate via `preferences.flat_rate_providers`.  Used for private
+   * subscription-backed proxies and enterprise-gated deployments that the
+   * built-in list doesn't know about.
+   */
+  userFlatRate?: readonly string[];
+}
+
+export function isFlatRateProvider(provider: string, opts?: FlatRateContext): boolean {
+  const p = provider.toLowerCase();
+  if (BUILTIN_FLAT_RATE.has(p)) return true;
+  if (opts?.userFlatRate?.some(id => id.toLowerCase() === p)) return true;
+  if (opts?.authMode === "externalCli") return true;
+  return false;
+}
 
-export function isFlatRateProvider(provider: string): boolean {
-  return FLAT_RATE_PROVIDERS.has(provider.toLowerCase());
+/**
+ * Build a FlatRateContext for a given provider from live runtime state.
+ * Safe to call when ctx or prefs are undefined — missing pieces are
+ * treated as "no signal".
+ */
+export function buildFlatRateContext(
+  provider: string,
+  ctx?: { modelRegistry?: { getProviderAuthMode?: (p: string) => string } },
+  prefs?: { flat_rate_providers?: readonly string[] },
+): FlatRateContext {
+  let authMode: FlatRateContext["authMode"];
+  const getAuthMode = ctx?.modelRegistry?.getProviderAuthMode;
+  if (typeof getAuthMode === "function") {
+    try {
+      const mode = getAuthMode(provider);
+      if (mode === "apiKey" || mode === "oauth" || mode === "externalCli" || mode === "none") {
+        authMode = mode;
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Registry lookup failure must never break flat-rate detection —
+      // fall through with authMode undefined and surface the cause.
+      logWarning(
+        "dispatch",
+        `flat-rate auth-mode lookup failed for ${provider}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    authMode,
+    userFlatRate: prefs?.flat_rate_providers,
+  };
 }

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-start.ts

@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import { sep as pathSep } from "node:path";
 
 import { resolveProjectRootDbPath } from "./bootstrap/dynamic-tools.js";
-import { resolveDefaultSessionModel, resolveDynamicRoutingConfig } from "./preferences-models.js";
+import {
+  isCustomProvider,
+  resolveDefaultSessionModel,
+  resolveDynamicRoutingConfig,
+} from "./preferences-models.js";
 import type { WorktreeResolver } from "./worktree-resolver.js";
 import { getSessionModelOverride } from "./session-model-override.js";
 
@@ -274,8 +278,18 @@ export async function bootstrapAutoSession(
   //
   // This preserves #3517 defaults while honoring explicit runtime model
   // selection for subsequent /gsd runs in the same session.
+  //
+  // Exception (#4122): when the session provider is a custom provider declared
+  // in ~/.gsd/agent/models.json (Ollama, vLLM, OpenAI-compatible proxy, etc.),
+  // PREFERENCES.md is skipped entirely. PREFERENCES.md cannot reference custom
+  // providers, so honoring it would silently reroute auto-mode to a built-in
+  // provider the user is not logged into and surface as "Not logged in · Please
+  // run /login" before pausing and resetting to claude-code/claude-sonnet-4-6.
   const manualSessionOverride = getSessionModelOverride(ctx.sessionManager.getSessionId());
-  const preferredModel = resolveDefaultSessionModel(ctx.model?.provider);
+  const sessionProviderIsCustom = isCustomProvider(ctx.model?.provider);
+  const preferredModel = sessionProviderIsCustom
+    ? null
+    : resolveDefaultSessionModel(ctx.model?.provider);
   // Validate the preferred model against the live registry + provider auth so
   // an unconfigured PREFERENCES.md entry (no API key / OAuth) can't become the
   // start-model snapshot. Without this, every subsequent unit would try to
@@ -792,6 +806,9 @@ export async function bootstrapAutoSession(
 
     ctx.ui.setStatus("gsd-auto", s.stepMode ? "next" : "auto");
     ctx.ui.setFooter(hideFooter);
+    // Hide gsd-health during AUTO — gsd-progress is the single source of truth
+    // for last-commit / cost / health signal while auto is running.
+    ctx.ui.setWidget("gsd-health", undefined);
     const modeLabel = s.stepMode ? "Step-mode" : "Auto-mode";
     const pendingCount = (state.registry ?? []).filter(
       (m) => m.status !== "complete" && m.status !== "parked",
@@ -811,12 +828,19 @@ export async function bootstrapAutoSession(
       ? `${s.autoModeStartModel.provider}/${s.autoModeStartModel.id}`
       : ctx.model ? `${ctx.model.provider}/${ctx.model.id}` : "default";
 
