gsd-pi 2.82.0-dev.725028083 → 2.82.0-dev.98ea09b1e

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/clean-root-preflight.ts

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
  *
  * Design constraints (from Trek-e approval):
  *  - Warn the user before stashing (no silent surprises)
- *  - git stash push / git stash pop only — no custom stash management layer
- *  - Stash/pop errors are logged but MUST NOT block the merge itself
+ *  - git stash push / git stash apply+drop for targeted restore
+ *  - Stash/apply errors are logged but MUST NOT block the merge itself
  *  - Fast-path status check — clean trees pay no extra cost
  */
 
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 import { GIT_NO_PROMPT_ENV } from "./git-constants.js";
 import { logWarning } from "./workflow-logger.js";
 import { nativeHasChanges } from "./native-git-bridge.js";
@@ -32,6 +34,148 @@ export interface PostflightResult {
   needsManualRecovery: boolean;
   message: string;
   stashRef?: string;
+  resolution?: "applied" | "already-present-dropped" | "already-present-preserved" | "manual-recovery";
+  collidedPaths?: string[];
+}
+
+function gitText(basePath: string, args: string[]): string {
+  return execFileSync("git", args, {
+    cwd: basePath,
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+    encoding: "utf-8",
+    env: GIT_NO_PROMPT_ENV,
+  });
+}
+
+function gitBuffer(basePath: string, args: string[]): Buffer {
+  return execFileSync("git", args, {
+    cwd: basePath,
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+    env: GIT_NO_PROMPT_ENV,
+  });
+}
+
+function errorText(err: unknown): string {
+  if (!err || typeof err !== "object") return String(err);
+  const parts: string[] = [];
+  const stderr = (err as { stderr?: unknown }).stderr;
+  const stdout = (err as { stdout?: unknown }).stdout;
+  for (const value of [stderr, stdout]) {
+    if (typeof value === "string") parts.push(value);
+    else if (value instanceof Uint8Array) parts.push(Buffer.from(value).toString("utf-8"));
+  }
+  parts.push(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+  return parts.filter(Boolean).join("\n");
+}
+
+function parseAlreadyExistsNoCheckoutPaths(text: string): string[] {
+  const paths: string[] = [];
+  for (const line of text.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    const match = /^(.+?) already exists, no checkout$/i.exec(line.trim());
+    if (match?.[1]) paths.push(match[1]);
+  }
+  return [...new Set(paths)];
+}
+
+function readZeroDelimitedPaths(output: string): string[] {
+  return output.split("\0").filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+function listStashUntrackedPaths(basePath: string, stashRef: string): string[] | null {
+  try {
+    const output = gitText(basePath, ["ls-tree", "-r", "-z", "--name-only", `${stashRef}^3`]);
+    return readZeroDelimitedPaths(output);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function listStashTrackedPaths(basePath: string, stashRef: string): string[] | null {
+  try {
+    const output = gitText(basePath, ["diff", "--name-only", "-z", `${stashRef}^1`, stashRef]);
+    return readZeroDelimitedPaths(output);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function isWorktreeClean(basePath: string): boolean | null {
+  try {
+    return gitText(basePath, ["status", "--porcelain"]).trim() === "";
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function stashBlobEqualsWorktreeFile(basePath: string, stashRef: string, path: string): boolean | null {
+  try {
+    const worktreePath = join(basePath, path);
+    if (!existsSync(worktreePath)) return false;
+    const worktreeContent = readFileSync(worktreePath);
+    const stashContent = gitBuffer(basePath, ["show", `${stashRef}^3:${path}`]);
+    return Buffer.compare(worktreeContent, stashContent) === 0;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function reconcileAlreadyPresentUntrackedStash(
+  basePath: string,
+  milestoneId: string,
+  stashRef: string,
+  err: unknown,
+): PostflightResult | null {
+  const text = errorText(err);
+  const collidedPaths = parseAlreadyExistsNoCheckoutPaths(text);
+  if (collidedPaths.length === 0) return null;
+
+  const untrackedPaths = listStashUntrackedPaths(basePath, stashRef);
+  if (!untrackedPaths || untrackedPaths.length === 0) return null;
+
+  const trackedPaths = listStashTrackedPaths(basePath, stashRef);
+  if (trackedPaths === null || trackedPaths.length > 0) return null;
+
+  const untrackedPathSet = new Set(untrackedPaths);
+  if (!collidedPaths.every((path) => untrackedPathSet.has(path))) return null;
+  if (!untrackedPaths.every((path) => existsSync(join(basePath, path)))) return null;
+  if (isWorktreeClean(basePath) !== true) return null;
+
+  const blobComparisons = untrackedPaths.map((path) => stashBlobEqualsWorktreeFile(basePath, stashRef, path));
+  if (blobComparisons.some((result) => result === null)) return null;
+  const allIdentical = blobComparisons.every(Boolean);
+  if (allIdentical) {
+    let dropped = true;
+    try {
+      execFileSync("git", ["stash", "drop", stashRef], {
+        cwd: basePath,
+        stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+        encoding: "utf-8",
+        env: GIT_NO_PROMPT_ENV,
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      dropped = false;
+      logWarning("preflight", `git stash drop ${stashRef} failed after identical preflight stash reconciliation: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    }
+    return {
+      restored: true,
+      needsManualRecovery: false,
+      message: dropped
+        ? `Preflight stash for milestone ${milestoneId} contained files already present after merge; identical stash dropped.`
+        : `Preflight stash for milestone ${milestoneId} contained files already present after merge, but ${stashRef} could not be dropped and remains as a backup.`,
+      stashRef,
+      resolution: dropped ? "already-present-dropped" : "already-present-preserved",
+      collidedPaths,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    restored: false,
+    needsManualRecovery: false,
+    message: `Preflight stash for milestone ${milestoneId} contained untracked files already present after merge. Keeping merged files and preserving ${stashRef} as a backup.`,
+    stashRef,
+    resolution: "already-present-preserved",
+    collidedPaths,
+  };
 }
 
