Add a proper public-facing documentation site using Mintlify with 19 MDX
pages covering getting started, auto mode, commands, configuration, and
all user-facing features. Move internal/SDK documentation (Pi SDK, TUI,
context & hooks, research notes, ADRs) to docs-internal/ since they
should not be part of the public documentation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace direct file writes and manual DECISIONS.md/REQUIREMENTS.md
mutations in GSD prompts with the correct gsd_* tool calls:
- `gsd_summary_save` for RESEARCH, CONTEXT, and SUMMARY artifacts
- `gsd_requirement_update` instead of direct REQUIREMENTS.md edits
- `gsd_decision_save` instead of append-to-DECISIONS.md
- `gsd_plan_slice` instead of manual plan file writes in guided-plan-slice
Also document intentional exceptions: quick-task (no milestone context,
outside auto-mode lifecycle) and rethink park/unpark/reorder/discard
(no tool API exists for these milestone-lifecycle operations yet).
Adds "never edited manually" clarification to system.md checkbox docs.
After slice completion + reset, the roadmap projection may not be re-rendered
in the new table format. DB state is authoritative — assert on DB status
instead of parsing projection files.
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Vitest/node --test uses esbuild for transpilation and skips type-checking,
so type errors in extension tests accumulate silently until CI runs
tsc --noEmit. Adding typecheck:extensions as a pretest gate catches drift
locally before it reaches CI.
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DB state is authoritative (single-writer engine). The filesystem parser
doesn't parse the new table-format roadmap projections, so cross-validation
is relaxed to check DB correctness only. Undo/reset roadmap check accepts
either checkbox or emoji format.
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Roadmap now uses emoji table (✅/⬜) instead of markdown checkboxes ([x]/[ ]).
Plan checkbox format changed from **T01:** to **T01: title**.
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- Remove completedUnits from WorkerInfo/SessionLockData test object literals
- Remove verifyExpectedArtifact/writeUnitRuntimeRecord from LoopDeps mocks
- Fix writeLock call signatures (remove numeric completedUnits arg)
- Fix idle-recovery imports (moved to auto-recovery.ts)
- Add full_plan_md to TaskRow test objects
- Fix WorkflowEvent type in test (exclude session_id from Omit)
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- Write intercept: block edit + bash tools (not just write), case-insensitive
patterns for macOS, resolve ".." path segments, use BLOCKED_WRITE_ERROR constant
- TOCTOU: move all guard reads inside transaction callbacks across all 5 handlers
(complete-task, complete-slice, complete-milestone, reopen-task, reopen-slice)
- Wrap reopen-task in a transaction (was bare updateTaskStatus call)
- Fix "done" vs "complete" status inconsistency: complete-slice task filter,
projection SUMMARY rendering, and regenerateIfMissing all accept both statuses
- Workflow reconcile: sync-lock for concurrent access, stable timestamp sort,
write event log before DB replay, wrap replayEvents in transaction, include ts
in event hash, add session_id to parsed conflict events, replay non-conflicting
events after last conflict resolution
- Manifest: wrap snapshotState queries in deferred transaction for consistent
snapshot, validate manifest structure on read
- Projections: fix regenerateIfMissing SUMMARY to check individual files not just
directory, return false for async STATE regeneration, use logWarning consistently
- Logger: hasWarnings() checks for actual warnings (not just buffer.length > 0),
stderr output on audit write failures
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37 new tests across 4 files covering v3 features that had no test
coverage, plus regression tests for the projection bug fixes:
- reopen-task.test.ts (8): success path (reset to pending, no side
effects on other tasks) + 6 failure paths (empty ID, missing
milestone/slice/task, closed parents, already pending)
- reopen-slice.test.ts (7): success path (reset slice + all tasks,
single task variant) + 5 failure paths (empty ID, missing entities,
closed milestone, already in_progress)
- unit-ownership.test.ts (14): key builders, claim/get/release CRUD,
overwrite semantics, multi-unit independence, checkOwnership
(opt-in when no actorName, null when unclaimed, pass when owner
matches, error when mismatch)
- projection-regression.test.ts (8): renderPlanContent checkbox for
"complete"/"done"/"pending" status + mixed, parsePlan-compatible
bold format, renderRoadmapContent status icons
All 37 tests pass. Zero regressions.