-    // Flat-rate providers (e.g. GitHub Copilot, claude-code) suppress routing
-    // at dispatch time (#3453) — reflect that in the banner.
-    const { isFlatRateProvider } = await import("./auto-model-selection.js");
+    // Flat-rate providers (e.g. GitHub Copilot, claude-code, user-declared
+    // subscription proxies, externalCli CLIs) suppress routing at dispatch
+    // time (#3453) — reflect that in the banner.  Thread the same
+    // FlatRateContext used by selectAndApplyModel so user-declared
+    // flat-rate providers and externalCli auto-detection are respected.
+    const { isFlatRateProvider, buildFlatRateContext } = await import("./auto-model-selection.js");
+    const bannerPrefs = loadEffectiveGSDPreferences()?.preferences;
     const effectiveProvider = s.autoModeStartModel?.provider ?? ctx.model?.provider;
     const effectivelyEnabled = routingConfig.enabled
-      && !(effectiveProvider && isFlatRateProvider(effectiveProvider));
+      && !(effectiveProvider && isFlatRateProvider(
+        effectiveProvider,
+        buildFlatRateContext(effectiveProvider, ctx, bannerPrefs),
+      ));
 
     // The actual ceiling may come from tier_models.heavy, not the start model.
     const effectiveCeiling = (routingConfig.enabled && routingConfig.tier_models?.heavy)

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import {
   readCrashLock,
   isLockProcessAlive,
   formatCrashInfo,
+  emitCrashRecoveredUnitEnd,
 } from "./crash-recovery.js";
 import {
   acquireSessionLock,
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ import {
   postUnitPostVerification,
 } from "./auto-post-unit.js";
 import { bootstrapAutoSession, openProjectDbIfPresent, type BootstrapDeps } from "./auto-start.js";
+import { initHealthWidget } from "./health-widget.js";
 import { autoLoop, resolveAgentEnd, resolveAgentEndCancelled, _resetPendingResolve, isSessionSwitchInFlight, type LoopDeps, type ErrorContext } from "./auto-loop.js";
 // Slice-level parallelism (#2340)
 import { getEligibleSlices } from "./slice-parallel-eligibility.js";
@@ -649,6 +651,7 @@ function handleLostSessionLock(
   ctx?.ui.setStatus("gsd-auto", undefined);
   ctx?.ui.setWidget("gsd-progress", undefined);
   ctx?.ui.setFooter(undefined);
+  if (ctx) initHealthWidget(ctx);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -683,6 +686,7 @@ function cleanupAfterLoopExit(ctx: ExtensionContext): void {
     ctx.ui.setStatus("gsd-auto", undefined);
     ctx.ui.setWidget("gsd-progress", undefined);
     ctx.ui.setFooter(undefined);
+    initHealthWidget(ctx);
   }
 
   // Restore CWD out of worktree back to original project root
@@ -942,6 +946,7 @@ export async function stopAuto(
     ctx?.ui.setStatus("gsd-auto", undefined);
     ctx?.ui.setWidget("gsd-progress", undefined);
     ctx?.ui.setFooter(undefined);
+    if (ctx) initHealthWidget(ctx);
     restoreProjectRootEnv();
     restoreMilestoneLockEnv();
 
@@ -1043,6 +1048,7 @@ export async function pauseAuto(
   ctx?.ui.setStatus("gsd-auto", "paused");
   ctx?.ui.setWidget("gsd-progress", undefined);
   ctx?.ui.setFooter(undefined);
+  if (ctx) initHealthWidget(ctx);
   const resumeCmd = s.stepMode ? "/gsd next" : "/gsd auto";
   ctx?.ui.notify(
     `${s.stepMode ? "Step" : "Auto"}-mode paused (Escape). Type to interact, or ${resumeCmd} to resume.`,
@@ -1332,6 +1338,10 @@ export async function startAuto(
   }
 
   if (freshStartAssessment.lock) {
+    // Emit a synthetic unit-end for any unit-start that has no closing event.
+    // This closes the journal gap reported in #3348 where the worker wrote side
+    // effects (SUMMARY.md, DB updates) but died before emitting unit-end.
+    emitCrashRecoveredUnitEnd(base, freshStartAssessment.lock);
     clearLock(base);
   }
 