 function findPreflightStashRef(basePath: string, milestoneId: string, stashMarker?: string): string | null {
@@ -141,27 +285,48 @@ export function postflightPopStash(
         message: msg,
       };
     }
-    execFileSync("git", ["stash", "pop", stashRef], {
+    execFileSync("git", ["stash", "apply", stashRef], {
       cwd: basePath,
       stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
       encoding: "utf-8",
       env: GIT_NO_PROMPT_ENV,
     });
+    let dropWarning: string | null = null;
+    try {
+      execFileSync("git", ["stash", "drop", stashRef], {
+        cwd: basePath,
+        stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+        encoding: "utf-8",
+        env: GIT_NO_PROMPT_ENV,
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      dropWarning = ` Stash was restored, but git stash drop ${stashRef} failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}.`;
+      logWarning("preflight", dropWarning.trim());
+    }
     const msg = `Restored stashed changes after milestone ${milestoneId} merge.`;
-    notify(msg, "info");
+    notify(`${msg}${dropWarning ?? ""}`, dropWarning ? "warning" : "info");
     return {
       restored: true,
       needsManualRecovery: false,
-      message: msg,
+      message: `${msg}${dropWarning ?? ""}`,
       stashRef,
+      resolution: "applied",
     };
   } catch (err) {
-    // Pop conflicts mean the merged code collides with the stashed changes.
+    if (stashRef) {
+      const reconciled = reconcileAlreadyPresentUntrackedStash(basePath, milestoneId, stashRef, err);
+      if (reconciled) {
+        logWarning("preflight", reconciled.message);
+        notify(reconciled.message, reconciled.resolution === "already-present-preserved" ? "warning" : "info");
+        return reconciled;
+      }
+    }
+    // Apply conflicts mean the merged code collides with the stashed changes.
     // Log a warning — the user needs to resolve manually, but the merge succeeded.
     const restoreHint = stashRef
-      ? `Run "git stash pop ${stashRef}" or "git stash apply ${stashRef}" manually to restore the correct stash.`
+      ? `Run "git stash apply ${stashRef}" manually to restore the correct stash, then "git stash drop ${stashRef}" after recovery.`
       : `Run "git stash list" to find the matching GSD preflight stash before restoring manually.`;
-    const msg = `git stash pop ${stashRef ?? ""}`.trim() + ` failed after merge of milestone ${milestoneId}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}. ${restoreHint}`;
+    const msg = `git stash apply ${stashRef ?? ""}`.trim() + ` failed after merge of milestone ${milestoneId}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}. ${restoreHint}`;
     logWarning("preflight", msg);
     notify(msg, "warning");
     return {
@@ -169,6 +334,7 @@ export function postflightPopStash(
       needsManualRecovery: true,
       message: msg,
       ...(stashRef ? { stashRef } : {}),
+      resolution: "manual-recovery",
     };
   }
 }