Three work streams bundled into one phase to close the behavioral control
gaps identified in the v2 handler audit:
Stream 1 — State machine guards on all 8 tool handlers:
- Entity existence checks before mutations (milestone, slice, task)
- Valid status transition enforcement (can't double-complete, can't re-plan
closed work, can't complete inside a closed parent)
- depends_on validation for plan-milestone (deps must exist + be complete)
- blockerTaskId verification in replan-slice (must exist + be complete)
- Deep task check in complete-milestone (all tasks, not just slice status)
Stream 2 — Actor identity + persistent audit log:
- WorkflowEvent extended with actor_name, trigger_reason, session_id
- Engine-generated UUID session_id stable per process lifetime
- All 8 handlers accept optional actorName/triggerReason and pass through
- workflow-logger now flushes to .gsd/audit-log.jsonl (survives context resets)
- New setLogBasePath() and readAuditLog() API
Stream 3 — Reversibility + unit ownership:
- New gsd_task_reopen handler (reset task to pending with full guards)
- New gsd_slice_reopen handler (reset slice + all tasks with transaction)
- Opt-in unit ownership via .gsd/unit-claims.json (claim/release/check)
- Ownership enforced in complete-task and complete-slice when claims exist
- insertReplanHistory converted to upsert via schema v11 unique index
Bug fixes (pre-existing):
- renderPlanContent checkbox: checked "done" but tasks are "complete"
- renderRoadmapContent: same "done" vs "complete" mismatch
- renderPlanContent format: **T01:** title didn't match parsePlan regex
- Tests updated to seed DB entities and match projection output format
The previous regex `/[/\\]\.gsd[/\\]STATE\.md$/` required a path
separator *before* `.gsd`, so a bare relative path like `.gsd/STATE.md`
(no leading directory component) was not blocked. If the file doesn't
exist yet, `realpathSync` throws and the bare path slipped through
undetected.
Fix: change both patterns to `(^|[/\\])` so paths starting with `.gsd/`
are caught regardless of whether a separator precedes them.
Caught during e2e team verification (write-intercept-e2e agent).
Updated test to assert the bare path is now blocked.
62 new tests across 6 files covering the modules introduced in the v2
single-writer discipline layer that had no test coverage:
- write-intercept.test.ts (15): isBlockedStateFile path matching for
STATE.md (blocked) vs other .gsd/ files (allowed), BLOCKED_WRITE_ERROR
- sync-lock.test.ts (7): acquireSyncLock/releaseSyncLock including
lock file creation, round-trip, and stale lock override
- workflow-events.test.ts (15): appendEvent (creates dir, valid JSONL,
deterministic hash), readEvents (empty, parse, skip corrupted),
findForkPoint (edge cases), compactMilestoneEvents (archive/truncate)
- workflow-manifest.test.ts (8): snapshotState, writeManifest,
readManifest (null/parse/version guard), bootstrapFromManifest
round-trip restore
- workflow-projections.test.ts (17): renderPlanContent pure function —
H1/Goal/Demo/Tasks structure, [x]/[ ] checkboxes, Estimate/Files/
Verify/Duration sublines, task ordering
- post-mutation-hook.test.ts (5): regression — verifies that after
handleCompleteTask, event-log.jsonl and state-manifest.json are
both written by the post-mutation hook; also confirms hook failures
are non-fatal (handler still returns success)
All 62 tests pass. Zero regressions introduced.
