fix(agents): avoid repeated Git probes on recency reorders

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Linked issue

Closes #2020

PR type

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Documentation only
• Code refactoring
• Maintenance/tooling
• Breaking change

Summary

• Retain bounded repository facts across pure subagent recency reorders while rebuilding snapshots in caller order; membership/cwd changes and session replacement still invalidate facts, including unknown results.
• Cover the first-eight visibility boundary with nine distinct task paths moving in/out/in. Assert exact resolver traces, bounded snapshot metadata, preserved caller order and continuously visible unknown caching.
• Remove Windows owner-identity changes from this PR with a reversible commit. They remain preserved in commit 1efccb5a0 for a separate issue/PR; the effective diff contains no owner-identity implementation or test.

Changes

File	Change
lib/orchestrator-scope.ts	Separate order-independent membership from caller-ordered snapshots; bound retained visible facts.
tests/orchestrator-scope.test.ts	Reorder/invalidation regression and first-eight visibility eviction coverage.
odd/tasks/issue-2020-review-split.md	Review follow-up scope, work-unit evidence and separate Windows delivery tracking.

Measured results

Matched live baseline/candidate samples with four actual concurrent subagents: scope Git calls 204 → 6, aggregate Git time 11.82s → 0.48s; normalized calls per stream update decreased 95.9%. Remaining delegation latency is unresolved.

Verification and limitations

• Original reorder regression observed RED before implementation and GREEN afterward.
• Updated first-eight visibility and prior reorder tests: 2/2 passed, no skips. Existing production behavior already satisfies the new coverage, so no production RED was fabricated.
• Typecheck: zero recorded diagnostics/no regressions; diff checks clean.
• Windows removal restores owner source exactly to the original baseline; existing owner retry tests 7/7 passed, no skips. These verify the removal, not additional Windows scope in this PR.
• Previous head had 9 successful CI checks. Updated-head CI must complete independently; do not carry forward previous-head green status.
• Native current-change assessment for the revert: medium, reviewDue=false / under_budget; writer self-verification satisfied. Original mixed target had native approval and acknowledgement; that receipt is historical and is not claimed for this changed cache-only target.
• Earlier combined focused run was NOT green: 22 passed, 2 failed, 5 platform skips. A fixture assumes its temporary directory is outside Git, which is false in this environment; the attempted name-pattern exclusion did not exclude it. A separate catalog cursor failure after activity flush remains unexplained.
• One isolated instrumented catalog diagnostic passed 1/1, with header/catalog generations both 2 and no publication errors. Instrumentation affects timing; this does not establish a cause or erase the combined failure.
• Local full suite remains incomplete, interrupted after 39+ minutes within unit tests. No further catalog retries or global Git configuration changes are included.

Review follow-ups

CodeRabbit's requested nine-path eviction test is now present. Its Windows scope concern is addressed in the effective diff; original Windows and reversal commits remain in history to avoid a force-push. Docstring coverage and original nonblocking timestamp/readability advisories remain separate follow-ups; no broad documentation or production expansion is included.

Contributor checklist

• Approved linked issue #2020 (status:approved).
• Exactly one PR type label: type:bug.
• Shellcheck/skill-loading checks: N/A (no shell scripts or skills modified).
• Inline cache documentation updated; no new public commands/options.
• Conventional commits, no Co-Authored-By trailers.

Merge remains a separate maintainer decision; this PR does not assert that the incomplete local full suite passed.

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Walkthrough

The orchestrator scope cache now preserves repository facts across task and registered-root reordering. Candidate-owner creation now reuses the Windows ACL identity from parent validation for file checks and failure cleanup.

Changes

Orchestrator scope cache

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Rebuild caller-ordered scope snapshots lib/orchestrator-scope.ts, tests/orchestrator-scope.test.ts	The cache retains facts across reorder-only changes while rebuilding snapshots in caller order. Membership changes clear retained facts, and facts outside the visible scope are removed. Tests cover reorder preservation and invalidation.

Candidate-owner Windows identity

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reuse identity through owner creation lib/review-candidate-view-owner.ts	Parent validation returns the Windows identity with the parent path. Candidate-owner creation reuses it for private-file checks, removal, exclusive creation, and rollback.
Test identity checks and failure handling tests/review-owner-identity.test.ts	Tests check identity probes, ACL checks, unavailable SIDs, and rollback when marker ownership cannot be re-proven.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: decode2

Fixed issue severity: <fixed_issue_severity>Medium</fixed_issue_severity>

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1efcc

The cache change has a narrow test gap at its visibility boundary. Add the nine-path test before merging, or accept that bounded coverage gap.

Pre-merge checks | 3 | 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check		The Windows identity reuse changes in lib/review-candidate-view-owner.ts and tests/review-owner-identity.test.ts have no coding connection to directly linked issue #2020. Issue #2020 concerns repe…	Remove the Windows owner-identity implementation and tests from this PR, or submit them in a separate PR linked to a relevant issue. Keep this PR limited to the orchestrator scope cache and its tests.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 14 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		The PR satisfies the coding requirements in #2020. OrchestratorScopeCache now separates the caller-ordered snapshot key from the order-independent membership key. Pure task and registered-root reord…
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: avoiding repeated Git probes when subagents reorder by recency.

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Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The Windows identity reuse changes in lib/review-candidate-view-owner.ts and tests/review-owner-identity.test.ts have no coding connection to directly linked issue #2020. Issue #2020 concerns repeated synchronous Git probes and OrchestratorScopeCache behavior. The Windows changes alter candidate-owner ACL identity handling and rollback behavior.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @lib/orchestrator-scope.ts:
- Around line 93-94: Add a test for the visibility eviction behavior around the
visible set and facts deletion loop: use nine distinct task paths, move the
ninth path into view, out of view, and back into view, and assert resolver calls
for each transition. Also verify an unknown result remains cached while its path
is visible.

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