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/commands/catalog.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
 
 import { loadRegistry } from "../workflow-templates.js";
 import { gsdHome } from "../gsd-home.js";
+import { VISUAL_BRIEF_MODES } from "../../visual-brief/prompts.js";
 
 
 export interface GsdCommandDefinition {
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export interface GsdCommandDefinition {
 type CompletionMap = Record<string, readonly GsdCommandDefinition[]>;
 
 export const GSD_COMMAND_DESCRIPTION =
-  "GSD — Get Shit Done: /gsd help|start|templates|next|auto|stop|pause|status|widget|visualize|queue|quick|discuss|capture|triage|dispatch|history|undo|undo-task|reset-slice|rate|skip|export|cleanup|model|mode|prefs|config|keys|hooks|run-hook|skill-health|doctor|debug|logs|forensics|changelog|migrate|remote|steer|knowledge|new-milestone|new-project|parallel|cmux|park|unpark|init|setup|onboarding|inspect|extensions|update|fast|mcp|rethink|workflow|codebase|notifications|ship|do|session-report|backlog|pr-branch|add-tests|scan|language|worktree|eval-review";
+  "GSD — Get Shit Done: /gsd help|start|templates|next|auto|stop|pause|status|widget|visualize|brief|queue|quick|discuss|capture|triage|dispatch|history|undo|undo-task|reset-slice|rate|skip|export|cleanup|model|mode|prefs|config|keys|hooks|run-hook|skill-health|doctor|debug|logs|forensics|changelog|migrate|remote|steer|knowledge|new-milestone|new-project|parallel|cmux|park|unpark|init|setup|onboarding|inspect|extensions|update|fast|mcp|rethink|workflow|codebase|notifications|ship|do|session-report|backlog|pr-branch|add-tests|scan|language|worktree|eval-review";
 
 export const TOP_LEVEL_SUBCOMMANDS: readonly GsdCommandDefinition[] = [
   { cmd: "help", desc: "Categorized command reference with descriptions" },
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export const TOP_LEVEL_SUBCOMMANDS: readonly GsdCommandDefinition[] = [
   { cmd: "status", desc: "Progress dashboard" },
   { cmd: "widget", desc: "Cycle widget: full → small → min → off" },
   { cmd: "visualize", desc: "Open 10-tab workflow visualizer (progress, timeline, deps, metrics, health, agent, changes, knowledge, captures, export)" },
+  { cmd: "brief", desc: "Generate a visual HTML brief: diagram, plan, diff review, recap, table, or slides" },
   { cmd: "queue", desc: "Queue and reorder future milestones" },
   { cmd: "quick", desc: "Execute a quick task without full planning overhead" },
   { cmd: "discuss", desc: "Discuss architecture and decisions" },
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ export const TOP_LEVEL_SUBCOMMANDS: readonly GsdCommandDefinition[] = [
 ];
 
 const NESTED_COMPLETIONS: CompletionMap = {
+  brief: VISUAL_BRIEF_MODES.map((mode) => ({ cmd: mode.mode, desc: mode.description })),
   auto: [
     { cmd: "--verbose", desc: "Show detailed execution output" },
     { cmd: "--debug", desc: "Enable debug logging" },

