huskies: merge 954

server/src/agents/pool/pipeline/completion/legacy.rs

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ impl AgentPool {
             summary: summary.to_string(),
             gates_passed,
             gate_output,
+            needs_commit_recovery: false,
         };
 
         // Extract data for pipeline advance, then remove the entry so

server/src/agents/pool/pipeline/completion/server.rs

@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@ pub(in crate::agents::pool) async fn run_server_owned_completion(
         }
     }
 
-    // Run acceptance gates.
-    let (gates_passed, gate_output) = if let Some(wt_path) = worktree_path {
+    // Run acceptance gates.  Third element of the tuple is `needs_commit_recovery`:
+    // true when the coder exited with uncommitted content but zero commits — the
+    // pipeline advance will issue a commit-only recovery respawn rather than a
+    // normal retry, and will NOT consume a `retry_count` slot.
+    let (gates_passed, gate_output, needs_commit_recovery) = if let Some(wt_path) = worktree_path {
         let path = wt_path;
-        match tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+        match tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> Result<(bool, String, bool), String> {
             // If the worktree is dirty, check whether committed work survived.
             // An agent crash (e.g. Claude Code CLI's `output.write(&bytes).is_ok()`
             // assertion — bug 645) can leave uncommitted files behind even though
@@ -133,7 +136,10 @@ pub(in crate::agents::pool) async fn run_server_owned_completion(
                             })
                             .unwrap_or(false)
                     } else {
-                        return Ok((false, dirty_msg));
+                        // Dirty worktree AND no committed work: the coder exited
+                        // without committing.  Signal a commit-only recovery respawn
+                        // rather than consuming a normal retry slot.
+                        return Ok((false, dirty_msg, true));
                     }
                 } else {
                     false
@@ -152,9 +158,10 @@ pub(in crate::agents::pool) async fn run_server_owned_completion(
                     "Agent exited with no commits on the feature branch. \
                      The agent did not produce any code changes."
                         .to_string(),
+                    false,
                 ));
             }
-            let result = crate::agents::gates::run_acceptance_gates(&path);
+            let (passed, output) = crate::agents::gates::run_acceptance_gates(&path)?;
             // Restore stashed uncommitted changes.
             if stashed {
                 let _ = std::process::Command::new("git")
@@ -162,18 +169,19 @@ pub(in crate::agents::pool) async fn run_server_owned_completion(
                     .current_dir(&path)
                     .output();
             }
-            result
+            Ok((passed, output, false))
         })
         .await
         {
             Ok(Ok(result)) => result,
-            Ok(Err(e)) => (false, e),
-            Err(e) => (false, format!("Gate check task panicked: {e}")),
+            Ok(Err(e)) => (false, e, false),
+            Err(e) => (false, format!("Gate check task panicked: {e}"), false),
         }
     } else {
         (
             false,
             "No worktree path available to run acceptance gates".to_string(),
+            false,
         )
     };
 
@@ -192,6 +200,7 @@ pub(in crate::agents::pool) async fn run_server_owned_completion(
         summary: "Agent process exited normally".to_string(),
         gates_passed,
         gate_output,
+        needs_commit_recovery,
     };
 
     // Store completion report, extract data for pipeline advance, then

server/src/agents/pool/pipeline/completion/tests.rs

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ async fn server_owned_completion_skips_when_already_completed() {
         summary: "Already done".to_string(),
         gates_passed: true,
         gate_output: String::new(),
+        needs_commit_recovery: false,
     };
     pool.inject_test_agent_with_completion(
         "s10",