[luke2x]

Problem

A coalescing-worker processor can throw while constructing its Effect. Because construction happened before the per-item error handler and finalizer were installed, the worker fiber exited and the active key stayed stuck. Draining that key, or processing later keys, could then wait forever.

Change

Suspend processor construction inside the protected per-item Effect, matching DrainableWorker's existing approach. The regression sends a throwing item, then verifies a different key and the original key both process and drain successfully.

Scope and approval

A small, focused fix for an obvious worker failure: a synchronous processor throw must release the active key and allow later work to continue. The change is limited to the existing worker and its regression test.

Verification

Validation: the new regression times out on main because the key cannot drain; the regression uses it.effect and all seven selected tests pass after the fix. All 34 affected package typechecks, formatting, lint and the first knip pass passed sequentially with one test worker and a 1 GiB Node heap cap; the second knip pass remains for CI.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at db92262

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Processor construction errors now use the worker’s existing failure handling and cleanup, allowing subsequent work to continue. Persistence destinations, queueing rules, and product defaults remain unchanged.

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Walkthrough

The keyed worker now suspends processor construction before applying cause ignoring and key cleanup. A test covers a synchronous processor throw, processing for another key, and later work for the failing key.

Changes: Worker exception handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Suspend processor construction and test recovery packages/shared/src/KeyedCoalescingWorker.ts, packages/shared/src/KeyedCoalescingWorker.test.ts	The worker suspends the call to options.process before applying cause ignoring and key cleanup. The test checks that a synchronous throw does not prevent healthy work or later work for the same key from being processed.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 4c007

The worker handles synchronous processor throws within its cleanup path. No merge-blocking risk was identified.

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Partial verification at 4c00742fd9a76f86892013e22e6679db99042edc on Linux, using repository Playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome against the running dev app. No source changes or pushes.

• Started github/main (4a3be943c9) in a separate worktree, then stopped its server before starting the exact PR head. Created the project and threads through the app, pointing at a real git checkout. Real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns completed on both revisions and ran shell commands successfully.
• On the PR, temporarily replaced the isolated terminal history file with a directory. The server logged a real EISDIR persistence failure. Restored the file and confirmed subsequent output from the original terminal persisted. A second terminal also persisted output, and browser reload restored history from both terminals.
• Ran vp test run packages/shared/src/KeyedCoalescingWorker.test.ts through blacksmith-check: all 5 tests passed. The PR CI snapshot had 28 successful checks, none failing or pending.

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Not verified

The original synchronous processor-construction throw was not reproduced through the running app on main, so this is not end-to-end proof of the fix. The sole production caller is terminal history persistence in apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts; its processor already uses Effect.fn, which suspends its body before returning an effect. The filesystem error above exercises an effect failure, not the construction-time throw this PR changes. The passing regression proves the worker-level case, but cannot replace that missing app reproduction.

Native desktop, iOS/Android, remote/relay, and tunnel clients were not exercised on this Linux VM.