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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ExtensionAPI, ExtensionCommandContext, ExtensionContext } from "@gsd/pi-coding-agent";
 import type { Model } from "@gsd/pi-ai";
 import type { GSDState } from "../../types.js";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 
 import { computeProgressScore, formatProgressLine } from "../../progress-score.js";
 import { loadEffectiveGSDPreferences, getGlobalGSDPreferencesPath, getProjectGSDPreferencesPath } from "../../preferences.js";
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import { handleCmux } from "../../commands-cmux.js";
 import { setSessionModelOverride } from "../../session-model-override.js";
 import { projectRoot } from "../context.js";
 import { formattedShortcutPair } from "../../shortcut-defs.js";
+import { getVisualBriefOutputDir } from "../../../visual-brief/artifact-policy.js";
+import { buildVisualBriefPrompt, parseVisualBriefArgs, VISUAL_BRIEF_USAGE } from "../../../visual-brief/prompts.js";
 
 export function showHelp(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext, args = ""): void {
   const summaryLines = [
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ export function showHelp(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext, args = ""): void {
     `  /gsd parallel watch Parallel monitor  (${formattedShortcutPair("parallel")})`,
     `  /gsd notifications  Notification history  (${formattedShortcutPair("notifications")})`,
     "  /gsd visualize      Interactive 10-tab TUI",
+    "  /gsd brief <mode>   Visual HTML brief (diagram, plan, diff, recap, table, slides)",
     "  /gsd queue          Show queued/dispatched units",
     "",
     "COURSE CORRECTION",
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ export function showHelp(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext, args = ""): void {
     `  /gsd parallel watch Open parallel worker monitor  (${formattedShortcutPair("parallel")})`,
     "  /gsd widget         Cycle status widget  [full|small|min|off]",
     "  /gsd visualize      Interactive 10-tab TUI (progress, timeline, deps, metrics, health, agent, changes, knowledge, captures, export)",
+    "  /gsd brief <mode>   Generate a visual HTML brief  [diagram|plan|diff|recap|table|slides] [topic] [--slides]",
     "  /gsd queue          Show queued/dispatched units and execution order",
     "  /gsd history        View execution history  [--cost] [--phase] [--model] [N]",
     "  /gsd changelog      Show categorized release notes  [version]",
@@ -203,6 +208,37 @@ export async function handleVisualize(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext): Promise<voi
   }
 }
 
+export async function handleBrief(args: string, ctx: ExtensionCommandContext, pi?: ExtensionAPI): Promise<void> {
+  const request = parseVisualBriefArgs(args);
+  if (!request) {
+    ctx.ui.notify(VISUAL_BRIEF_USAGE, "info");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!pi?.sendUserMessage) {
+    ctx.ui.notify("Visual brief generation is unavailable in this context.", "warning");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const outputDir = getVisualBriefOutputDir();
+  const version = resolveGsdVersion();
+  pi.sendUserMessage(buildVisualBriefPrompt(request, { outputDir, version }));
+}
+
+const briefRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
+function resolveGsdVersion(): string | undefined {
+  const envVersion = process.env.GSD_VERSION?.trim();
+  if (envVersion) return envVersion;
+  try {
+    const pkg = briefRequire("../../../../../../package.json") as { version?: unknown };
+    const fromPkg = typeof pkg.version === "string" ? pkg.version.trim() : "";
+    return fromPkg || undefined;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
 export async function handleSetup(args: string, ctx: ExtensionCommandContext, pi?: ExtensionAPI): Promise<void> {
   const { detectProjectState, hasGlobalSetup } = await import("../../detection.js");
   const { isOnboardingComplete, readOnboardingRecord } = await import("../../onboarding-state.js");
@@ -429,6 +465,10 @@ export async function handleCoreCommand(
     await handleVisualize(ctx);
     return true;
   }
+  if (trimmed === "brief" || trimmed.startsWith("brief ")) {
+    await handleBrief(trimmed.replace(/^brief\s*/, "").trim(), ctx, pi);
+    return true;
+  }
   if (trimmed === "widget" || trimmed.startsWith("widget ")) {
     const { cycleWidgetMode, setWidgetMode, getWidgetMode } = await import("../../auto-dashboard.js");
     const arg = trimmed.replace(/^widget\s*/, "").trim();