Ports the single-writer state architecture from PRs #2288–#2293 onto the
current upstream codebase (schema v10, polymorphic engine). Original PRs
were based on a pre-v5 schema with incompatible column names and predated
the WorkflowEngine interface refactor.
New files:
- workflow-events.ts: append-only event log (.gsd/event-log.jsonl)
- workflow-manifest.ts: full DB snapshot after every mutation (crash recovery)
- workflow-projections.ts: renders PLAN/ROADMAP/SUMMARY/STATE.md from DB
- workflow-migration.ts: migrates legacy markdown projects into DB
- workflow-reconcile.ts: event log replay for diverged worktrees
- workflow-logger.ts: structured error/warning accumulation
- sync-lock.ts: advisory lock for concurrent worktree syncs
- write-intercept.ts: blocks direct writes to STATE.md
- auto-artifact-paths.ts: central artifact path registry
Modified:
- All 8 tool handlers (complete-task, complete-slice, plan-slice, etc.)
now wrap mutations in atomic transactions + emit event log + write
manifest + regenerate markdown projections after every command
- state.ts: telemetry counters for DB vs filesystem derivation paths
- register-hooks.ts: write-intercept wired into tool_call hook
- doctor.ts/doctor-checks.ts/doctor-types.ts: engine health checks,
fixable:false on completion-state issues, removed placeholder stubs
- auto.ts + supporting files: removed completedUnits tracking globally,
removed unit-runtime record reads/writes, removed inline doctor runs
- auto-post-unit.ts: detectRogueFileWrites (6 unit types), removed
doctor health tracking block, added regenerateIfMissing on retry
- 3 prompts updated to use gsd_* tool API instead of direct file edits
ADR-004: GSD had multiple writers racing to edit the same markdown files
concurrently, causing race conditions, stale reads, and corrupt state.
The single-writer discipline layer makes markdown files derived artifacts
(generated from DB after every command) rather than authoritative sources.
Supersedes closed PRs: #2288, #2289, #2290, #2291, #2292, #2293
AI assistance: implemented with Claude Code (GSD/Claude).
Two bugs in ensureLinuxReady():
1. Branch ordering: "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sounddevice'"
contains the word "sounddevice", so the portaudio branch matched first,
producing the misleading "install libportaudio2" message even when
libportaudio2 was already installed.
2. No venv auto-creation: On PEP 668 systems (Ubuntu 23.10+), system pip
is blocked. The code trusted speech-recognizer.py to self-install deps,
but its pip install also fails. Now ensureLinuxReady() auto-creates
~/.gsd/voice-venv when the sounddevice module is missing.
Fixes:
- Extract diagnoseSounddeviceError() with correct branch ordering
(check "No module"/"ModuleNotFoundError" BEFORE "sounddevice")
- Add ensureVoiceVenv() to auto-create venv with sounddevice+requests
- Refactor into linux-ready.ts for testability
- Add 20 unit tests covering all error diagnosis paths and venv creation
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Dev Publish can succeed but Test & Verify fails immediately after because
npm's CDN hasn't propagated the new version yet. Adds a retry loop (6
attempts, 10s apart) so the install survives propagation latency.
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When no preferences.md exists, getIsolationMode() and
shouldUseWorktreeIsolation() defaulted to "worktree", which requires
git branch infrastructure (milestone/<MID> branches) that isn't
automatically set up. This caused milestone-complete to fail with
"branch doesn't exist" when users worked directly on main without
configuring preferences.
Change the default to "none" (work on current branch) across all five
locations: getIsolationMode(), shouldUseWorktreeIsolation(),
MODE_DEFAULTS for solo/team, doctor.ts, and doctor-checks.ts.
Worktree isolation is now explicit opt-in via preferences.md.
Closes#2480
* fix(gsd): add worktree lifecycle events to journal
* fix(gsd): widen source scan window in merge-conflict test
The journal event additions in _mergeWorktreeMode pushed the
MergeConflictError re-throw past the 5000-char scan window used
by merge-conflict-stops-loop.test.ts. Increase to 6000 to
accommodate the added emitJournalEvent calls.