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/bootstrap/crash-log.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * crash-log.ts — Write crash diagnostics to ~/.gsd/crash/<timestamp>.log
+ *
+ * Zero cross-dependencies: only uses Node.js built-ins so it can be imported
+ * safely from uncaughtException / unhandledRejection handlers and from tests
+ * without pulling in the full extension dependency tree.
+ */
+
+import { appendFileSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+/**
+ * Write a crash log to ~/.gsd/crash/<timestamp>.log (or $GSD_HOME/crash/).
+ * Never throws — must be safe to call from any error handler.
+ */
+export function writeCrashLog(err: Error, source: string): void {
+  try {
+    const crashDir = join(process.env.GSD_HOME ?? join(homedir(), ".gsd"), "crash");
+    mkdirSync(crashDir, { recursive: true });
+    const ts = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, "-");
+    const logPath = join(crashDir, `${ts}.log`);
+    const lines = [
+      `[gsd] ${source}: ${err.message}`,
+      `timestamp: ${new Date().toISOString()}`,
+      `pid: ${process.pid}`,
+      err.stack ?? "(no stack trace available)",
+      "",
+    ];
+    appendFileSync(logPath, lines.join("\n"));
+  } catch { /* never throw from crash handler */ }
+}

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/bootstrap/register-extension.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import { registerJournalTools } from "./journal-tools.js";
 import { registerQueryTools } from "./query-tools.js";
 import { registerHooks } from "./register-hooks.js";
 import { registerShortcuts } from "./register-shortcuts.js";
+import { writeCrashLog } from "./crash-log.js";
+
+export { writeCrashLog } from "./crash-log.js";
 
 export function handleRecoverableExtensionProcessError(err: Error): boolean {
   if ((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "EPIPE") {
@@ -33,16 +36,25 @@ export function handleRecoverableExtensionProcessError(err: Error): boolean {
 function installEpipeGuard(): void {
   if (!process.listeners("uncaughtException").some((listener) => listener.name === "_gsdEpipeGuard")) {
     const _gsdEpipeGuard = (err: Error): void => {
-      if (handleRecoverableExtensionProcessError(err)) {
-        return;
-      }
-      // Log unhandled errors instead of re-throwing — throwing inside an
-      // uncaughtException handler is a fatal double-fault in Node.js (#3163).
-      process.stderr.write(`[gsd] uncaught extension error (non-fatal): ${err.message}\n`);
-      if (err.stack) process.stderr.write(`${err.stack}\n`);
+      if (handleRecoverableExtensionProcessError(err)) return;
+      // Write crash log and exit cleanly for unrecoverable errors.
+      // Logging and continuing was the original double-fault fix (#3163), but
+      // continuing in an indeterminate state is worse than a clean exit (#3348).
+      writeCrashLog(err, "uncaughtException");
+      process.exit(1);
     };
     process.on("uncaughtException", _gsdEpipeGuard);
   }
+
+  if (!process.listeners("unhandledRejection").some((listener) => listener.name === "_gsdRejectionGuard")) {
+    const _gsdRejectionGuard = (reason: unknown, _promise: Promise<unknown>): void => {
+      const err = reason instanceof Error ? reason : new Error(String(reason));
+      if (handleRecoverableExtensionProcessError(err)) return;
+      writeCrashLog(err, "unhandledRejection");
+      process.exit(1);
+    };
+    process.on("unhandledRejection", _gsdRejectionGuard);
+  }
 }
 
 export function registerGsdExtension(pi: ExtensionAPI): void {

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/commands-handlers.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ import { loadPrompt } from "./prompt-loader.js";
 const UPDATE_REGISTRY_URL = "https://registry.npmjs.org/gsd-pi/latest";
 const UPDATE_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
 
+function resolveInstallCommand(pkg: string): string {
+  if ('bun' in process.versions) return `bun add -g ${pkg}`;
+  return `npm install -g ${pkg}`;
+}
+
 async function fetchLatestVersionForCommand(): Promise<string | null> {
   const controller = new AbortController();
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), UPDATE_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS);
@@ -431,8 +436,9 @@ export async function handleUpdate(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext): Promise<void>
 
   ctx.ui.notify(`Updating: v${current} → v${latest}...`, "info");
 