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

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { importExtensionModule, type ExtensionAPI, type ExtensionCommandContext } from "@gsd/pi-coding-agent";
+import { VISUAL_BRIEF_MODES } from "../visual-brief/prompts.js";
 
 const TOP_LEVEL_SUBCOMMANDS = [
   { cmd: "help", desc: "Categorized command reference with descriptions" },
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ const TOP_LEVEL_SUBCOMMANDS = [
   { cmd: "pause", desc: "Pause auto-mode (preserves state, /gsd auto to resume)" },
   { cmd: "status", desc: "Progress dashboard" },
   { cmd: "visualize", desc: "Open workflow visualizer" },
+  { cmd: "brief", desc: "Generate a visual HTML brief" },
   { cmd: "queue", desc: "Queue and reorder future milestones" },
   { cmd: "quick", desc: "Execute a quick task without full planning overhead" },
   { cmd: "discuss", desc: "Discuss architecture and decisions" },
@@ -87,6 +89,14 @@ function getGsdArgumentCompletions(prefix: string) {
     ], "next");
   }
 
+  if (parts[0] === "brief" && parts.length <= 2) {
+    return filterStartsWith(
+      partial,
+      VISUAL_BRIEF_MODES.map((mode) => ({ cmd: mode.mode, desc: mode.description })),
+      "brief",
+    );
+  }
+
   if ((parts[0] === "new-project" || parts[0] === "new-milestone") && parts.length <= 2) {
     return filterStartsWith(partial, [
       { cmd: "--deep", desc: "Enable deep planning mode (staged project-level discovery)" },

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

@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import {
   findStaleWorkerForProject,
   getAllAutoWorkers,
+  markWorkerCrashed,
   type AutoWorkerRow,
 } from "./db/auto-workers.js";
-import { getLatestForUnit, type DispatchStatus } from "./db/unit-dispatches.js";
+import { markLatestActiveForWorkerCanceled, type DispatchStatus } from "./db/unit-dispatches.js";
 import { getRuntimeKv, setRuntimeKv, deleteRuntimeKv } from "./db/runtime-kv.js";
 import { _getAdapter, isDbAvailable } from "./gsd-db.js";
 import { gsdRoot, normalizeRealPath } from "./paths.js";
@@ -56,6 +57,15 @@ function lockPath(basePath: string): string {
   return join(gsdRoot(basePath), effectiveLockFile());
 }
 
+function clearLegacyLockFile(basePath: string): void {
+  try {
+    const p = lockPath(basePath);
+    if (existsSync(p)) unlinkSync(p);
+  } catch {
+    // Best-effort.
+  }
+}
+
 function readLegacyLock(basePath: string): LockData | null {
   try {
     const p = lockPath(basePath);
@@ -204,18 +214,34 @@ export function writeLock(
  * stale session-file pointer.
  */
 export function clearLock(basePath: string): void {
+  clearLegacyLockFile(basePath);
+
+  if (!isDbAvailable()) return;
   try {
-    const p = lockPath(basePath);
-    if (existsSync(p)) unlinkSync(p);
+    const projectRoot = normalizeRealPath(basePath);
+    const worker = findActiveWorkerForCurrentProcess(projectRoot);
+    if (!worker) return;
+    deleteRuntimeKv("worker", worker.worker_id, SESSION_FILE_KV_KEY);
   } catch {
     // Best-effort.
   }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clear a stale DB-backed worker lock after readCrashLock/findStaleWorkerForProject
+ * has identified a dead worker. Unlike clearLock(), this targets the stale
+ * worker row instead of the current process's active worker.
+ */
+export function clearStaleWorkerLock(basePath: string): void {
+  clearLegacyLockFile(basePath);
 
