fix(clients): use linked PRs for git actions on matching branches

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A thread could show an open linked pull request while Git actions still offered to create another one. The clients now reuse a loaded open link only when its explicit head repository and branch match the checkout receiving the action. Provider lookup results, including closed and merged PRs, take precedence. Missing identity keeps the existing actions.

Checkout identity comes from local VCS status, rather than cached project metadata. Ambiguous tracking or push configuration declines fallback, including different tracked remotes, push overrides, remote-prefixed publish branches, conflicting fetch/push repository identities, and pushInsteadOf. This adds at most one batched config process per uncached local-status read; warm reads use the existing cache. Optional head-repository metadata passes through the existing summary and snapshot reads, with no extra provider request. Web/desktop controls and mobile chat, review headers, and overview use the same resolver. Draft metadata is retained; unlinking restores creation. Credit to @sebastianfdz for the diagnosis and original implementation in #20041.

Verification at bc50102831, against main 5b72385065:

• PR-specific action tests reduced from 6 to 3; those two suites pass 114 tests, previously 117. Existing backend, schema, and reactor cases cover checkout remote changes, optional metadata, and snapshot propagation without increasing case counts. Missing identity/fallback regressions were demonstrated failing before the fixes.
• 715 focused existing tests passed during the rebuild. After the GitCafe summary/detail correction and clean main merge, 251 selected tests pass, including its 79-test suite and the 139 client/schema/sync tests plus 33 backend status/cache cases. After the final multi-remote guard, 195 focused tests pass (33 backend status/cache and 162 shared/web cases), including the existing real retarget fixture demonstrated red before the fix. Server typecheck and targeted lint/format pass. Web, mobile, GitHub and GitCafe package typechecks and repeat code generation also passed during the rebuild. Existing Effect suggestions remain; no repository-wide checks ran.
• Linux browser, isolated state, 1280×800: matching heads show Commit & push without another Create PR entry. Foreign fork heads on the same branch, unknown heads, and unlinked PRs keep creation actions. A fork checkout matches its own head even when the PR targets a different base repository. Repointing origin and opening the Git menu refreshes the actions; restoring origin restores the fallback. A branch tracking another repository keeps creation actions; restoring matching origin tracking restores the fallback.
• Push ran through the app for the valid fork fixture and wrote the exact expected commit to a local bare remote. Projection fixtures supplied linked PRs; real Git remotes supplied checkout identity, using an ordinary insteadOf rewrite to the disposable local bare remote. This proves client presentation, refresh, and push execution, not live GitHub linking/discovery. A separate read-only GitHub API request verified the head/base repository distinction on this PR. Commit generation was not invoked.
• Five independent whole-diff review rounds by Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol; round 5 is clean. Earlier findings corrected checkout identity, fork head/base matching, HTTP ports, GitCafe summary/detail consistency, and uncertain push destinations.

Before, base component with the same fixture:

After:

A foreign fork head on the same branch retains creation:

Recording: app pushes the fork fixture commit to its isolated remote.

Limits: no macOS, Windows, native iOS/Android menus, Electron runtime, or remote/relay/tunnel verification. GitHub, Forgejo, Bitbucket, and GitCafe retain explicit head metadata where their existing reads supply it. Current GitLab and Azure reads do not supply head identity and safely decline fallback, as do old snapshots/servers, ambiguous SSH/web-port mappings, and conservative multi-remote/push configurations. Ordinary insteadOf follows configured repository identity; arbitrary URL rewrite expansion was not added. Human review and current-head CI remain required before merge.

Remaining gates at the published head: Test Web and the aggregate Check failed after one retry. Failures are in the unchanged WorkflowOpeningBlock syntax-highlighting case and AttachmentFilePreview browser case; the focused WorkflowOpeningBlock suite passes locally. Other running CI jobs passed. CodeRabbit's current-head review was rate limited; its success context does not establish review coverage of this head. Obtain passing CI and a fresh configured or human review before merge; this takeover is published but is not merge-ready.

Implementation: GPT-6.1-Sol; tests: GPT-6-Astra; independent review: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol. Coordinated through the Codex harness in T3 Code.