+  const installCmd = resolveInstallCommand(`${NPM_PACKAGE}@latest`);
   try {
-    execSync(`npm install -g ${NPM_PACKAGE}@latest`, {
+    execSync(installCmd, {
       stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"],
     });
     ctx.ui.notify(
@@ -441,7 +447,7 @@ export async function handleUpdate(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext): Promise<void>
     );
   } catch {
     ctx.ui.notify(
-      `Update failed. Try manually: npm install -g ${NPM_PACKAGE}@latest`,
+      `Update failed. Try manually: ${installCmd}`,
       "error",
     );
   }

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/crash-recovery.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import { gsdRoot } from "./paths.js";
 import { atomicWriteSync } from "./atomic-write.js";
 import { effectiveLockFile } from "./session-lock.js";
+import { emitJournalEvent, queryJournal } from "./journal.js";
 
 export interface LockData {
   pid: number;
@@ -118,3 +119,61 @@ export function formatCrashInfo(lock: LockData): string {
 
   return lines.join("\n");
 }
+
+/**
+ * Emit a synthetic unit-end event for a unit that crashed without emitting its own.
+ *
+ * Queries the journal to find the most recent unit-start for the crashed unit.
+ * If a matching unit-end already exists (e.g. the hard timeout fired), this is a
+ * no-op. Called during crash recovery, before clearing the stale lock.
+ *
+ * Addresses the gap reported in #3348 where `unit-start` was emitted but no
+ * `unit-end` followed — side effects landed but the worker died before closeout.
+ */
+export function emitCrashRecoveredUnitEnd(basePath: string, lock: LockData): void {
+  // Skip bootstrap / starting pseudo-units — they have no meaningful unit-start event.
+  if (!lock.unitType || !lock.unitId || lock.unitType === "starting") return;
+
+  try {
+    const all = queryJournal(basePath);
+
+    // Find the most recent unit-start for this unitId
+    const starts = all.filter(
+      (e) => e.eventType === "unit-start" && e.data?.unitId === lock.unitId,
+    );
+    if (starts.length === 0) return;
+
+    const lastStart = starts[starts.length - 1];
+
+    // Check if a unit-end was already emitted (e.g. hard timeout fired after the crash)
+    const alreadyClosed = all.some(
+      (e) =>
+        e.eventType === "unit-end" &&
+        e.data?.unitId === lock.unitId &&
+        e.causedBy?.flowId === lastStart.flowId &&
+        e.causedBy?.seq === lastStart.seq,
+    );
+    if (alreadyClosed) return;
+
+    // Find the highest seq in this flow for monotonic ordering
+    const maxSeq = all
+      .filter((e) => e.flowId === lastStart.flowId)
+      .reduce((max, e) => Math.max(max, e.seq), lastStart.seq);
+
+    emitJournalEvent(basePath, {
+      ts: new Date().toISOString(),
+      flowId: lastStart.flowId,
+      seq: maxSeq + 1,
+      eventType: "unit-end",
+      data: {
+        unitType: lock.unitType,
+        unitId: lock.unitId,
+        status: "crash-recovered",
+        artifactVerified: false,
+      },
+      causedBy: { flowId: lastStart.flowId, seq: lastStart.seq },
+    });
+  } catch {
+    // Never throw from crash recovery path — journal failure must not block recovery
+  }
+}

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/docs/preferences-reference.md

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Setting `prefer_skills: []` does **not** disable skill discovery — it just mea
 
 - `phases`: fine-grained control over which phases run. Usually set by `token_profile`, but can be overridden. Keys:
   - `skip_research`: boolean — skip milestone-level research. Default: `false`.
-  - `reassess_after_slice`: boolean — run roadmap reassessment after each completed slice. Default: `false`.
+  - `reassess_after_slice`: boolean — run roadmap reassessment after each completed slice. Default: `true`.
   - `skip_reassess`: boolean — force-disable roadmap reassessment even if `reassess_after_slice` is enabled. Default: `false`.
   - `skip_slice_research`: boolean — skip per-slice research. Default: `false`.
 