   if (!isDbAvailable()) return;
   try {
     const projectRoot = normalizeRealPath(basePath);
-    const worker = findActiveWorkerForCurrentProcess(projectRoot);
+    const worker = findStaleWorkerForProject(projectRoot);
     if (!worker) return;
+    markLatestActiveForWorkerCanceled(worker.worker_id, "crash-recovered");
+    markWorkerCrashed(worker.worker_id);
     deleteRuntimeKv("worker", worker.worker_id, SESSION_FILE_KV_KEY);
   } catch {
     // Best-effort.

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

@@ -524,17 +524,18 @@ export function getRecentUnitKeysForProjectRoot(
   if (!isDbAvailable()) return [];
   const db = _getAdapter()!;
   const rows = db.prepare(
-    `SELECT ud.unit_id
+    `SELECT ud.unit_type, ud.unit_id
      FROM unit_dispatches ud
      INNER JOIN workers w ON w.worker_id = ud.worker_id
      WHERE w.project_root_realpath = :project_root_realpath
+       AND w.status != 'crashed'
      ORDER BY ud.started_at DESC, ud.id DESC
      LIMIT :limit`,
   ).all({
     ":project_root_realpath": projectRootRealpath,
     ":limit": limit,
-  }) as Array<{ unit_id: string }>;
-  return rows.reverse().map((r) => ({ key: r.unit_id }));
+  }) as Array<{ unit_type: string; unit_id: string }>;
+  return rows.reverse().map((r) => ({ key: `${r.unit_type}/${r.unit_id}` }));
 }
 
 /**

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

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { findMilestoneIds } from "./guided-flow.js";
 import { parseUnitId } from "./unit-id.js";
 import { isDbAvailable, getMilestoneSlices, getMilestone } from "./gsd-db.js";
 import { parseRoadmap } from "./parsers-legacy.js";
-import { isClosedStatus } from "./status-guards.js";
+import { isClosedStatus, isSkippedForDispatch } from "./status-guards.js";
 import { classifyMilestoneSummaryContent } from "./milestone-summary-classifier.js";
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function getPriorSliceCompletionBlocker(
     //      DB-backed projects must not treat SUMMARY.md as authoritative.
     if (isDbAvailable()) {
       const milestoneRow = getMilestone(mid);
-      if (milestoneRow && isClosedStatus(milestoneRow.status)) continue;
+      if (milestoneRow && isSkippedForDispatch(milestoneRow.status)) continue;
     } else {
       const summaryPath = resolveMilestoneFile(base, mid, "SUMMARY");
       let summaryContent: string | null = null;

package/src/resources/extensions/gsd/doctor-runtime-checks.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { milestonesDir, gsdRoot, resolveGsdRootFile } from "./paths.js";
 import { deriveState, isGhostMilestone, isReusableGhostMilestone } from "./state.js";
 import { saveFile } from "./files.js";
 import { nativeIsRepo, nativeForEachRef, nativeUpdateRef } from "./native-git-bridge.js";
-import { readCrashLock, isLockProcessAlive, clearLock } from "./crash-recovery.js";
+import { readCrashLock, isLockProcessAlive, clearStaleWorkerLock } from "./crash-recovery.js";
 import { getActiveAutoWorkers } from "./db/auto-workers.js";
 import { normalizeRealPath } from "./paths.js";
 import { ensureGitignore, isGsdGitignored } from "./gitignore.js";
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export async function checkRuntimeHealth(
         });
 
