[only21mil]

Problem

Pull fails with "Git command timed out" when it takes more than 30 seconds, for example a large fetch over a slow link or a fast-forward that checks out many files. The server kills git pull --ff-only at 30 s, so a repository that needs longer can never be pulled from T3 Code. Push (#6499) and worktree creation (#23802) already run without a deadline for the same reason.

To reproduce: make the remote slow, for example git config remote.origin.uploadpack 'sleep 40; git-upload-pack' on a clone that is behind its upstream, then press Pull.

Change

pullCurrentBranch takes an optional timeoutMs, and the vcsPull RPC passes null, like push. The default stays 30 seconds, so the two automatic pulls (the default-branch auto-pull in VcsStatusBroadcaster, which runs under the per-checkout remote write lock, and the startup auto-pull) behave exactly as before. A pull you start can still be cancelled: interrupting it kills the Git process, as before.

A command with no deadline skips the shared pool of eight Git process slots, so a long pull cannot hold up short commands. Any connected client can start a pull, so a pull that skips the shared slots takes one of four permits of its own instead. A fifth one waits until one of the four finishes.

Scope and approval

There is no issue. This is a small fix for an obvious bug that brings the user's pull in line with push and worktree creation, and changes no automatic behavior.

Verification

• vp test run apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: one new case runs a real git pull that starts after 31 seconds of test-clock time. It fails on main with "Git command timed out." and passes with the fix. A second new case starts five no-deadline pulls against fake Git processes and checks that only four run until one finishes; it fails on the previous head with five running. All 247 tests pass on 585ab14. On the offer head 6bec0c9 (585ab14 plus one merge of main 01b815f) all 253 pass, and with main's versions of the four non-test files both new cases fail again ("Git command timed out." and five running).
• vp run check:changed febda24d434c48304bc44122f35356025a5fc37a: format, lint, knip, typecheck (3 packages) and tests (2 files) pass.
• vp run check:changed 8760d063e903406c8e8f695b0852c0a15fc1e00f: format, lint, knip, typecheck (3 packages) and tests (5 files) pass.
• vp run check:changed 01b815ffc29b634a7ede198e67c60460319fc1cb on 6bec0c9: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages) and tests (5 files, 360 tests) pass.
• Real clients against an isolated dev server, with a synthetic clean repository one commit behind a local remote whose uploadpack sleeps 40 seconds. The web runs (clicks in the Browser panel) used main 01b815f, this PR's head 585ab14 and the offer head 6bec0c9. The desktop and mobile runs used the earlier head febda24 and the main of that time.

Web before (main 01b815f): Pull fails with "Git command timed out."

Web after (585ab14): the same pull is still running at 35 seconds.

Web after (585ab14): it then completes; the Pull action is gone and main matches origin/main.

$ git status -sb | head -1      # main 01b815ffc2, after the failed pull
## main...origin/main [behind 1]
$ git status -sb | head -1      # 585ab140b6, after the pull
## main...origin/main
$ git status -sb | head -1      # 6bec0c9904, after the pull
## main...origin/main

Offer head 6bec0c9: the same pull is still running at 36 seconds, then completes as above.

Linux desktop before (main at the time of febda24): Pull fails with "Git command timed out." (local path redacted).

Linux desktop after (febda24): the same pull is still running at 37 seconds.

Linux desktop after (febda24): a repeat of the same pull completes and main is updated from origin/main.

iOS simulator before (main at the time of febda24): the same pull ends in a Git action failure banner.

iOS simulator after (febda24): the same pull reports "Pulled latest on main".

Android emulator before (main at the time of febda24): the pull fails and main is still 1 behind.

Android emulator after (febda24): after the same pull, main is clean and no longer behind.

Not checked: macOS and Windows desktop builds were not run; the Linux desktop app was. Mobile banners truncate the error text. Cancelling a pull mid-flight was not exercised in the app; the code path is unchanged (interrupting the request kills Git). The automatic pulls were not exercised; their code path is unchanged.

Prior PRs

#6499 by Dev Talan removed the deadline from push, and #23802 by Julius Marminge removed it from worktree creation; this PR follows both. #26601 by Julius Marminge (merged) changes SIGTERM handling and open #26568 by Julius Marminge changes the status fetch, both in the same driver; neither changes the pull's deadline.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — User-initiated pulls now run without the previous 30-second deadline, while other callers retain it. Human review is required to accept this default behavior change, including stalled pulls continuing without that deadline.

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Walkthrough

Git pulls now accept optional timeout settings. Pulls with no timeout or a timeout above 30 seconds use a four-permit concurrency limit. The workflow forwards timeout options, and the WebSocket pull call disables the timeout.

Changes: Git pull timeout

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Driver timeout options and concurrency control apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts	pullCurrentBranch accepts optional timeoutMs, which defaults to 30 seconds. Pull commands with no timeout or a timeout above 30 seconds use a four-permit concurrency limit. Tests cover a pull that runs beyond 30 seconds and the concurrency limit.
Workflow and WebSocket forwarding apps/server/src/git/GitWorkflowService.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts	The workflow adopts the driver service signature and forwards pull options. The WebSocket pull call passes timeoutMs: null; its existing success handling remains unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, yashranaway, bil0000

Merge Risk: Low · up to 51c67

User-started pulls no longer fail after 30 seconds. If a pull is queued behind four other long pulls and someone switches the checkout during the wait, the pull may update the new branch and report the old one. This needs a concurrent switch and is recoverable, so it is worth fixing but should not block the merge.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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Title check		The title names the main change: user-started pulls no longer hit the 30-second deadline. The objectives describe the same fix, and the title follows the conventional commit format. It is short, speci…
Description check		The description follows the repository template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each is filled in with specific detail. It includes a reproduction path, the design ratio…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts:
- Line 2834: Update the pull execution path so pulls using timeoutMs: null are
bounded by a dedicated semaphore rather than bypassing process limits; have
execute select that semaphore for pulls while keeping short Git commands on the
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Verified in a real dev environment

verified exact head febda24d434c48304bc44122f35356025a5fc37a on a disposable linux vm. no code changes were needed.