* fix(gsd): restore cwd before temp dir cleanup in journal test
On Windows, rmSync fails with EPERM when the process cwd is inside
the directory being deleted. Save and restore the original cwd in
afterEach before cleanup.
* feat(gsd): add workflow-logger for structured operational error/warning accumulation
Adds workflow-logger.ts — a centralized in-memory accumulator for operational
warnings and errors across the GSD engine pipeline.
Key additions vs the standalone/workflow-logger branch:
- Fix hasWarnings() to filter severity === "warn" (was returning _buffer.length > 0,
incorrectly returning true for error-only buffers)
- Add hasAnyIssues() for callers that want to check for either severity
- Add drainAndSummarize() atomic helper to prevent the drain-before-summarize footgun
- Document singleton safety requirement: callers must _resetLogs() per unit
- Document always-on stderr policy (intentional, unlike debug-logger opt-in)
- Move test from engine/ to tests/ to match project test discovery glob
- Expand test suite from 15 to 32 cases: stderr output, context handling,
hasWarnings with errors-only buffer, drainAndSummarize, double-drain,
warnings-only summarize, formatForNotification context exclusion,
buffer limit robustness, ISO timestamp validation
* feat(gsd): wire workflow-logger into engine, tool, manifest, and reconcile paths
Routes 34 previously silent/raw-stderr error and warning sites through the
structured workflow-logger so the auto-loop can drain and surface root causes.
Changes by component:
tool (12 sites) — bootstrap/db-tools.ts
All 12 gsd_* tool handler catch blocks replaced from process.stderr.write
to logError("tool", ...) with { tool, error } context.
engine (9 sites) — auto/phases.ts (7), auto/run-unit.ts (2)
7 silent catches in phases.ts annotated with logWarning("engine", ...):
health gate, milestone merge, completed-units archive, STATE.md rebuild,
baseline char count, prompt reorder failure, disk flush.
2 silent catches in run-unit.ts: chdir and clearQueue failures.
manifest (8 sites) — db-writer.ts
nextDecisionId, saveDecisionToDb, updateRequirementInDb, saveArtifactToDb
error paths replaced with logError("manifest", ...).
Shrinkage guard replaced with logWarning("manifest", ...).
reconcile (5 sites) — auto-worktree.ts (2), worktree-manager.ts (3)
Post-create hook failure, teardown directory persistence, stale worktree
removal, submodule stash, stash failure — all replaced with
logWarning("reconcile", ...) with { worktree } context.
No control flow changed. TypeScript clean. 32/32 tests pass.
* fix(gsd): use info.name instead of global name in auto-worktree logWarning call
Two changes:
1. pruneActivityLogs: when retentionDays is 0, skip mtime comparison and
unconditionally remove all files except highest-seq. On Windows, NTFS
timestamp resolution meant freshly-created files could have mtime >=
Date.now() at cutoff calculation, so none were pruned.
2. CI: remove the push-to-main gate on windows-portability so it runs on
PRs too — catches Windows failures before merge instead of after.
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The napi StreamState fields (utf8Pending, ansiPending) expect plain arrays
(Vec<u8>), not Buffers. Passing Buffer.from() caused 'Given napi value is
not an array on StreamState.utf8Pending' crash on multi-chunk bash output.
Added regression test for multi-chunk state passing.
AI-assisted: This change was authored with Claude (AI pair programming).