         if (shouldFix("stale_crash_lock")) {
-          clearLock(basePath);
+          clearStaleWorkerLock(basePath);
           fixesApplied.push("cleared stale auto-mode worker state");
         }
       }
@@ -80,17 +80,29 @@ export async function checkRuntimeHealth(
         // heartbeat for this project?" — readCrashLock returns null for
         // healthy live workers (it surfaces stale ones only), so we must
         // consult getActiveAutoWorkers directly.
-        const projectRoot = normalizeRealPath(basePath);
-        const activeWorkers = getActiveAutoWorkers().filter(
-          (w) => w.project_root_realpath === projectRoot && isLockProcessAlive({
-            pid: w.pid,
-            startedAt: w.started_at,
-            unitType: "starting",
-            unitId: "bootstrap",
-            unitStartedAt: w.started_at,
-          }),
-        );
-        const lockHolderAlive = activeWorkers.length > 0;
+        let lockHolderAlive = false;
+        try {
+          const projectRoot = normalizeRealPath(basePath);
+          for (const worker of getActiveAutoWorkers()) {
+            if (worker.project_root_realpath !== projectRoot) continue;
+            try {
+              if (isLockProcessAlive({
+                pid: worker.pid,
+                startedAt: worker.started_at,
+                unitType: "starting",
+                unitId: "bootstrap",
+                unitStartedAt: worker.started_at,
+              })) {
+                lockHolderAlive = true;
+                break;
+              }
+            } catch {
+              // Ignore malformed worker rows or transient PID probe failures.
+            }
+          }
+        } catch {
+          // If worker lookup fails, continue with the stranded lock diagnosis.
+        }
         if (!lockHolderAlive) {
           issues.push({
             severity: "error",

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

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { RoadmapSliceEntry } from "./types.js";
 import { checkGitHealth, checkRuntimeHealth, checkGlobalHealth, checkEngineHealth } from "./doctor-checks.js";
 import { checkEnvironmentHealth } from "./doctor-environment.js";
 import { runProviderChecks } from "./doctor-providers.js";
+import { validateTitle } from "./validation.js";
 
 // ── Re-exports ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // All public types and functions from extracted modules are re-exported here
@@ -25,33 +26,7 @@ export { summarizeDoctorIssues, filterDoctorIssues, formatDoctorReport, formatDo
 export { runEnvironmentChecks, runFullEnvironmentChecks, formatEnvironmentReport, type EnvironmentCheckResult } from "./doctor-environment.js";
 export { computeProgressScore, computeProgressScoreWithContext, formatProgressLine, formatProgressReport, type ProgressScore, type ProgressLevel } from "./progress-score.js";
 
-/**
- * Characters that are used as delimiters in GSD state management documents
- * and should not appear in milestone or slice titles.
- *
- * - "\u2014" (em dash, U+2014): used as a display separator in STATE.md and other docs.
- *   A title containing "\u2014" makes the separator ambiguous, corrupting state display
- *   and confusing the LLM agent that reads and writes these files.
- * - "\u2013" (en dash, U+2013): visually similar to em dash; same ambiguity risk.
- * - "/" (forward slash, U+002F): used as the path separator in unit IDs (M001/S01)
- *   and git branch names (gsd/M001/S01). A slash in a title can break path resolution.
- */
-const TITLE_DELIMITER_RE = /[\u2014\u2013\/]/; // em dash, en dash, forward slash
-
-/**
- * Check whether a milestone or slice title contains characters that conflict
- * with GSD's state document delimiter conventions.
- * Returns a human-readable description of the problem, or null if the title is safe.
- */
-export function validateTitle(title: string): string | null {
-  if (TITLE_DELIMITER_RE.test(title)) {
-    const found: string[] = [];
-    if (/[\u2014\u2013]/.test(title)) found.push("em/en dash (\u2014 or \u2013)");
-    if (/\//.test(title)) found.push("forward slash (/)");
-    return `title contains ${found.join(" and ")}, which conflict with GSD state document delimiters`;
-  }
-  return null;
-}
+export { validateTitle } from "./validation.js";
 
 function validatePreferenceShape(preferences: GSDPreferences): string[] {
   const issues: string[] = [];