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• apps/mobile/src/features/review/useReviewHeaderPresentation.tsx
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• apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadRouteScreen.tsx
• apps/mobile/src/features/threads/git/GitOverviewSheet.tsx
• apps/mobile/src/features/threads/useThreadHeaderOptions.test.tsx
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• apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.test.ts
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• apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts
• apps/web/src/components/GitActionsControl.logic.test.ts
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• packages/shared/src/git.ts
• packages/shared/src/threadPullRequests.ts
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Git status now includes checkout repository identity. Pull-request data carries head repository identity. A shared resolver matches eligible thread pull-request links to Git status, and web and mobile Git controls use the resolved status.

Changes: Thread-linked pull-request status

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve checkout repository identity apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts, packages/contracts/src/git.ts, packages/shared/src/git.ts	Local status now includes a canonical repository key when the primary remote and push configuration pass the resolver checks. Tests cover status identity during branch retargeting and remote changes.
Carry head repository identity in pull-request data packages/contracts/src/pullRequest.ts, packages/contracts/src/threadPullRequest.ts, packages/source-control-core/src/server/PullRequestProvider.ts, packages/source-control-github/src/server/*, packages/source-control-gitcafe/src/server/GitCafePullRequestProvider.ts, apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.ts, related tests	Pull-request summaries and thread snapshots now carry the head repository owner and name. GitHub queries and mapping, GitCafe responses, service summaries, and synced snapshots populate or preserve the field.
Resolve status from pull-request links packages/shared/src/threadPullRequests.ts, apps/web/src/components/GitActionsControl.logic.test.ts	The resolver matches a non-dismissed link with an open snapshot by branch and canonical repository key. It leaves status unchanged when required identity is missing or a pull request is already present. Tests cover matching and rejected links, existing PR states, and unchanged status.
Use resolved status in web and mobile controls apps/web/src/components/GitActionsControl.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadGitControls.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadRouteScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/git/GitOverviewSheet.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/review/useReviewHeaderPresentation.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/useThreadHeaderOptions.test.tsx	Web actions and mobile controls now resolve status with thread pull requests. Mobile menus and the overview sheet use the resolved status for displayed details and menu decisions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitControls
  participant ThreadPullRequests
  participant resolveThreadGitStatus
  participant GitStatus
  GitControls->>ThreadPullRequests: Provide links for selected thread
  GitControls->>resolveThreadGitStatus: Pass status and links
  resolveThreadGitStatus->>GitStatus: Match branch and repository identity
  resolveThreadGitStatus-->>GitControls: Return resolved status

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to feddb

No change-specific blocker was established, but the reported failing web checks must pass before merge.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to feddb

Repository, branch, and open-state checks constrain when a linked pull request can change Git controls. The reviewed action paths retain their checkout and environment targets rather than taking execution authority from the link. Risk is low, with remaining uncertainty around all possible link producers and mixed-version behavior.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• observed — In the inspected consumers, linked metadata changes PR display, navigation, and whether creation is offered. Web action RPC inputs and mobile mutation calls remain bound to the selected checkout and environment; linked PR repository, URL, and number are not substituted as Git mutation targets.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The resolver requires an open, non-dismissed snapshot, exact branch equality, explicit head repository identity, and a matching canonical checkout key. It accepts only HTTP(S) link URLs. Mobile navigation derives an internal PR destination from the URL or uses the existing external-opening path.
• observed — Link and snapshot-sync commands are included in the client dispatch schema, while the server authorization map assigns dispatchCommand orchestration-operate scope. The inspected link update logic stores the command URL and snapshot without establishing URL-path consistency with the link key. Provider synchronization is therefore one producer, not proof that all stored metadata is provider-authored.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The inspected web action lifecycle retains per-checkout serialization, actionId ownership checks, cleanup on completion/error/interruption, and post-operation refresh. Resolved link status changes action selection but does not introduce a new multi-step server transition or recovery owner.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Consider validating a linked URL’s repository and PR number against its link key before promoting it into Git controls. Keep this separate from head-repository matching so legitimate fork PRs remain supported. This is defense in depth, not a verified vulnerability.

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