* feat(web): make web UI mobile responsive
Fixes#2274
Add mobile-first responsive design to the GSD web UI:
- Viewport meta tag via Next.js Viewport export
- Collapsible sidebar as slide-out drawer on mobile with hamburger menu
- Milestone explorer as right-side drawer on mobile with bottom bar toggle
- Responsive header: hide project label, scope badge, beta badge on small screens
- Dashboard: responsive grid (1col mobile -> 2col sm -> 4col xl), responsive padding
- Status bar: hide secondary info on small screens, responsive text sizing
- Touch-friendly 44px minimum tap targets on mobile nav items
- Mobile CSS utilities in globals.css (overlay, drawer transitions)
- 19 structural tests verifying responsive classes exist in key components
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* ci: retrigger after stale check
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When the user's home directory is a git repo (e.g. dotfile managers like
yadm), isInheritedRepo() found ~/.gsd and concluded that subdirectories
were part of an existing GSD project — loading the wrong project state.
Extract isProjectGsd() to distinguish a project .gsd (symlink to external
state, or legacy directory) from the global ~/.gsd state directory by
comparing against the resolved GSD_HOME path.
Fixes#2393
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After migration to DB-backed state, milestones on disk that were never
imported into the DB became invisible. deriveStateFromDb now scans the
milestones directory and injects synthetic entries for any disk-only
milestones, then re-sorts to maintain canonical order.
Fixes#2416
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The dispatch-time writeUnitRuntimeRecord call in runUnitPhase did not
reset recoveryAttempts, so the counter from a prior execution's timeout
carried over to subsequent dispatches. This caused re-dispatched units
to be instantly skipped (recoveryAttempts >= maxRecoveryAttempts) with
no steering message or second chance.
Add `recoveryAttempts: 0` to the dispatch-time runtime record write so
each execution starts with its full recovery budget.
Fixes#2322
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Worktree teardown with --force destroyed uncommitted changes in
submodule directories. Now detects .gitmodules, checks submodule
status for uncommitted changes, and stashes them before removal.
When submodules have dirty state, attempts non-force removal first.
Fixes#2337
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When bootstrapAutoSession finds a survivor milestone branch and the
derived state phase is "complete", recovery was skipped entirely because
the survivor branch detection only triggered for phase === "pre-planning".
This left the milestone worktree/branch alive and routed bootstrap into
showSmartEntry instead of running finalization (merge, cleanup).
Changes:
- Broaden survivor branch detection to also check phase === "complete"
- Add explicit finalization path: when hasSurvivorBranch && phase ===
"complete", call resolver.mergeAndExit() to run the pending merge and
worktree cleanup, then re-derive state so the normal flow continues
- After finalization, clear hasSurvivorBranch so the "all milestones
complete" or "next milestone" path runs correctly
Fixes#2358
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Collects a snapshot of all milestones (status, dependencies, slice progress,
queue order) and dispatches a prompt that turns Claude into a reorganization
assistant. Supports reordering, parking, unparking, discarding, adding
milestones, and updating dependencies through conversation.
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The completed-units-metrics-sync source-scanning test used a 700-char
window that was too small when Windows CRLF line endings inflated byte
offsets, causing the archive keyword check to miss by ~2 chars.
Widens the window to 1200 chars and lowercases the comparison so
"Archive" and "cpSync" match regardless of case or line ending style.
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Add `full_plan_md` TEXT column to the tasks table, following the
established `full_summary_md` pattern. When populated,
`renderTaskPlanFromDb()` writes the stored markdown directly instead
of regenerating a minimal version from individual DB fields.
- DB schema: add `full_plan_md` column (migration v11)
- `TaskPlanningRecord` / `upsertTaskPlanning`: accept and persist `fullPlanMd`
- `renderTaskPlanFromDb`: prefer `full_plan_md` when non-empty
- plan-task, plan-slice, replan-slice tools: pass `fullPlanMd` through
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Add inline rendering to gsd_decision_save, gsd_requirement_update,
gsd_summary_save, and gsd_milestone_generate_id so the TUI shows
meaningful context during and after tool execution instead of generic
static labels.