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/gsd-db.ts

@@ -1564,6 +1564,23 @@ export interface TaskRow {
   sequence: number;
 }
 
+function parseTaskArrayColumn(raw: unknown): string[] {
+  if (typeof raw !== "string" || raw.trim() === "") return [];
+
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    if (Array.isArray(parsed)) return parsed.map((value) => String(value));
+    if (parsed === null || parsed === undefined || parsed === "") return [];
+    return [String(parsed)];
+  } catch {
+    // Older/corrupt rows may contain comma-separated strings instead of JSON.
+    return raw
+      .split(",")
+      .map((value) => value.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean);
+  }
+}
+
 function rowToTask(row: Record<string, unknown>): TaskRow {
   const parseTaskArray = (value: unknown): string[] => {
     if (Array.isArray(value)) {
@@ -1603,8 +1620,8 @@ function rowToTask(row: Record<string, unknown>): TaskRow {
     blocker_discovered: (row["blocker_discovered"] as number) === 1,
     deviations: row["deviations"] as string,
     known_issues: row["known_issues"] as string,
-    key_files: JSON.parse((row["key_files"] as string) || "[]"),
-    key_decisions: JSON.parse((row["key_decisions"] as string) || "[]"),
+    key_files: parseTaskArrayColumn(row["key_files"]),
+    key_decisions: parseTaskArrayColumn(row["key_decisions"]),
     full_summary_md: row["full_summary_md"] as string,
     description: (row["description"] as string) ?? "",
     estimate: (row["estimate"] as string) ?? "",
@@ -2200,6 +2217,39 @@ export function deleteSlice(milestoneId: string, sliceId: string): void {
   });
 }
 
+export function deleteMilestone(milestoneId: string): void {
+  if (!currentDb) throw new GSDError(GSD_STALE_STATE, "gsd-db: No database open");
+  transaction(() => {
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM verification_evidence WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM quality_gates WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM tasks WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM slice_dependencies WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM slices WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM replan_history WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM assessments WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM artifacts WHERE milestone_id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+    currentDb!.prepare(
+      `DELETE FROM milestones WHERE id = :mid`,
+    ).run({ ":mid": milestoneId });
+  });
+}
+
 export function updateSliceFields(milestoneId: string, sliceId: string, fields: {
   title?: string;
   risk?: string;

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/milestone-actions.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import {
 } from "./paths.js";
 import { invalidateAllCaches } from "./cache.js";
 import { loadQueueOrder, saveQueueOrder } from "./queue-order.js";
-import { getMilestone, isDbAvailable, updateMilestoneStatus } from "./gsd-db.js";
+import { deleteMilestone, getMilestone, isDbAvailable, updateMilestoneStatus } from "./gsd-db.js";
+import { removeWorktree } from "./worktree-manager.js";
 import { logWarning } from "./workflow-logger.js";
 
 // ─── Park ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -110,6 +111,15 @@ export function discardMilestone(basePath: string, milestoneId: string): boolean
   const mDir = resolveMilestonePath(basePath, milestoneId);
   if (!mDir || !existsSync(mDir)) return false;
 
+  try {
+    removeWorktree(basePath, milestoneId, {
+      branch: `milestone/${milestoneId}`,
+      deleteBranch: true,
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logWarning("engine", `discardMilestone worktree cleanup failed for ${milestoneId}: ${(err as Error).message}`);
+  }
+
   rmSync(mDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
 
   // Prune from queue order if present
@@ -118,6 +128,14 @@ export function discardMilestone(basePath: string, milestoneId: string): boolean
     saveQueueOrder(basePath, order.filter(id => id !== milestoneId));
   }
 
+  if (isDbAvailable()) {
+    try {
+      deleteMilestone(milestoneId);
+    } catch (err) {
+      logWarning("engine", `discardMilestone DB cleanup failed for ${milestoneId}: ${(err as Error).message}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   invalidateAllCaches();
   return true;
 }

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/notification-widget.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // GSD Extension — Notification Widget
 // Always-on ambient widget rendered belowEditor showing unread count and
-// the most recent notification message. Refreshes every 5 seconds.
+// the most recent notification message. Refreshes every 30 seconds.
 // Widget key: "gsd-notifications", placement: "belowEditor"
 
 import type { ExtensionContext } from "@gsd/pi-coding-agent";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function buildNotificationWidgetLines(): string[] {
 
 // ─── Widget init ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-const REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 5_000;
+const REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000;
 
 /**
  * Initialize the always-on notification widget (belowEditor).