• reproduced on github/main (e6e2ab05cc) in a separate worktree first. the web client's pull failed with "Git command timed out" and the branch stayed one commit behind.
• stopped main before running the pr. created the project and thread through the app, using a real git repository and real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the local proxy. no seeded data, mocks or replay provider.
• against the same repository and remote update, with a real upload-pack delayed 40 seconds, the pr remained pulling at 32 seconds and completed after 40.8 seconds. git confirmed the remote commit was checked out.
• a second ordinary pull succeeded. a follow-up codex turn read both remote updates from README.md. the working tree remained clean and synchronized.
• vp test run apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: 217 passed through blacksmith.
• vp run check:changed 2b1021ce411db0f0aade4c513ab2bb4b0cdcaf94: format, lint, knip, graphql, typechecks for 3 packages, and 297 tests across 5 files passed through blacksmith. all 31 existing pr checks were successful at inspection.

before, main:

after, exact pr head:

12-second recording of the actual pr web flow at 4x speed, including the elapsed-time display and completion. exported as an animated gif for github. the source video's uploaded playback and seeking were checked:

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Not verified

native desktop, ios and android clients were not exercised on this linux web run. automatic-pull deadlines and mid-pull cancellation were not exercised end to end. the slow connection was a real local git remote delaying upload-pack; an external wan, remote relay and tunnel were not tested.

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Takeover update

merged current main into the branch with a merge commit (585ab140b6). no rebase, no force-push. the pr was 1029 commits behind and CI had not run on 9cde1af397.

• conflict in GitVcsDriverCore.ts: main added a two-permit lane for background git work, the pr added a four-permit cap for no-deadline pulls. kept both. long pulls use longGitPulls, short commands pick backgroundGitProcesses or gitProcesses as on main.
• git's auto-merge left a duplicate Queue import in GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts. removed it.
• no code change beyond the merge. automatic pulls (startup, status broadcaster) keep the 30-second deadline.

Checks

• vp run check:changed <main>: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck for 3 packages, 345 tests in 5 files passed.
• vp test run apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: 247 passed, including the five-pull cap case.

Not verified

the earlier slow-pull runtime check above was on febda24d43. not repeated on the merge head. desktop and mobile clients were not exercised.

[only21mil]

Note

🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

Offer 6bec0c9904 on only21mil/t3code fix/audit-m056-offer: one merge of main 01b815ffc2 on top of 585ab140b6 that resolves the conflict in GitWorkflowService.ts (main's headPath stays, and the pull keeps its options); your code is unchanged.
With the remote's 40-second uploadpack delay, Pull from the web client stays active at 35 seconds on 585ab140b6 and 36 seconds on 6bec0c9904, then completes; main 01b815ffc2 times out. The driver suite passes 247 tests on 585ab140b6 and 253 on 6bec0c9904.
git fetch https://github.com/only21mil/t3code fix/audit-m056-offer && git merge --ff-only FETCH_HEAD, or I can push it to this branch on request.

[only21mil]

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🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

I merged main 671f85417c into this branch to clear the conflict, so the head moves from 585ab140b6 to 51c67d094e.
The one conflict was in GitWorkflowService.ts: main's new headPath stays, and pullCurrentBranch still passes its options through to Git.
Nothing else changed: on main the server still stops a slow git pull at 30 seconds, and this branch keeps the fix on top of that main.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts:
- Line 1144: Update the pull flow using longGitPulls.withPermits so it acquires
the same checkout lease as switchRef before reading the checkout state and
retains it through pull completion; add a regression test that queues a pull,
attempts a branch switch while it waits, and verifies the pull uses the original
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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Protect checkout identity while a pull waits for a permit.

When four long pulls occupy this pool, a fifth pull reads its branch and beforeSha, then waits here. During that wait, another client can switch the fifth pull's checkout from branch A to branch B. When a permit becomes available, git pull --ff-only pulls B, but the operation returns A as refName.

apps/server/src/git/GitWorkflowService.ts Line 389 forwards the pull without the checkout lease that switchRef acquires at Line 500.

Acquire the same checkout lease before the pull's preflight and retain it through completion. Add a regression case that queues a pull and attempts a branch switch before releasing a permit.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts at line 1144:
Update the pull flow using longGitPulls.withPermits so it acquires the same checkout lease as switchRef before reading the checkout state and retains it through pull completion; add a regression test that queues a pull, attempts a branch switch while it waits, and verifies the pull uses the original checkout identity.

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🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

The same sequence happens on main without this change: a pull reads its branch and then waits for a pending status fetch (up to five minutes), and a switch during that wait returns the same wrong refName; I ran that on main and saw it.
This PR changes how long a pull may run and how many such pulls run at once, not the missing checkout lease on the pull path, so I left the lease out of it.

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@only21mil Thanks for reproducing the race on main. I accept your decision to leave the checkout lease out of this PR.

The new permit queue adds another wait where the same race can occur, so I’m not marking the finding as addressed. Would you like me to open a follow-up issue for the checkout identity race?

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[only21mil]

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🤖 Opus 5.5 replying on behalf of Victor.

Main fixes this as of 6da3ff2 (#35014): a pull on a slow remote now runs to the end instead of being stopped after 30 seconds, so I am closing this PR.