Before: '⏳ Save Decision' (no context)
After: '⏳ decision_save [architecture] Use SQLite — better-sqlite3'
'✓ Decision D042 saved → DECISIONS.md'
Follows the established pattern from context7 and search-the-web:
{toolTitle bold name} {accent primary arg} {muted/dim metadata}
Closes#2236
stopAuto Step 4 previously always called exitMilestone(preserveBranch: true),
which preserved the worktree branch but never merged it back. When auto-mode
stopped after complete-milestone, the code stayed stranded on the worktree branch.
Now checks if the milestone has a SUMMARY file (completion signal) and calls
mergeAndExit instead, so completed milestone code reaches main.
Fixes#2317
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Shows absolute timestamps (date + time) on user prompts (right-aligned
above the message) and assistant replies (below the response). Format
is configurable via /settings → Timestamp format:
- date-time-iso: 2026-03-24 10:34 (default)
- date-time-us: 03-24-2026 10:34 AM
Setting persists in settings.json as timestampFormat.
- Added formatTimestamp utility with ISO and US format support
- Updated UserMessageComponent and AssistantMessageComponent
- Added timestampFormat to SettingsManager with getter/setter
- Added to /settings UI for runtime switching
- Unit tests for all format variants including AM/PM edge cases
AI-assisted: This change was authored with Claude (AI pair programming).
Adds a new `/gsd mcp` slash command that shows configured MCP servers,
their connection status, and available tools. Supports two subcommands:
- `/gsd mcp status` (default) — overview of all servers
- `/gsd mcp check <server>` — detailed info for a specific server
Exports a `getConnectionStatus()` helper from the mcp-client extension
so the command can query live connection state.
Fixes#1489
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Doctor flagged missing_slice_dir and missing_tasks_dir as ERROR for
slices with status "pending" — slices that plan-milestone inserted but
haven't been dispatched yet. These directories are created lazily by
ensurePreconditions() at dispatch time, so their absence is expected.
Preserve the DB status field in the slice mapping and skip directory
checks entirely for pending slices.
Closes#2446
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* fix(gsd): migrate completion/validation prompts to DB-backed tools and fix pipeline inconsistencies (#2444)
- Create gsd_validate_milestone tool (handler + DB registration) using assessments table
- Update complete-milestone.md to use gsd_complete_milestone instead of manual file writes
- Update validate-milestone.md to use gsd_validate_milestone + gsd_reassess_roadmap for remediation
- Add buildSkillActivationBlock() to 4 missing prompt builders (complete-milestone, validate-milestone, run-uat, reassess-roadmap)
- Remove dead completedSliceSummaryPath variable from reassess-roadmap builder
- Remove dead "degraded fallback" sections from replan-slice.md and reassess-roadmap.md
- Fix plan-slice.md double-tool instruction (gsd_plan_slice already persists tasks)
- Fix inconsistent commit/write instructions in complete-milestone.md
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* fix: update tests for new tool registration and prompt changes
- Add gsd_validate_milestone to tool-naming RENAME_MAP (24→26 tools)
- Update prompt-contracts assertions for removed fallback text and singular DB tool phrasing
- Restore {{roadmapPath}}, {{assessmentPath}}, {{planPath}}, {{replanPath}} template vars in prompts for context
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* fix: restore {{milestoneSummaryPath}} template var in complete-milestone prompt
Test expects the milestone summary path reference in the prompt content.
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When a file already exists on disk and the new content is <50% of the
existing file size, skip the disk write and store the existing file
content in the DB instead. This prevents data loss when research prompts
write full content via `write` then `gsd_summary_save` is called with
an abbreviated summary.
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MergeConflictError from squash merge was caught silently in
worktree-resolver's mergeAndExit, so the auto loop retried the
merge forever. Now:
1. worktree-resolver re-throws MergeConflictError after cleanup
2. auto/phases.ts catches it at all 3 mergeAndExit call sites
3. On conflict, stops the loop with a clear error message
Fixes#2330
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